Friday, December 22, 2006

Update 2: My New Toys

Hello ppl

Recently i added another tinee tiny weapon to my arsenal though this one shoots damn fast and can capture u within seconds .No its not a gun but a Canon Powershot S2IS digicam ,had wanted one for a long time. Waited all thanxgiving deals to get a decent bargain but in vain and then finally i quit waiting on dec 4 and ordered this toy on amazon.com.For the tech-savvy readers here are the captures and its tech specs.Tech Specs

Product Features

  • 5.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 13 x 17-inch prints
  • 12x optical zoom; 1.8-inch vari-angle LCD display
  • Records VGA film at 30 frames per second with stereo sound; includes wind filter and adjustable levels for sound
  • MovieSnap feature allows you to capture a 5.0 MP still image while recording a movie; also features digital zoom and manual focus options for movies
  • Powered by four AA-size batteries; stores images on SD memory cards

Technical Details

  • Type of camera: Compact digital camera with built-in flash and 12x Optical / 4x Digital / 48x Combined Zoom
  • Image capture device: 5.0-megapixel, 1/2.5-inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
  • Total pixels: Approximately 5.3 megapixels
  • Effective pixels: Approximately 5.0 megapixels
  • Lens focal length: 6.0-72.0mm, f2.7-3.5 (35mm film equivalent: 36-432mm)
  • Digital zoom: 4x
  • Focusing range: Normal: 1.6 feet/50 centimeters to infinity (wide), 3.0 feet/90 centimeters to infinity (telephoto); macro: 3.9 inches to 1.6 feet/10 to 50 centimeters; super macro: 0 to 3.9 inches/0 to 10 centimeters; TTL sutofocus (continuous/single)
  • Optical viewfinder: 0.33-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD
  • LCD monitor: 1.8-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD with variable-angle function
  • LCD pixels: Approximately 115,000 pixels
  • LCD coverage: 100%
  • Maximum aperture: f2.7 (wide) to f3.5 (telephoto)
  • Shutter speed: 15 seconds to 1/3200 second; slow shutter speed of 15 to 1.3 seconds is only available in select modes
  • Sensitivity: AUTO, ISO 50/100/200/400 equivalent
  • White balance control: Auto, pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash), custom flash
  • Built-in flash: Operation modes: Auto, Red-Eye Reduction ON/OFF
  • Flash range: Normal: 2.3 to 17.1 feet/0.7 to 5.2 meters (wide), 2.3 to 13.1 feet/0.7 to 4.0 meters (telephoto); macro: 1.0 feet to 2.3 feet/0.3 to 0.7 meters (when sensitivity is set to ISO 100 equivalent)
  • Shooting modes: Auto; creative zone: P, Av, Tv, M, C; image zone: Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Indoor, Night Snapshot), Stitch Assist, Movie, My Colors
  • Photo effects: Off, Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia, Black and White, Custom
  • Language display: 21 display languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, simplified/traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish



And here are some pics i clicked with this cam in Washington DC

WHITE HOUSE
Believe me its damn small for a president house and that too president of USA or may be thats what the illusion is but it seems to be really small.
Some Ducks at THE MALL



Washington Monument
Winter Blooms

Nice na ?

Ciao for now