Features
Battery Information
Supplied Software

Features

Recording Media: The Canon PowerShot A60 camera records on a Type 1 Compact Flash card. A 16MB Compact Flash card is supplied with the camera.

Image Recording Format: The camera records still images in JPEG format, and records moving images at 15 frames per second in Motion JPEG with monaural audio in WAVE format.

Camera Body: The camera features an aluminum alloy body.

Viewfinder and LCD Monitor: This camera features an real-image optical zoom viewfinder and a 1.5" low-temperature, polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD monitor (approx. 118,000 pixels). The LCD monitor allows you to view images being taken as well as review stored images. You can display detailed information on camera settings, shooting modes and replay modes through the LCD monitor.

Lens: The lens has a focal length of 5.4mm to 16.2mm, which is equivalent to 35mm-105mm in 35mm photography.

CCD Imager: The camera uses a 1/2.7" pixel CCD imager with approximately 2.1 million gross pixels and 2 million effective pixels.

Compression: The PowerShot A60 allows you to choose from three compression ratios for image quality: Superfine, Fine and Normal. 

Resolution: Still images can be recorded at one of three resolutions: Large--1600 x 1200 pixels, Medium--1024 x 768 pixels, or Small--640 x 480 pixels. Moving images can be recorded at 320 x 240 pixels or 160 x 120 pixels.

Artificial Intelligence AutoFocusing (AiAF): This camera employs wide-area, 5-point AiAF technology which uses a broad metering field to calculate the focal distance with precision. This works well for photographic subjects that are off-center. The AiAF function can be switched off so that the autofocus is metered from a fixed AF frame at the center of the field.

DIGIC Imaging Processor and iSAPS Technology: The camera features a DIGIC (Digital Imaging Integrated Circuit) chip, a dedicated image processor developed by Canon, designed to be very fast, produce improved image quality, faster autofocus, faster JPEG compression, better battery life and faster continuous shooting. The camera also features Canon's iSAPS (Intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space) technology, which uses a database of thousands of different photos to achieve precise exposure and true color rendition.

Zoom: In addition to the 3x optical zoom, the camera has a 2.5x digital zoom which, in combination, results in a seamless 7.5x zoom. Since the viewfinder will only show the optical zoom, the LCD Monitor must be on to use the digital zoom feature. The monitor will display the zoom values beyond 3x, indicating 3.8x, 4.7x, 6.0x, and 7.5x as you advance through the settings.

My Camera: The PowerShot A60 has a My Camera Menu which allows you to customize your camera with your choice of camera theme, start-up image, start-up sound, operation sound, self-timer sound, and shutter sound. Each menu item has three choices. You can also transfer images and sounds recorded to the Compact Flash card to use as your start-up image and sound. The supplied software can assist you with the custom settings.

Auto Power Down: If you do not operate the camera for approximately 3 minutes while in the shooting mode (or 5 minutes in the replay mode), it will turn itself off automatically. When directly connected to a printer, it will power down approximately 5 minutes after the last control is accessed on the camera or something is printed on the connected printer. The Auto Power Down function will not activate while the camera is in slide show mode or while connected to a computer.

Power Requirements: The PowerShot A60 comes with 4 "AA" alkaline batteries. You can also use Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries. It is not recommended to use Lithium Ion or manganese batteries, as these battery types may overheat in the camera. While "AA"-sized Nickel-Cadmium batteries may be used, their performance is unreliable and their use is not recommended.

Shooting Modes: The PowerShot A60 offers 12 different shooting modes arranged in two zones (Image Zone and Creative Zone) plus Automatic. The modes are selected by turning the Shooting Mode dial, located on top of the camera, to the desired mode. The Shooting Modes are as follows:

• Automatic: The camera automatically selects the settings.
• Image Zone:
  • Portrait: Subject appears sharply focused against a blurred background.
  • Landscape: Use for shooting expansive landscape scenes.
  • Night Scene: Use for capturing human subjects against the backdrop of an evening sky or night scene.
  • Fast Shutter Speed: Use for shooting fast-moving objects.
  • Slow Shutter Speed: Use for shooting slow-moving objects to make them appear blurred (example: river rapids)
  • Stitch Assist: Use when taking shots to be combined into a panorama.
  • Movie: Use for shooting movie frames (at approximately 15 frames per second).
• Creative Zone:
  • Program AE: The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture to match the brightness of the scene.
  • Shutter Speed Priority AE: When you select the shutter speed, the camera automatically sets the aperture to match the brightness of the scene.
  • Aperture Priority AE: This selection helps adjust the depth of field for your shots. Setting a lower aperture setting allows you to fade or blur the background. Setting a higher aperture setting brings the entire range from foreground to background into focus.
  • Manual Exposure: You can manually set the aperture and the shutter speed to achieve a particular effect. It's a convenient way to capture images where it's difficult to set the correct exposure.

