The innovator of new models and technology in the field camera has got a new model of digital camera to the souk. It is the Canon Ixus 50 Digital Camera. This camera is an ultra compact model. The sensor resolution of this camera is 5 mega pixels. The optical sensor type is CCD. The effective sensor resolution is 5000000 pixels and the gross sensor resolution is 5300000 pixels. The digital zoom of this Canon Ixus 50 Digital Camera is 4x.

SHOOTING PROGRAMS

As a digital camera this too has got lots of modes. Some of the shooting programs are Indoor, Underwater, Kids & pets, Digital macro, Portrait mode, Stitch assist, Night snapshot. The special effects in this camera are Sepia, Vivid, Neutral, Black & White, and Low Sharpening. The maximum shutter speed is 1/1500 s, and the minimum shutter speed is 15s. The exposure metering in this camera is spot, evaluative and centre weighted. The exposure modes of this camera are manual, program and automatic. White balance is a main concept in taking videos and snap shots. While in bright lights to make the camera lens balanced with the colours this white light balancing concept is used. The modes in white balancing are Custom, Presets, and Automatic. The presets are Cloudy, Daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light (daylight).

FORMAT AND LENS

The still format will be in JPEG and the digital video format will be in AVI. The auto focus is TTL contrast detection. The zooming lens has got the focal length of 5.8 – 17.4mm. The lens aperture is F/2.8-4.9. The optical zoom is 3x and the zoom adjustment is motorized.

 The flash modes in this Canon Ixus 50 Digital Camera are Auto mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchronic, Flash OFF mode, and Red-eye reduction. The effective flash range will be of 0.5 – 3.5 m. The memory storage expansion slot is an SD memory card slot. The connections with this unit are 1 x USB, 1 x Composite video/audio output. In the part of additional features it has got self timer. The self timer delay in this camera is 2 secs and 10 secs. A micro phone is given in this camera; this is made used while the camera is used in video mode. The body of this Canon Ixus 50 Digital Camera is stainless steel. The dimensions are,