Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot A3100 IS
Canon
Catalogue announcement:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Camera Effective Pixels
- Approx. 12.1 million
- Image Sensor
- 1/2.3-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 12.4 million)
- Lens
- 6.2 (W) – 24.8 (T) mm 35mm film equivalent: 35 (W) – 140 (T) mm f/2.7 (W) – f/5.6 (T)
- Zoom Factor
- Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 16x in combination with the optical zoom)
- LCD Monitor
- 2.7-inch type TFT LCD color monitor Approx. 230,000 dots, Picture coverage approx. 100%
- AF Frame Mode
- Face AiAF/Center
- Focusing Range (from end of lens)
- Auto: 3 cm (1.2 in.) – infinity (W) / 30 cm (12 in.) – infinity (T) Normal: 5 cm (2.0 in.) – infinity (W) / 30 cm (12 in.) – infinity (T) Macro: 3 – 60 cm (1.2 in. – 2.0 ft.) (W) Infinity: 3.0 m (9.8 ft.) – infinity Kids&Pets: 1.0 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity
- Shutter
- Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter used together
- Shutter Speed
- 1 – 1/1600 sec. 15 – 1/1600 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
- Image Stabilization
- Lens-shift type
- Metering Type
- Evaluative, Center-weighted average or Spot
- Exposure Compensation
- ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
- ISO speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)
- Auto, ISO 80(A3100) /100/200/400/800/1600
- White Balance
- Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
- Built-in Flash
- Auto, On, Slow Synchro, Off *Red-eye reduction/Red-eye correction/FE Lock settings available
- Built-in Flash Range
- 30 cm – 4.0 m (12 in. – 13.1 ft.) (W)/30 cm – 2.0 m (12 in. – 6.6 ft.) (T)
- Shooting Modes
- P, Auto, Easy, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids&Pets, Indoor, SCN, Movie SCN Mode: Face Self-Timer, Low Light, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter
- Continuous Shooting
- Normal: Approx. 0.8 images/sec. Low Light: Approx. 2.6 images/sec.
- Self-timer
- Approx. 10-sec./Approx. 2-sec. delay, Custom Timer
- Recording Media
- SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus memory card, HC MMCplus memory card
- File Format
- Design rule for Camera File system and DPOF compliant (version 1.1)
- Data Type
- Still images: Exif 2.2 (JPEG) Movies: AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE (Monaural))
- Number of Recording Pixels
- Still images: Large: 4000 x 3000 pixels Medium 1: 3264 x 2448 pixels Medium 2: 2592 x 1944 pixels Medium 3: 1600 x 1200 pixels Small: 640 x 480 pixels Widescreen: 4000 x 2248 pixels
- Compression
- Fine, Normal
- Number of Possible Shots (CIPA compliant)
- Approx. 240 images
- Playback Function
- Single Image, Easy, Movie, Index, Jump, Magnified Focus, Magnified, Slideshow
- Editing Function
- Erase, Protect, Rotate, Favorites, MyCategory, Red-Eye Correction, Trimming, Resize
- Direct Print Type
- PictBridge compliant
- Interface
- Digital input/output: Hi-Speed USB (mini-B compatible)* Analog audio output: Monaural* Analog video output: NTSC/PAL selectable* * Dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video.
- Communication Settings
- MTP, PTP
- Power
- Battery Pack NB-8L (Rechargeable lithium-ion battery) AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC60 (sold separately)
- Operating Temperatures
- 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F)
- Operating Humidity
- 10 – 90%
- Dimensions (CIPA compliant)
- 97.2 x 58.2 x 28.1 mm (3.83 x 2.29 x 1.11 in.)
- Weight (CIPA compliant)
- Approx. 155 g (5.47 oz.) (Including the battery and memory card) Approx. 136 g (4.79 oz.) (Camera body only)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
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03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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