Movie Mode: The movie mode can be used to shoot movie clips in Motion JPEG format. The movie resolution may be set to 320 x 240 pixels or 160 x 120 pixels. Each movie clip can be up to 3 minutes long. Recording times will vary with the subject and shooting conditions, and recording will automatically stop when the maximum clip time is reached or when the CF card runs out of memory space.

Estimated Image Capacity of Compact Flash Cards:

Flash Modes: The flash can be set to the following modes:

• Auto: Flash automatically fires as required by the lighting level.
• Red-Eye Reduction Auto: A separate lamp located next to the flash glows brightly prior to the flash to reduce pupil size and therefore the red eye effect. The flash and red-eye reduction lamp fire as required by the lighting level.
• Red-Eye Reduction Flash On: The flash and red-eye reduction lamp fire with every shot.
• Flash On: The flash strobes with every shot.
• Flash Off: The flash will not fire.

Flash Range: In Normal mode, the flash range is 1.5' to 14' in Wide Angle and 1.5' to 8.2' in Telephoto. In Macro mode, the flash range is 10" to 1.5'.

Flash Output Adjustment: You can adjust the flash output in three steps. If full flash washes out the subject, you can reduce the amount of flash output for better results.

Focus Lock/Manual Focus: If it becomes difficult to focus on the subject due to low contrast to the surroundings, close up and far away subjects in the same shot, or quickly moving subjects, you can choose to lock the focus on an object at a similar distance, then shoot the picture after recomposing the shot. If you wish to focus manually, you may do so using the left and right buttons on the back of the camera to bring the picture into the desired focus.

Drive Mode: The camera's Drive Mode lets you choose one of 4 modes for shooting pictures:

• Single Shot: Shoots one frame at a time
• Continuous Mode: The camera will shoot continuously at the rate of approximately 2.6 frames per second with LCD off and images are shot in Large/Fine resolution. The actual rate will vary according to the subject and shooting conditions.
• Self-Timer (10 seconds): The camera will record an image 10 seconds after pressing the shutter button.
• Self-Timer (2 seconds): The camera will record an image 2 seconds after pressing the shutter button.

Macro Mode: When the camera is in Macro mode and the lens is set to wide angle, you can record subjects 2" to 1.5' from the tip of the lens. When the camera is in Macro mode and the lens is set to telephoto, you can record subjects 10" to 1.5' from the tip of the lens.

Sensitivity (ISO Speed): You can set the camera's sensitivity to Auto to let the camera select the optimal ISO speed. If you wish to reduce camera shake, turn the flash off in a low-light area, or use a fast shutter speed, you can raise the ISO speed manually. The manual settings include 50, 100, 200, 400 equivalents to 35mm photography.

Light Metering System: The PowerShot A60 offers three light metering modes:

• Evaluative Light Metering: This mode is appropriate for standard shooting conditions including night scenes. The camera divides images into several zones for light metering. The camera evaluates the complex lighting conditions, such as the position of the subject, the brightness, the background, the direct light and the backlighting and adjusts the setting to the correct exposure for the main subject.
• Center-Weighted Averaging: This mode averages the exposure from the entire image, but places more weight on the subject at the center. This mode is best used when the subject is backlit or surrounded by bright light.
• Spot AE Point: In this mode, the camera meters the area within the spot AE point frame at the center of the LCD monitor. This setting is used when you want to set the exposure on the subject in the center of the monitor.

