Marketed: November 1998
Original Price: 158,000 yen
The PowerShot Pro70 is designed for professional and high-end photographers. It features a 1/2" CCD sensor with 1.68-million pixels. The camera is equipped with a high-performance 28-70mm (35mm camera equivalent) 2.5x power zoom lens that includes two aspherical lens elements. The lens and CCD combine to deliver outstanding clarity and exceptionally high resolution.
Other features of the PowerShot Pro70 include compatibility with Canon's EOS Speedlite EX series, shutter speeds between 1/2 and 1/8000 second, and a continuous shooting mode offering a 4 frame-per-second shooting speed and permitting up to 20 continuous shots in a series.
PowerShot Pro 70
Image Sensor (CCD) Size: 1/2"
Method: Complementary color filter/Interline
Number of Pixels: 1,680,000 pixel (total)
Sensitivity Equivalent to ISO 100-400
Image Data Storage CompactFlash ™ card (Type I, II)
File Format CIFF (JPEG)/Proprietary Canon format
(CCD RAW)
Recorded Image Size 1536 x 1024, 768 x 512
Lens 6-15 mm f/2.0-2.4 (35mm film equivalent :
28-70mm)
Shutter Speed 1/2-1/500 sec. (Large/CCD RAW),1/2-
1/8000 sec. (Small)
Focusing Range Standard: 32 cm-infinity
Macro: 12 cm-infinity
Built-in Flash ---
White Balance Control TTL auto
Viewfinder Optical: Secondary focused real-image
zoom finder
LCD: 2"h low-temperature polysilicon TFT
Recording Capacities * Fine: 20 shots (1536 x 1024)/50 (768 x 512)
using 8MB CF card Normal: 40 shots (1536 x 1024)/96
(768 x 512)
CCD Raw: 30 shots (1536 x 1024)
Interfaces Serial/CF card slot x 2 (Type I & II)/Video
Out/EOS remote switch terminal
Compatible Operating Systems Windows® 95/98, Windows® NT4.0, Macintosh
Power Supply 2CR5 lithium battery, Dedicated Nickel-
hydride Battery, Dedicated AC adapter
Dimensions (W x H x D) 146 x 85 x 132 mm
Weight (body only) Approx. 690 g
Accessories 8MB CF, video cable, shoulder strap, compact
power adapter, DC coupler, battery pack
PowerShot Pro 70
Powershot Pro 70
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