PowerShot SD950 IS/DIGITAL IXUS 960 IS

Summary

This camera has features including a 12.1 Megapixel, 1/1.7-inch CCD, DIGIC III Image Processor, 3.7x optical zoom lens with a shift-type optical Image Stabilizer (IS) system and 2.5-inch LCD monitor with wide viewing angle. It uses Battery Pack NB-5L to shoot up to approx. 240 images (based on the CIPA standard when the LCD monitor is on), and SD memory cards, SDHC memory cards, MultiMediaCards, MMCplus cards and HC MMCplus cards for the recording media. Images are utilized with a direct print compatible printer, computer and TV via USB 2.0 Hi-Speed.

Specifications

(W): Max. wide angle (T): Max. telephoto
Camera Effective Pixels

Approx. 12.1 Megapixels

Image Sensor

1/1.7-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 12.4 megapixels)

Imaging Processor

»DIGIC III

Optical Viewfinder

Real-image Zoom Viewfinder

Lens

3.7x Optical Zoom Lens with the Lens Shift Type Image Stabilization
7.7 (W)–28.5 (T) mm (35mm equiv. : 36 (W)–133 (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: 3.7x Medium 1: 4.5x Medium 2: 5.7x Medium 3: 9.3x Small: 15x

Digital Tele-converter (35mm equiv.)

1.5x: 54 (W)–199.5 (T) mm 2.0x: 72 (W)–266 (T) mm

Focusing Range

･ Normal: 50 cm (1.6 ft.)–infinity
･ Macro: 5–50 cm (2.0 in.–1.6 ft.) (W), 40–50 cm (1.3–1.6 ft.) (T)
･ Infinity: 3 m (9.8 ft.)–infinity
･ Kids&Pets: 1 m (3.3 ft.)–infinity

LCD Monitor

Wide Viewing Angle 2.5-inch type, low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD, Approx. 230,000 pixels (Picture coverage 100%)

AF System

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


Size of AF frame can be selected.

Shutter

Mechanical shutter + electronic shutter

Shutter speeds

15-1/1600 sec.

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

Built-in Flash

･ Auto, On, Off

Flash Range

Normal: 50 cm–4.6 m (1.6–15 ft.) (W), 50 cm–2.4 m (1.6–7.9 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. 1.5 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


Selectable in Manual mode.


»Portrait, »Night Snapshot, »Kids&Pets, »Indoor, »Foliage, »Snow, »Beach, »Fireworks, »Aquarium, »Underwater, »ISO 3200


Standard, High Resolution, 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

･ Still images

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

･ 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

･ Large : 4000 x 3000 pixels
･ Medium 1 : 3264 x 2448 pixels
･ Medium 2 : 2592 x 1944 pixels
･ Medium 3/Postcard : 1600 x 1200 pixels
･ Small : 640 x 480 pixels
･ Widescreen : 4000 x 2248 pixels

Movies

･ 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)

･ High Resolution

1024 x 768 pixels (15 frames/sec.)
Recording can continue until the memory card is full (can record up to a maximum of 4 GB at one time)

･ Compact (can record for 3 min.)

160 x 120 pixels (15 frames/sec.)

･ 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

･ Sound Memo, Movie (Compact): 11.025 kHz
･ Movie (other than Compact): 44.100 kHz
･ 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), Sound Recorder (up to 2 hours sound-only recording/playback possible) or Resize.

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

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

Power Source

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

Battery Pack NB-5L (Fully Charged)

･ LCD Monitor On : Approx. 240 images (Based on the CIPA standard)
･ LCD Monitor Off : Approx. 580 images
･ Playback Time : Approx. 6 hours



Test Conditions

･ 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.

･ 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)

95.9 x 59.9 x 27.6 mm (3.8 x 2.4 x 1.1 in.)

Weight (camera body only)

Approx. 165 g (5.8 oz.)