Canon Powershot A420

Canon Powershot A420 ... equipped with an approximately 4.0 million camera effective pixel Charge Coupled Device (CCD), and with DIGIC II, higher resolution and high-speed processing were achieved.

This camera is equipped with the 3.2x optical zoom lens, which covers a 35mm film equivalent focal length ranging from 39 mm (Wide Angle) to 125 mm (Telephoto) and f/2.8 (Wide Angle) - f/5.1 (Telephoto) aperture.

This camera is equipped with an upgraded 1.8-inch Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and up to ISO 400 can be selected in the shooting mode. The recording pixels now include a "Widescreen" feature that has the same aspect ratio as 16:9 widescreen TVs for shooting wide images. This camera can take QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) movies at 30 frames per second.

Super Macro in the "Manual" mode allows you to shoot a subject when the distance from the front of the lens to the subject is in the range of 1 to 5 cm (0.39 to 2.0 in.) when shooting.

By revising the operability of the previous My Colors mode, Color Accent mode and Color Swap mode that transform colors when shooting have been added to the shooting mode. The My Colors and Photo Effect modes have been combined into the new "My Colors" in the FUNC. menu and are used to change the look and feel of the pictures when shooting.

This camera is equipped with a "Print/Share" button. This button lets you easily print your images by connecting the camera directly to a direct print compatible printer. When the camera is connected to a computer (Windows /Mac OS X), pressing the Print/Share button lets you easily download images directly from the camera to the computer. A new "Print Menu" including all the menus for printing has improved camera operations for such functions as direct printing.