Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SD970 IS / Digital IXUS 990 IS
Canon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 12 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 4000 x 3000
- ISO
- Auto, 80 ,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 37–185 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F3.2–5.7
- Optical zoom
- 5×
- Number of focus points
- 9
- Manual focus
- No
- Macro focus range
- 2 cm (0.79″)
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 15 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Continuous drive
- 1.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- No
- Shutter priority
- No
- 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)
- Format
- Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- None
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 461,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/MMC/MMCplus/HD /MMCplus
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion NB-5L battery & charger
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 160 g (0.35 lb / 5.64 oz)
- Dimensions
- 96 x 57 x 26 mm (3.78 x 2.24 x 1.02″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
An independent review has not yet been added to this record.
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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