Review
Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SD4000 IS (IXUS 300 HS / IXY 30S)
Canon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 10 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- Sensor type
- BSI-CMOS
- Max resolution
- 3648 x 2736
- ISO
- Auto, 125 ,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 28–105 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F2–5.3
- Optical zoom
- 3.8×
- Manual focus
- No
- Macro focus range
- 3 cm (1.18″)
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 15 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/2500 sec
- Continuous drive
- 3.7 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes
- External flash
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (240 fps)
- Format
- Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Stereo
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- None
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC/MMC/MMCplus/MMCplus HC
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion NB-6L battery & charger
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 175 g (0.39 lb / 6.17 oz)
- Dimensions
- 100 x 54 x 23 mm (3.94 x 2.13 x 0.91″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes
- Wireless
- Eye-Fi Connected
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →