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Hardware Reviews July 2000 • Vol.3 Issue 7 |
PowerShot Pro70 | ||
 Mistaking the PowerShot Pro 70's design for a professional-level film-based camera is an honest blunder. Although the camera looks like a professional model, it's a midrange megapixel digital camera. At resolutions of 1,536 x 1,024 pixels or 768 x 512 pixels, the Pro 70's shots rate as some of the best we've seen from a midrange digital model. Indoor and outdoor images were sharply focused, displaying the smallest details in accurate colors. Outdoor shots were full of vibrant shades and indoor images were equally impressive. In addition to superior image quality, the Pro 70 distinguishes itself by surprisingly omitting a built-in flash, usually a standard feature on a digital camera. The camera does have a hot shoe for connecting external Speedlite flashes, however. Atypically, the Pro 70 has two slots for CompactFlash memory storage cards. (It includes an 8MB [megabyte] card.) The camera stores images as JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) files or in an uncompressed CCD (charge-coupled device) Raw mode. The Pro 70 also includes a built-in microphone to add sound to images; through-the-lens focusing; a 2.5X optical zoom lens; macro, wide-angle, and telephoto focus settings; a continuous shooting mode to capture four frames per second and up to 20 frames at 768 x 512 pixels; manual and automatic exposure and white balance; and a 2-inch LCD (liquid-crystal display) screen that unfolds 180 degrees and tilts 180 degrees forward and 90 degrees backward. The card bundles with a NiMH (nickel-metal hydride) battery and charger with an A/C adapter, serial cable (to transfer images to a PC), and video-out cable (to view images on a television). It also comes with Adobe PhotoShop LE, PhotoStitch, and other software. The Pro 70, which is aimed at serious photographers, has many advanced features. Those features make navigating and selecting settings more difficult, but the camera's great images are worth the effort. by Blaine Flamig
$1,199 Canon (800) 652-2666 (714) 438-3000 http://www.usa.canon.com
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