Features

2.5 inch LCD screen: The high-resolution 2.5" LCD screen offers a crisp, clear picture and wide viewing angle to make shooting, playback and using the camera's menu functions especially convenient. The screen is a low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD featuring approximately 173,000 pixels.

Optical Viewfinder: In addition to the LCD monitor, the camera has a "real-image" optical zoom viewfinder.

Note: The viewfinder has a field of vision that is smaller than the actual shooting image. You should use the LCD monitor for extreme close-ups.

6.2 Megapixel CCD chip: The compact PowerShot SD700 uses a 1/2.5" (7.182mm) CCD to create detailed, lifelike images, and give you the flexibility to enlarge and crop freely. The CCD image sensor has approximately 6.2-million total pixels and 6.0-million effective pixels.

Image Stabilizing: The Image Stabilizer function allows you to minimize the camera shake which results in blurred images when you shoot distant subjects that have been magnified or when you shoot in dark conditions. You can select "Continuous" stabilization, "Shoot Only" stabilization (active when shutter button pressed all the way), "Panning" stabilization (only stabilizes vertical motion), or Off.

Recording Media: The camera records still images or moving images with mono audio onto SD or MultiMedia (MMC) memory cards. Still images are recorded as JPEG files, and the movies are recorded in the AVI format (Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAV).

Optics: The camera features a 4x optical zoom lens. The 4x digital zoom extends the telephoto capabilities to a total zoom of approximately 16x. The digital zoom can be turned off if you prefer.

Focusing Range: The camera features the following focus ranges:

• Normal: 1.5' or more
• Macro: 0.79"-2.0' (wide angle), 1.3'-2.0' (telephoto)
• Infinity: 9.8' or more

DIGIC II Image Processor: Canon's DIGIC II Image Processor is designed to improve processing speed and image quality and provides markedly faster camera startup, autofocus and playback. It also assures that every image is more colorfully vibrant.

iSAPS: iSAPS Technology is an original scene-recognition technology developed for digital cameras by Canon. Using an internal database of thousands of different photos, iSAPS works with the fast DIGIC II Image Processor to improve focus speed and accuracy, as well as exposure and white balance.

Auto Focusing (9-point AiAF): The PowerShot SD700 utilizes a TTL (through-the-lens) 9-point AiAF auto focus or a 1-point center auto-focus method. Artificial Intelligence autofocus (AiAF) uses a broad metering field to calculate the focal distance with high precision. It delivers a crisp focus even when the photographic subject is slightly off-center. You can turn off the AiAF and use the center AF frame for focusing on a specific part of a subject.

AF-assist Beam: The AF-assist beam will sometimes glow when the shutter button is pressed halfway to assist focusing in certain conditions, i.e. dark conditions. The AF-assist beam can be turned off. If animals are your subject, you can turn off the beam when shooting in the dark to avoid startling them.

Auto Rotate Function: The PowerShot SD700's Auto Rotate function uses an Intelligent Orientation Sensor to sense whether your images were shot horizontally or vertically and automatically rotates it to the correct viewing orientation in the display for playback. The camera also automatically re-optimizes white balance, exposure, and focus for vertical photography.

Auto Power Down Function: In Shooting Mode, the power will automatically turn off approximately 3 minutes after the last function is accessed. In Playback Mode, the power will automatically turn off approximately 5 minutes after the last function is accessed. While connected to an optional printer, the power will automatically turn off approximately 5 minutes after the last camera function is accessed or printer ceases to print an image.

Note: The Auto Power Down Function will not activate during a Slide Show or while the camera is connected to a computer.

ISO 800: The PowerShot SD700 features new ISO 800 and High ISO Auto settings that reduce the effects of camera shake and sharpen subjects in low-light situations with high shutter speeds, giving you greater flexibility for shooting. ISO speed settings include 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, High-ISO Auto, or Auto.

Exposure Compensation: If you are shooting against a bright background or strong backlight, you may need to correct the exposure so that the subject doesn't appear too dark. You can set the adjustments from -2 to +2 in 1/3-stop increments.

Histogram: You can display a histogram to show how bright your subject is, helping determine whether exposure compensation is necessary.

Focus Lock: 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.

Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock): You can set the exposure and focus separately. This is effective when the contrast is too strong between the subject and background, or when a subject is backlit.

Flash Modes: Using the flash button, you can select the following flash functions:

• Auto: camera automatically determines if flash is needed

• Auto with Red-eye Reduction: before the flash fires, the red-eye reduction lamp fires, reducing the light reflecting back from the eyes (which makes them appear red)

• Flash on with red-eye reduction : flash and red-eye reduction are on for every shot

• Slow-Synchro: flash timing is adjusted to slow shutter speeds, reducing the chance that the background will appear dark when a person is photographed against a twilight background or night scene

• Flash On: flash fires with every shot

• Flash Off: flash doesn't fire

Optional High-Power Flash: The optional High-Power Flash HF-DC1 can be attached to the PowerShot SD700. This flash can be used to capture photographic subjects that are too distant for the built-in flash to illuminate.

