Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SD940 IS DIGITAL ELPH
Canon
Regional names: IXY DIGITAL 220 IS / Digital IXUS 120 IS.
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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
- 5.0 (W) – 20.0 (T) mm 35mm film equivalent: 28 (W) – 112 (T) mm f/2.8 (W) – f/5.9 (T)
- Digital Zoom
- Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 16x in combination with the optical zoom)
- LCD Monitor
- 2.7-inch type TFT color LCD monitor Approx. 230,000 dots, Picture coverage 100%
- AF Frame Mode
- Face AiAF/Center
- Servo AF
- On / Off
- Focusing Range (from end of lens)
- Auto: 3 cm (1.2 in.) – infinity (W)/ 50 cm (1.6 ft.) – infinity (T) Normal: 30 cm (12 in.) – infinity (W)/ 50 cm (1.6 ft.) – infinity (T) Macro: 3 – 50 cm (1.2 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W) Infinity: 3 m (9.8 ft.) – infinity Digital Macro: 3 – 10 cm (1.2 – 3.9 in.) Kids&Pets: 1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity
- Shutter
- Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter
- Shutter Speed
- 1 – 1/1500 sec. 15 – 1/1500 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
- Image Stabilization
- Lens-shift type
- Metering System
- 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 80/100/200/400/800/1600
- 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 ft.) (W) / 50 cm – 2.0 m (1.6 – 6.6 ft.) (T)
- Shooting Modes
- Shooting Mode: Auto, P, Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids&Pets, Indoor, Sunset, Fireworks, Long Shutter, Beach, Underwater, Aquarium, Foliage, Snow, ISO 3200, Digital Macro, Color Accent, Color Swap, Stitch Assist Movie Mode: Standard, Color Accent, Color Swap
- Continuous Shooting
- Approx. 0.8 images/sec.
- Self-timer
- Approx. 10-sec./Approx. 2-sec. delay, FaceSelf- Timer, Custom Timer
- i-Contrast
- Off/Auto
- Recording Media
- SD memory card, SDHC memory card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus card, HC MMCplus card
- File Format
- Design rule for Camera File system and DPOF compliant
- Data Type
- Still images: Exif 2.2 (JPEG) Movies: MOV (Image data: H.264, Audio data: Linear PCM) (Mono)
- Compression
- Fine, Normal
- 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
- Number of Possible Shots
- Approx. 220 images (Based on CIPA standardized measurement)
- Playback Function
- Single Image, Movie, Magnified Focus, Index, Magnified, Filtered Playback, Slideshow
- Editing Function
- Erase, Protect, My Category, Resize, My Colors, i-Contrast, Trimming, Rotate, Red-Eye Correction
- Direct Print Type
- PictBridge capable
- Interface
- Hi-Speed USB (Dedicated connector with unified type of digital, audio and video*) HDMI (HDMI Mini Connector) * mini-B compatible Video/Audio output (NTSC and PAL capable, mono audio)
- Communication Settings
- MTP, PTP
- Power
- Battery Pack NB-4L (rechargeable lithium-ion battery) AC adapter kit ACK-DC10
- Operating Temperatures
- 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F)
- Operating Humidity
- 10 – 90%
- Dimensions (excluding protrusions)
- 89.5 x 54.9 x 20.0 mm (3.52 x 2.16 x 0.79 in.)
- Weight (camera body only)
- Approx. 120 g (4.23 oz.)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
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03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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