White Balance: When the White Balance mode is set to match the light source, the camera reproduces colors more accurately. You can select from the following white balance settings:

• Auto: The camera sets the white balance automatically according to shooting conditions.
• Daylight: Use this setting for recording outdoors on a bright day.
• Cloudy: Use this setting for overcast, shady, twilight, or evening skies.
• Tungsten: Use this setting for recording under tungsten lighting.
• Fluorescent: Use this setting for recording under warm-white, cool-white, warm-white (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
• Fluorescent H: Use this setting for recording under daylight or daylight type-3 wavelength fluorescent lighting.
• Custom: Use this for setting a custom value with a white sheet of paper to obtain the optimal white balance for the conditions.

Photo Effects: You can shoot images with different photo effects:

• Vivid: Emphasizes contrast and color saturation to record bold colors
• Neutral: Tones down contrast and color saturation to record neutral hues
• Low Sharpening: Records subjects with softened outlines
• Black and White: Records in black and white
• Sepia: Records in sepia tones
• Photo Effect Off: Records with no effects

Exposure Compensation: You can adjust the exposure compensation setting to avoid making the subject too dark when it is backlit or shot against a bright background, or to avoid making lights appear too bright in night shots. The setting can be adjusted in 1/3 steps from +2EV to -2EV.

Shutter Speeds: You can set the shutter speeds of between 1/2000 to 15 seconds. The fastest shutter speed for flash synchronization is 1/500. Special processing is applied to images shot at shutter speeds slower than 1.3 seconds to eliminate noise, thereby producing high-quality images.

Instant Review: After an image is recorded, it will appear in the LCD monitor for a preset number of seconds for reviewing. You can select the review time from 2-10 seconds in 1-second intervals. You can also turn off the review function. 

Viewing Images: Still images can be played back on the camera's color LCD monitor, or the images may be transferred to a computer, where they can be displayed or manipulated with the use of compatible software. In addition, the images can be played back on a television, if the TV has an RCA composite video input.

Rotate Images: Still images can be rotated through a menu function either 90 or 270 degrees clockwise so they can be viewed correctly in the monitor.

Playback Zoom: An image can be magnified approximately 10 times in the single image replay mode.

Index Replay : This feature lets you to display nine images at a time, allowing you to easily find the image you want.

Sound Memo: Using the built in microphone, you can attach a sound memo of up to 60 seconds to each image. The data is saved in a WAVE format file. The playback volume of the sound memos can be adjusted in the set up menu.

Auto Play: You can view all images on the Compact Flash card one-by-one with the Auto Play function. Each image is displayed in the LCD monitor for approximately 3 seconds.

Editing Movies: You can delete unwanted portions from the first or second half of a movie clip. Once edited, you can save the edited file as a new file (provided you have enough available memory) or overwrite the original clip and save the edited clip under the same file name.

Erasing/Protecting Images: Images can be erased one at a time or all images can be erased at once. Important images can be protected from accidental erasure. 

Direct Print Function: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a CP-series printer that supports the Direct Print function. You can also connect the camera directly to certain Canon Bubble Jet printers. In this way, you can make prints directly from the camera without ever having to hook it up to a computer.

Exif Print (Exif 2.2): The Canon PowerShot A60 conforms to "Exif Print", a worldwide standard. Vital camera settings (such as: exposure mode, white balance, exposure time) and scene data are recorded to the image file when it is captured. Printers compatible with "Exif Print" are able to use this information to produce high quality photographs, exactly the way they were intended at the time of capture. This intelligent communication process also allows the printer to correct for poor lighting or mistakes, resulting in photos that can be even better than the originals.

Print Settings: Images on a CompactFlash card can be individually selected for printing by adding a print mark. For each image, you can select the number of copies and the print type. In addition, you can choose to have the date and file number appear on the print. These settings are compatible with Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) standards, so images can be printed conveniently on DPOF compliant digital printers or at participating photo labs.

Specifying the Printing Area: You can choose from the following printing area options:

• Top: prints the top area of an image
• Middle: prints the middle area of an image
• Bottom: prints the bottom area of an image

Image Transfer: You can use the camera to specify settings for images that you wish to send by e-mail. The settings used on the camera comply with the Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) standards. Once images are selected for transfer, you can use the supplied software to actually transfer the images to an e-mail program. A maximum of 998 images can be selected per CF card, and are transferred in order from oldest to newest by shooting date.

Battery Information

Battery Performance:

Optional AC Power: The camera is compatible with the optional ACK600 Power Adapter kit (item #280ACK600). This allows you to use the camera for extended periods without worrying about running the batteries down.

Supplied Software

Minimum System Requirements: