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Canon XUS850IS

Author: Ausef Machaino
Posted Date: Aug 20 2007 10:50PM

 

Product DescriptionThis camera has a Stylish and Compact Design with

a Superb Image Quality.We can capture wide angle

shots perfectly stable images with this camera.


Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS FeaturesStylish and Compact Design

  • With UA (Ultra-high Refractive Index Aspherical) Lens to keep the camera body compact.

  • Large 2.5-inch LCD Monitor with wide viewing angle.
- Quick-Bright LCD function increases the brightness of the screen when needed
- Night Display function automatically brightens the subject on the LCD monitor for easy framing


Superb Image Quality

  • Powered by the NEW DIGIC III Imaging Processor for:
- Faster processing computing speed.
- Improved noise reduction signal processing at high speed settings
- Lower power consumption
- Higher definition for signal output to LCD monitor

NEW high ISO 1600 reduces camera shake and blurring of fast-moving subjects even in low-light condition. When the "high-speed auto" setting is activated, depending on the situation, the speed is automatically set within the range of ISO80 to 1600.


NEW Face Detection Technology

  • Incorporates the Face Detection AF and Face Priority functions, which work hand-in-hand to capture stunning photos of subjects' faces with sharpness and right exposure easily.
- Face Detection AF: Detects as many as 9 subjects' faces in a picture. If no faces are detected the AF system automatically switched to the conventional 9-point AiAF setting.
- Face Priority: Automatically determines the ideal exposure setting for a perfectly-exposed picture even in difficult situations where subjects are set against a backlit or dark background.


NEW 28mm Wide angle Shooting with 3.8x Optical Zoom

  • First IXUS to feature a wide-angle lens.

  • Capture panoramic scenes easily. (eg. for group portraits or wide scenary)


Steady Images with Optical Image Stabilizer

  • Compensate for camera shake and reduce the blurring of fast-moving subjects during shooting.


NEW Safety Zoom

  • Intelligently transits seamlessly from optical to digital zoom without deterioration in image quality.


16:9 Widescreen Still Shooting

  • Shoot, view and print still images in 16:9 widescreen format.

  • Choose to view 16:9 letterbox format in LCD monitor and even on a conventional 4:3 TV.

  • Print 16:9 widescreen format when connected to Canon CP printers* using Canon's wide size papers.

*Under ‘ Pictbridge mode' connection for CP710/510/ 730/ 720 printers. When connected to other CP printers, connectivity to computer with software is needed.


Image Inspection Tool

  • Enables dual image display on the LCD to check the focusing on the selected frame or spots at the touch of a button.

  • Not available in Movie or Stitch Assist modes.




Point & Shoot Simplicity

  • 9-point AiAF (auto-focusing) or single point AF (fixed to center) ensures the subject is sharply focused even if it is not in the center.

  • 17 shooting modes including 10 special scene modes.
- The Special Scene modes are pre programmed camera settings for specific shooting conditions: New Aquarium, Fireworks, Snow, Beach, Indoor, Kids & Pets, Foliage, Portrait, Night Snapshot, Underwater

  • Vertical/ Horizontal Gridline Display for easy photo composition and framing.



  • Smooth Continuous Shooting capability to shoot continuously at the same speed until the memory card is full.
(Depends on the type of memory card/no of recording pixels/compression rate settings)

  • Self-timer function with Custom Timer, which can set a delay between 0-10secs, 15s, 20s and 30s and number of shots from 1-10.


Enhanced My Colors Function

  • Freely retouch color of still images on the camera during shooting.

  • Real-time color change on LCD monitor while shooting, hence saving the time and hassle of retouching via computer.

  • New My Colors Playback even allows you to do color retouching after shooting. (for still images)

  • Available modes in My Colors function:
- Vivid
- Neutral
- Sepia
- Black & White
- Positive Film
- Lighter Skin Tone
- Darker Skin Tone
- Vivid Blue
- Vivid Green
- Vivid Red
- Custom Color (to set balance of red, green, blue and skin color. Fine adjustments such as ‘make blues a little more vivid' or ‘make skin color a little brighter' are possible.)


Movie Recording

  • 5 Movie Modes: Compact /Standard / Fast Frame Rate /Color Accent /Color Swap

  • Approx. 4x digital zooming while shooting of movies (only in Standard mode).

  • Allow vertical movie recording.

  • Record movies with sound continuously up to a max. of 4GB or 1 hr.
(Depends on the memory card capacity and data writing speed.)


New My Category Function

  • Sort images and movies into specific categories and choose to play and print accordingly to selected categories.

  • Make image searching, viewing and editing more fun and easy.


Image Playback Modes

  • New Playback position and shooting time display for movies
- A progress bar to indicate the current position reached during a movie playback.

  • New Resume Playback
- Safely turn off the power or remove memory card and still resume playback from where the last viewed image was left off.

  • With Auto Rotate function, images and movies will be displayed and oriented correctly during playback, regardless whether taken with camera held vertically or horizontally.

  • Inbuilt Slide Show function with Transition effect and Advancing & Reversing effect.
- Save the hassle of going through the computer.

  • Easy location and management of images through enhanced Jump function with jump searches:
- Jump 10 images: Shows every tenth image
- Jump 100 images: Shows every hundredth image
- Jump shot date: Shows image taken at shooting date.
- Jump to movie: Displays movie only.
- Jump to folder. Goes to folder where image is stored.
- Jump to My Category: Displays specific images from specific category.


New Printing Options

  • 3:2 Print Guide
- Image outside the 3:2 aspect ratio will be greyed out on the LCD monitor.
- Effective printing area can be previewed on the LCD during shooting before printing.

  • Paper Types
- Fine Art : Print various genres of art ranging from watercolor paintings to digital creations of professional artwork standards.
- Semi-glossy : Toned down in reflectivity. Ideal for exhibition panels, presentation materials, point-of-purchase display etc


More Printing Options (to Selphy printers)

  • ID Photo Print - crop images to passport size for direct printing.

  • Movie Print - print a single or series of selected frames from movie footage.

- Movie Print - Single
  • Only a single selected frame is printed in a single sheet.
  • When connected to Canon CP direct or Pictbridge connection.

- Movie Print - Sequence
  • A sequence of selected images are printed in a single sheet.
  • When connected to Canon CP direct connection.


Shoot and Print/Transfer Direct

  • Print photos directly from Canon direct photo printers and any PictBridge compliant printer without PC.

  • Easy print and transfer of images with just a touch of the Print/Share button.

  • Exif 2.2 compliant for greater colour fidelity when printing to EXIF compatible printers.


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