Canon IXUS 970/SD890 Digital camera information

I want to buy the digital camera for me. I am looking for one of the Canon digital camera. I think the Canon IXUS series will be better according to my needs. So i am looking forward for the Canon IXUS 970/SD890 Digital camera. But before purchasing i want to know the detail information of the Canon IXUS 970/SD890 Digital camera. This will help me alot in the selection process. I hope you people will help me out in this. Reply back as soon as possible.

You want some information on the Canon IXUS 970/SD890 Digital camera before buying it. The Canon IXUS 970 is also known as or it is same model as the Canon PowerShot SD890. So don't think that both are the different digital cameras. You can easily get the full and details specification of this digital camera on the website of the canon. According to my views about this digital camera, You can buy this because this is nice digital camera with the 5X optical zoom feature and has the superior picture quality.

Features of the Canon IXUS 970/SD890 Digital camera.

1. 10 MP CCD sensor with 3648 x 2736 pixel images
2. 5x optical zoom
3. Image Stabilization
4. 2.5" LCD
5. 16:9 ratio for HDTV
6. Face Detection technology with AF Zoom
7. Movie mode 30fps till 4GB
8. Exposure compensation: +/-2EV in 1/3-step increments
9. noise reduction with 1.3 sec
10. ISO settings
11. Voice memo
12. Orientation Sensor
13. microphone and speaker
14. Lithium battery and charger
15. print and PictBridge
16. High-speed USB 2.0
17. SD/SDHC and MMC/MMC+/HC MMC+ card storage, 32MB SD card supplied

Details of the Canon IXUS 970/SD890 Digital camera.

1. Camera Effective Pixels : Approx. 10.0 million
2. Image Sensor : 1 / 2.3-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 10.3 million pixels)
3. Lens : 6.6 (W) - 33.0 (T) mm
4. (35mm film equivalent: 37 (W) - 105 (T) mm)
5. f / 3.2 (W) - f / 5.7 (T)
6. Digital Zoom : Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 20x in combination with the optical zoom)
7. LCD Monitor : 2.5-inch type, low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD (Pure Color LCD II), approx. 230,000 dots, picture coverage 100%)
8. AF System : TTL autofocus
9. AF frame can be moved and fixed to specified face.
10. If no face is detected, AiAF (9-points) is used.
11. Normal or small sizes can be selected.
12. Focusing Range : Normal: 50 cm (16 ft.) - infinity
13. Macro: 2 - 50 cm (W) (0.79 in. - 1.6 ft. (W))
14. Infinity: 3 m (9.8 in.) - infinity
15. Shutter : Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter

Recording and picture details of the Canon IXUS 970/SD890 Digital camera.

1. Recording Media : SD memory card / SDHC memory card / MultiMediaCard / MMCplus card / HC MMCplus card
2. File Format : Design rule for camera file system and DPOF compliant
3. Data Type
   
   
   • Still images: Exif 2.2 , JPEG
   • Movies: AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG;
   • Audio data: WAVE
   • Sound Memo or Sound Recorder: WAVE
4. Compression : Superfine, Fine, Normal
5. Number of Recording Pixels
6. Still images : Large: 3648 x 2736 pixels
7. Medium 1: 2816 x 2112 pixels
8. Medium 2: 2272 x 1704 pixels
9. Medium 3: 1600 x 1200 pixels
10. Small: 640 x 480 pixels
11. Date Stamp: 1600 x 1200 pixels
12. Widescreen: 3648 x 2048 pixels

List of the Canon Digital camera's to which you can look for other than the Canon IXUS 970/SD890 Digital camera.

1. Canon IXUS980/SD990
2. Canon A470
3. Canon IXUS870/SD880
4. Canon Ixus 80 IS / SD 1100 IS
5. Canon A590 IS
6. Canon SX1IS
7. Canon SX10
8. Canon SX110