Canon PowerShot A490 prices and specs
The PowerShot A490 was produced on Jan 5, 2010 and is sold in USA for 175.01
The PowerShot A490 is a compact camera. Its main advantage is a small size: the photographer can even put it in the pocket. The PowerShot A490 has different automatic modes but you won't get photographs of the same perfect quality in comparison to DSLR cameras.
The camera can shoot pictures at 10 megapixels max resolution. But for better photo quality the more important specification is a sensor size. The PowerShot A490 has a 1/2.3' (6.17 x 4.55 mm) sensor which means that the camera will take pictures with a lower quality than cameras with bigger sensors but instead it is more portable. And if you want to make pictures of the best quality pay attention to Sony Alpha 7S.
The PowerShot A490 has max shutter speed of 1/2000 sec. It is an average shutter speed that is rather good for shooting action pictures of a satisfactory quality. The camera can even record videos but the max resolution is not very good - 640 x 480 (30 fps).
The lens is fixed and the camera owner can't change it. The lens has weak 3x optical zoom.
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Screen & Viewfinder
Video Recording
Lens & Focus
Physical & Battery
Storage
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features
Announced
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Other resolutions
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White balance presets
Custom white balance
Image stabilization
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Aperture priority
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Manual exposure mode
Subject / scene modes
Built-in flash
Flash range
External flash
Flash modes
Continuous drive
Self-timer
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Articulated LCD
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Touch screen
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Microphone
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Optical zoom
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Autofocus
Digital zoom
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Battery
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Storage types
USB
Timelapse recording
- Jan 5, 2010
- Compact
- 10 megapixels
- 3648 x 2736
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- CCD
- 4:3, 16:9
- 3648 x 2048, 2816 x 2112, 2272 x 1704, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480, 320 x 240
- Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
- 5
- Yes
- No
- No
- 15 sec
- 1/2000 sec
- No
- No
- No
- Yes
- Yes
- 3.00 m
- No
- Auto, On, Off, Slow Sync
- 0.9 fps
- Yes (2 or 10 sec, Custom, Face)
- Multi
- Center-weighted
- Spot
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Fixed
- 2.5″
- 115,000
- No
- Yes
- None
- 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps)
- Motion JPEG
- Mono
- 37–122 mm
- 3.3×
- F3–5.8
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Single
- Live View
- Yes (4x)
- No
- 1 cm (0.39″)
- 5
- 175 g (0.39 lb / 6.17 oz)
- 94 x 62 x 31 mm (3.7 x 2.44 x 1.22″)
- AA
- 2 x AA batteries (Alkaline or NiMH)
- SC/SDHC/MMC/MMCplus/HC MMCplus
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- No
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