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Canon PowerShot A3100 IS -- The Best Digital Camera

Canon is a Japanese multinational corporation well known for optics and imaging products. They produce products such as cameras, steppers, photocopiers and computer printers. Canon introduced a new powershot A series digital camera called Canon PowerShot A3100 IS. It is a point and shoot digital camera.

The dimension of this camera is 97 x 58 x 28 mm (3.8 x 2.3 x 1.1 inches). It has a 12.1 Megapixels of effective resolution. It contains a 2.7 inches (6.7 cm) high resolution LCD display which contains 230,000 pixels. It offers clear playback and allow the users to review the images taken with pin sharp clarity. The lens aperture varies from f/2.7 to f/5.6. The optical zoom of the lens is 4x. The digital zoom is 4x. The ISO sensitivity ranges from auto, ISO 100 to ISO 1600. The shutter speed varies from 15 seconds to 1/1600 seconds. The self timer option available with this camera is 2 seconds and 10 seconds.

At the front of the camera, a small dot is present at the top. The small dot is the mono microphone, which is present to the left of the lens. The larger dot is nothing but the self timer indicator lamp. A dedicated button is available to start the face detection mode while shooting pictures. To the right of the camera it bears a single port which gets used for data and AV connections. The two tone theme is present at the top of the camera, which is concave at the center. The small speaker is at the edge. At the bottom left of the camera, it has the battery and memory card compartment.

The face detection technology provides correct exposure, track the faces and focus it exactly for best results. Another button is also there for switching to playback mode. This camera comes with user friendly features. A3100 is well equipped with DIGIC III processor. It includes an integrated optical image stabilizer which provides excellent, blur free images with full details. The intelligent smart auto mode captures image with perfect clearness. The smart flash exposure detects and eliminates the facial shadows in the daylight shooting. The red eye reduction eliminates the red appearance on eyes.

The smart auto with scene detection technology keeps 18 different scenes throughout and automatically uses the best scene according to the shooting conditions. The smart auto also contains i-contrast technology. The i-contrast technology analyzes and delivers perfect exposure and brightness to the images. It also corrects the darker areas. The new poster effect mode reduces the number of colors. The smart face self timer allows the photographer to include in the group photos and the camera will shot only when an extra face entered the frame.

It contains software packages including YouTube upload function for online sharing of videos. It uses SD/SDHC memory cards for storage purpose. It uses NB-8L lithium-ion rechargeable battery for power. The camera weighs 125 grams (4.41 ounces) without battery and 155 grams (5.5 ounces) with battery. A3100 IS comes in red, silver and blue colors. The price of Canon PowerShot A3100 IS is around 180 US Dollars. The camera is so smart and makes good impression. With a lot of features and at affordable rate, this camera will be the best choice for all the people who plan to buy a new digital camera.

dBal
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:53:43 +0000

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