Canon 860 IS

Specifications

• Camera Effective Pixels

  Approx. 8.0 Megapixels

• Image Sensor

  1/2.5-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 8.3 megapixels)

• Imaging Processor

  »DIGIC III

• Lens

  3.8x Optical Zoom Lens with the Lens Shift Type Image Stabilization
  4.6 (W)–17.3 (T) mm (35mm equiv. :  28 (W)–105 (T) mm) f/2.8 (W)–f/5.8 (T)

  Digital Zoom

  Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 15x in combination with the optical zoom)

  Safety Zoom

  Large: 3.8x   Medium 1: 4.8x   Medium 2: 6.1x   Medium 3: 7.8x   Small: 15x

  Digital Tele-converter (35mm equiv.)

  1.6x: 44.8 (W)–168 (T) mm   2.0x: 56 (W)–210 (T) mm

  Focusing Range

  ï½¥ Normal: 45 cm (1.5 ft.)–infinity
  ï½¥ Macro: 3–60 cm (1.2 in.–2.0 ft.) (W), 30–60 cm (1.2–2.0 ft.) (T)
  ï½¥ Infinity: 3 m (9.8 ft.)–infinity
  ï½¥ Kids&Pets: 1 m (3.3 ft.)–infinity

• LCD Monitor

  Wide Viewing Angle 3.0-inch type, low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD, Approx. 230,000 pixels (Picture coverage 100%)

• AF System

  ï½¥ TTL autofocus
  ï½¥ Face Detect/AiAF (9-point)/Center

  

  Size of AF frame can be selected

• Shutter

  Mechanical shutter + electronic shutter

  Shutter speeds

  15-1/1600 sec.

  ï½¥ The shutter speed varies depending on the shooting mode.
  ï½¥ Slow shutter speeds of 1.3 sec. or slower operate with noise reduction.

• Built-in Flash

  ï½¥ Auto, On, Off

  Flash Range

  Normal: 30 cm–4.0 m (1.0–13.1 ft.) (W), 30 cm–2.0 m (1.0–6.6 ft.) (T) (ISO speed :  Auto)

  

  Red-eye reduction, FE Lock and slow synchro available

• Drive Modes

  Single Shooting, Continuous Shooting, Self-timer

  Continuous Shooting

  Approx. 1.3 shots/sec. (Large/Fine mode)

  Self-timer

  Activates shutter after an approx. 10-sec./approx. 2-sec. delay, Custom Timer

• Exposure Control

  Exposure Compensation, Metering Methods, ISO Speed

  Exposure Compensation

  ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments

  Metering Methods

  Evaluative, Center-weighted average or Spot (Fixed to center)

  ISO Speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)

  Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600

  

  When [AF Frame] is set to [Face Detect], the brightness of the face is also evaluated.

  

  Camera automatically sets the optimal speed.

• White Balance

  Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H or Custom

• Shooting Modes

  »Auto, »Manual, »Digital Macro, »Color Accent, »Color Swap, »Stitch Assist, Special Scene, Movie

  
  
  

  Long shutter mode available

  

  »Portrait, »Night Snapshot, »Kids&Pets, »Indoor, »Foliage, »Snow, »Beach, »Fireworks, »Aquarium, »Underwater

  

  Standard, Compact, Color Accent, Color Swap, Time Lapse

• Recording Media

  SD memory card/SDHC memory card/MultiMediaCard/MMCplus card/HC MMCplus card

  File Format

  Design rule for camera file system and DPOF compliant

  Data Type

  ï½¥ Still images

  Exif 2.2 (JPEG) Sound memos: WAVE (monaural)

  ï½¥ Movies

  AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG; Audio data: WAVE (monaural))

  

  Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between digital cameras and printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant printer, the camera's image data at the time of shooting is used and optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints.

• Compression

  Superfine, Fine, Normal

• Number of Recording Pixels

  Still Images

  ï½¥ Large :  3264 x 2448 pixels
  ï½¥ Medium 1 :  2592 x 1944 pixels
  ï½¥ Medium 2 :  2048 x 1536 pixels
  ï½¥ Medium 3/Postcard :  1600 x 1200 pixels
  ï½¥ Small :  640 x 480 pixels
  ï½¥ Widescreen :  3264 x 1832 pixels

  Movies

  ï½¥ Standard, Color Accent, Color Swap

  640 x 480 pixels (30 frames/sec.)
  640 x 480 pixels (30 frames/sec., LP)
  320 x 240 pixels (30 frames/sec.)
  Recording can continue until the memory card is full (can record up to a maximum of 4 GB at one time)

  ï½¥ Compact (can record for 3 min.)

  160 x 120 pixels (15 frames/sec.)

  ï½¥ Time Lapse (can record for 2 hours)

  640 x 480 pixels (1 frame/sec., 0.5 frame/sec.) (15 frames/sec. during playback)

  

  Using super high-speed memory cards (SDC-512 MSH recommended).

  

  Even if the clip size has not reached 4 GB, recording will stop at the moment the clip length reaches 1 hour. Depending on the volume and data writing speed of the memory card, recording may stop before reaching 1 hour or before the recorded data volume has reached 4 GB.

• Sound Memo

  Bit Rate: 16 bits

  Sampling Rate

  ï½¥ Sound Memo, Movie (Compact): 11.025 kHz
  ï½¥ Movie (other than Compact): 44.100 kHz
  ï½¥ Sound Recorder: 11.025 kHz, 22.050 kHz, 44.100 kHz

• Playback Modes

  Single (histogram displayable), Index (9 thumbnail images), Magnified (approx. 10x (max.) in LCD monitor, advance or reverse through magnified images possible), My Category, Jump (date, my category, folder, movie, tenth, hundredth), Slide show, Red-Eye Correction, My Colors, Sound memos (recording/playback up to 1 min.), Movie (edit/slow motion play back possible) or Sound Recorder (up to 2 hours sound-only recording/playback possible).

• Direct Print

  PictBridge, Canon Direct print, Bubble Jet Direct

• My Camera Settings

  Start-up image, start-up sound, operation sound, self-timer sound, and shutter sound.

• Interface

  USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mini-B) Audio/Video output (NTSC or PAL selectable, monaural audio)

  Communication Settings

  MTP, PTP

  Software

  ï½¥ »ZoomBrowser EX (for Windows OS)
  ï½¥ »ImageBrowser (for Mac OS)
  Please read »System Requirements in advance.

• Power Source

  ï½¥ Battery Pack NB-5L
  ï½¥ AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC30 (sold separately)

  Battery Pack NB-5L (Fully Charged)

  ï½¥ LCD Monitor On :  Approx. 270 images (Based on the CIPA standard)
  ï½¥ Playback Time :  Approx. 6 hours

  
  

  Test Conditions

  ï½¥ Shooting

  Normal temperature (23±2C/73F±3.6F), normal relative humidity (50%±20%), alternating wide angle end and telephoto end shots at 30 second intervals with the flash fired once every two shots and the camera power turned off after every tenth shot. Power is left off for a sufficient amount of time, then the power is turned back on and the testing procedure is repeated.

  ï½¥ Playback

  Normal temperature (23C±2C/73F±3.6F), normal relative humidity (50%±20%), continuous playback at 3 seconds per image.

• Operating Temperatures

  0–40C (32–104F)

• Operation Humidity

  10–90 %

• Dimensions (excluding protrusions)

  92.6 x 58.8 x 25.9 mm (thinnest section 24.5mm)
  3.7 x 2.3 x 1.0 in. (thinnest section 0.96 in.)

• Weight (camera body only)

  Approx. 155 g (5.5 oz.)