Shooting Modes: In addition to the automatic setting, the PowerShot SD700 offers several different shooting modes arranged in the following zones:

• Manual Modes:

  • Manual: allows you to adjust exposure, white balance, and ISO speed

  • Digital Macro: allows you to shoot when the distance from the lens (at its maximum wide angle) to the subject is just 0.79"-2.0'
  • Stitch Assist: shoot a series of overlapping frames for merging (stitching) into a large panoramic image using a computer

• Scene Modes:

  • Portrait: subject appears sharp and the background is softened

  • Kids & Pets: appropriate for shooting moving subjects such as children and pets

  • Night Snapshot: for shooting subjects against the backdrop of an evening sky or night scene without using a tripod to reduce camera shake

  • Indoor: prevents camera shake and maintains the subject's true color when shooting under fluorescent or tungsten lighting

  • Foliage: shoots beautiful images with flowers, leaves, or trees in vivid colors

  • Snow: for shooting scenes such as snowy mountains, while preventing underexposed subjects and bluish backgrounds

  • Beach: for scenes with a highly reflective background without underexposing your subjects

  • Fireworks: for shooting fireworks on a dark background

  • Underwater: sets white balance correctly for a natural hue when shooting underwater with the optional WP-DC5 waterproof case

  • Color Accent: leave one color as is, change the rest to black and white

  • Color Swap: change one specified color to another

• Movie: Shoot motion video

  • Standard: 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 resolution and 30 or 15 frames per second (fps), max recording time 1 hour or 1 GB

  • Fast Frame: 320 x 240 resolution and 60 frames per second (fps), for fast motion, max clip length 1 minute

  • Compact: 160 x 120 resolution and 15 frames per second (fps), for small file size for e-mail, max clip length 3 minutes

  • Color Accent: leave one color as is, change the rest to black and white, 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 resolution and 30 or 15 frames per second (fps), max recording time 1 hour or 1 GB

  • Color Swap: change one specified color to another, 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 resolution and 30 or 15 frames per second (fps), max recording time 1 hour or 1 GB

My Colors Mode: Allows you to easily change the colors in an image when it is shot. You can adjust the balance between red, green, and blue; transform pale or tanned skin, or change a color specified in the LCD monitor into another color. This mode works both with photos and movies. The camera will record the My Color alteration and the unaltered image if you set "Save Original" to On in Menu Select. Your choices are as follows:

• Vivid: emphasizes contrast and color saturation to record bold colors

• Neutral: tones down contrast and color saturation to record neutral colors

• Sepia: records in a brownish tone for an old photo effect

• B/W: records in black and white

• Positive Film: use this option to make red, green, or blue colors more intense, it can produce intense natural-appearing colors like those obtained with positive film

• Lighter Skin Tone: use this option to make skin tones lighter

• Darker Skin Tone: use this option to make skin tones darker

• Vivid Blue: use this option to emphasize blue tints, it makes blue subjects, such as the sky or ocean, more vivid

• Vivid Green: use this option to emphasize green tints, it makes green subjects, such as mountains, new growth, flowers and lawns, more vivid

• Vivid Red: use this option to emphasize red tints, it makes red subjects, such as flowers and cars, more vivid

• Custom Color: use the option to adjust the contrast, sharpness, or saturation settings, or the color balance between red, green, blue, and skin tones

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

• Auto: the camera sets the white balance automatically according to shooting conditions

• Daylight: for recording outdoors on a bright day

• Cloudy: for recording under overcast, shady or twilight skies

• Tungsten: for recording under tungsten and bulb-type 3-wavelength fluorescent lighting

• Fluorescent: for recording under warm-white, cool-white or warm-white (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

• Fluorescent H: for recording under daylight fluorescent or daylight fluorescent-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

• Custom: allows you to manually set the white balance and store the settings

Metering Modes: You can select from the following metering modes:

• Evaluative Light Metering: used for standard conditions, the area within the frame is divided into several zones and light is measured based on subject position, brightness, direct light and backlighting

• Center-Weighted Averaging: averages the exposure from the entire image, but places more weight on the subject at the center

• Spot AE Point: meters the area within the spot AE point at the center of the LCD monitor, use this setting when you want to set the exposure on the subject in the center

Long Shutter Speed Mode: You can set the shutter speed to a slow setting to make dark subjects appear brighter.

