Canon PowerShot SD980 IS

3985B001AA - 12.1MP, CCD, 5x Optical, 3.0-inch TFT, f/2.8 (W) - f/5.9 (T), USB 2.0, brown

Manufacturer
Canon
SKU
3983B001
16-03-2010
Canon's iconic ELPH has always been a show-off, with the looks and smarts that make you want to carry it out in the open for everyone to see. The PowerShot SD980 IS takes the concept even further with Canon's first-ever touch panel interface. The camera that invented sleek and slim is equipped with a huge 3-inch PureColor System LCD screen that responds to your touch, delivering operation that's as natural and intuitive as cutting-edge technology should be. Four opulent color options are the icing on the cake.

Just touch your finger to the huge 3.0-inch PureColor System LCD panel and the PowerShot SD980 IS responds - creating a fun, natural interface that's just the way you want to interact with technology now. When shooting, you can choose an AF point, select a shooting mode, operate the flash, set exposure compensation and more. Playback functions are also performed at your touch: switch between images, scroll display, magnify a portion of an image and control movie playback.

3.0-inch wide touch panel PureColor System LCD Screen
The PowerShot SD980 IS's 3.0-inch wide touch panel PureColor System LCD screen provides an alternative to dials and buttons. With Active Display technology, a quick shake of the camera prompts images to play back, one after the other. When the camera is tilted while advancing the images, the advance speed changes according to the tilt angle. Additionally, by quickly moving the camera forward, you can jump between Focus Checker frames when reviewing still images. Using the same action, you can pause or restart a movie currently playing.

Storage

Compatible memory cards 
mmc, sd, sdhc

Video

Maximum video resolution 
1280 x 720
Motion JPEG frame rate
30

Technical details

Colour of product 
Brown
Weight 
130
Dimensions (WxDxH) 
99.9 x 22.9 x 53.4
Camera playback
movie, single image, slide show
Camera shutter speed 
15 - 1/3000
Built-in flash 
Y

Power

Battery technology 
Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
Battery type 
NB-6L

Display

Display 
LCD
Touch screen 
Y

Technical details

Display diagonal 
3

Lens system

Optical zoom 
5
Digital zoom 
5
Aperture range (F-F) 
2.8 - 5.9
Focal length range (f-f) 
4.3 - 21.5
Combined zoom
20

Camera

Camera type 
Compact camera
White balance 
auto, Cloudy, custom modes, daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten
Scene modes 
beach, Fireworks, Night, party (indoor), Portrait, Sunset
Photo effects 
black&white, Neutral, Positive film, Sepia, Vivid
Custom colour
Y
Histogram
Y
Image editing
trimming

Focusing

Focus adjustment
Auto
Macro focusing range (wide)
0.05 - 0.5
Normal focusing range
0.5 - ∞

Light exposure

Light metering 
Centre-weighted, Spot

Flash

Flash modes 
auto, Flash off, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
Flash range (tele)
0.9 - 1.5
Flash range (wide)
0.5 - 3.5
Flash recharging time
10

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T) 
0 - 40
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
10 - 90

Picture quality

Megapixel 
12.1
Sensor type 
CCD
Maximum image resolution 
4000 x 3000
Image stabilizer 
Y

Weight & dimensions

Width 
99.9
Depth 
22.9
Height 
53.4

Other features

Video capability 
Y
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
24 - 120
USB 2.0 ports quantity 
1
Digital SLR 
N