Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SD980 IS DIGITAL ELPH
Canon
Regional names: IXY DIGITAL 930 IS / Digital IXUS 200 IS.
Marketed:

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
- 4.3 (W) – 21.5 (T) mm 35mm film equivalent: 24 (W) – 120 (T) mm f/2.8 (W) – f/5.9 (T)
- Digital Zoom
- Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 20x in combination with the optical zoom)
- LCD Monitor
- 3.0-inch type TFT LCD color monitor (Touch panel) Approx. 230,000 dots, Picture coverage 100%
- AF Frame Mode
- Face AiAF/Fixed frame
- Servo AF
- On / Off
- Focusing Range (from end of lens)
- Auto: 5 cm (2.0 in.) – infinity (W)/ 90 cm (3.0 ft.) – infinity (T) Normal: 50 cm (1.6 ft.) – infinity (W)/ 90 cm (3.0 ft.) – infinity (T) Macro: 5 – 50 cm (2.0 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W) Infinity: 3 m (9.8 ft.) – infinity Digital Macro: 5 – 10 cm (2.0 – 3.9 in.) Kids&Pets: 1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity
- Shutter
- Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter
- Shutter Speed
- 1 – 1/3000 sec. 15 – 1/3000 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
- 50 cm – 3.5 m (1.6 – 11 ft.) (W)/ 90 cm – 1.5 m (3.0 – 4.9 ft.) (T)
- Shooting Modes
- Shooting Mode: Auto, P, Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Sunset, Creative Light Effect, Fireworks, Long Shutter, Beach, Aquarium, Foliage, Snow, ISO 3200, Digital Macro, Color Accent, Color Swap, Stitch Assist, Movie Movie Mode: Standard, Color Accent, Color Swap
- Continuous Shooting
- Approx. 0.8 images/sec.
- Self-timer
- Approx. 10 sec./Approx. 2-sec. delay, Custom Timer, FaceSelf-Timer
- i-Contrast
- Off/Auto
- Recording Media
- SD memory card, SDHC memory card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus memory card, HC MMCplus memory 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. 240 images (Based on CIPA standardized measurement)
- Audio
- Quantization: 16 bit Sampling Rate: 44.100 kHz
- Playback Function
- Single Image, Movie, Magnified Focus, Index, Magnified, Filtered Playback, Slideshow, Active Display, Scroll Display, Favorites, Touch Actions
- 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-6L (rechargeable lithium-ion battery) AC adapter kit ACK-DC40
- Operating Temperatures
- 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F)
- Operating Humidity
- 10 – 90%
- Dimensions (excluding protrusions)
- 99.9 x 53.4 x 22.9 mm (3.93 x 2.10 x 0.90 in.)
- Weight (camera body only)
- Approx. 130 g (4.59 oz.)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
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03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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