Continuous Shooting Mode: You can use this mode to shoot successive frames while the shutter button is fully pressed. In this mode, the camera stores approximately 2.1 images per second while the shutter button is held down. The time between pictures increases as the memory card fills up and when the flash is used.

Post Card: You can take pictures optimal for printing postcards, a 3:2 aspect ratio is used in the Post Card mode to ensure the entire frame is printed. The default resolution is 1600 x 1200 and the compression setting is Fine. You can also imbed the date in the image if you like.

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 or hold the image until you release the shutter button.

Self-Timer: The self-timer starts when the shutter button is pressed. The delay time can be set to 10 seconds, 2 seconds, or Custom Timer. The Custom Timer allows you to choose a timer delay of 0-10, 15, 20, or 30 seconds and the number of shots, up to 10.

Editing Movies: The Edit function in the movie control panel enables you to cut unwanted sections.

Slide Show: Images stored on a memory card can automatically be displayed one after another using the Slide Show function. You can display all the stored images, images taken on a specific date, images in a specific folder, only movies, only still pictures, or you can customize up to 3 separate slide shows, up to 998 images can be marked per custom slide show. You can also set the amount of time each image is displayed (3-10 seconds, 15 seconds, or 30 seconds) and the type of transition between pictures. In addition, the repeat function allows you to repeat a slide show after it has finished.

Index Replay: This feature allows you to view nine images at once on the LCD monitor so that you can search for an image quickly.

Image Magnification: When viewing a still picture in Single Image Replay mode, you can magnify the image up to approximately 10x. You can also maneuver around in the magnified picture by using the multi-purpose control dial.

Rotating Images: You can rotate an image by 90 or 270 degrees clockwise in the LCD monitor.

Protecting Images: The protect feature allows you to protect important images from accidental erasure.

Sound Memos: You can attach sound memos (up to 60 seconds) to an image while in the replay mode.

Lens Cap: The SD700 has a built-in lens cap, it opens when you turn the camera on and closes when the camera is turned off.

PictBridge Printing/Direct Print Capability: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer. PictBridge is a new standard that allows you to connect a PictBridge compliant camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer and make prints, regardless of brand. 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 SD700 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/Share Button: The camera features a dedicated Print/Share button allowing you to easily print from a Canon Card Photo or Direct Photo Printer. You can enjoy a full range of print features, including ID Photo Print in 28 sizes, and a Movie Print function that lets you print multiple stills from a recorded movie on a single sheet.

DPOF Print Settings: On your SD Memory Card or MultiMediaCard, you can select which image or images you want to print and how many copies you want. This is convenient for printing images all at once on optional Canon direct print function compliant printers or at participating photo labs.

My Camera Function: The start-up image, start-up sound, operation sounds, self-timer sound, and shutter sound can be customized with the My Camera function and edited on your computer using the software provided with the camera.

Image Resolution

Image Resolution/Compression: You can choose from the following still image resolutions: 2,816 x 2,112 (Large), 2,816 x 1,584 (widescreen), 2,272 x 1,704 (Medium 1), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 2), 1,600 x 1,200 (Postcard) and 640 x 480 (Small). For each resolution you can set the compression to Superfine, Fine or Normal (except postcard, which is set to fine). Movies can be shot as Standard (640 x 480 or 320 x 240 and 30 fps or 15 fps), Fast Frame (320 x 240 and 60 fps), or Compact (160 x 120 and 15 fps). Standard movie clips can be recorded up to the capacity of the inserted memory card, up to 1GB, or up to 1 hour, whichever is less. Fast Frame movie clips are a maximum of 1 minute. Compact movie clips are a maximum of 3 minutes. The estimated number of still images and length of movies that can be recorded on SD Memory Cards is as follows:

Inputs and Outputs Notes

Digital Terminal: The PowerShot SD700 has a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed terminal to allow you to connect the camera to a compatible computer or compatible Canon printer via the supplied USB cable.

AV Output: The camera's mini-jack output allows you to connect the camera to a TV or video monitor with RCA audio and composite video input jacks using the supplied audio/video cable. You can set the video output to NTSC or PAL.

Supplied Software

Software for Windows:

• ZoomBrowser EX: for downloading, displaying, organizing, and editing images
• TWAIN Driver: Canon camera driver for Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000
• WIA Driver: Canon camera driver for Windows Me
• PhotoStitch: for merging images to make panoramas
• ArcSoft PhotoStudio: advanced image editing

Software for Macintosh:

• ZoomBrowser EX: for downloading, displaying, organizing, and editing images
• PhotoStitch: for merging images to make panoramas
• ArcSoft PhotoStudio: advanced image editing

Minimum System Requirements: