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Picture Canon PowerShot G9    
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Type Prosumer
Effective pixels 12,1Mpix
Image ratio 4:3
Sensor size 1/1,7"
Sensor type CCD
ISO Auto Yes
ISO 50 No
ISO 80 Yes
ISO 100 Yes
ISO 200 Yes
ISO 400 Yes
ISO 800 Yes
ISO 1600 Yes
ISO 2000 No
ISO 3200 No
ISO 6400 No
ISO High Yes
Image stabilizer Lens
Fastest shutter 1/2500s
Slowest shutter 15s
Zoom wide 35mm
Zoom tele 210mm
Optical zoom 6X
Digital zoom 4X
Aperture (wide) F2,8
Aperture (tele) F4,8
Display form factor Built-in
Display size 3"
Display pixels 230000 px
Viewfinder Optical
Built-in flash Yes
External flash Yes
Video clips Yes
Lossless format Yes
CF Type-I No
CF Type-II No
MicroDrive No
SD Yes
miniSD No
MicroSD No
MMC Yes
RS-MMC No
MS No
MS-Duo No
MS-Micro No
SmartMedia No
xD No
Video out Yes
USB 2.0 Yes
Firewire No
Width 106,4mm
Height 71,9mm
Depth 42,5mm
Weight 320g

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  • CF Type-I
    Memory card is the subsitute of film in digital cameras, i.e. photos and videos are stored to the memory card. The main differencies between various types of memory cards deal with physical measures, storage capacity and price.
  • Digital zoom factor
    Digital zoom crops the image to a smaller size and then enlarges the cropped image to fill the complete frame. This results in a significant loss of quality.
  • Effective pixels
    The total number of pixels on the elementary pixel sensor is often larger than the actual number of pixels used to create the output image. The group of actual pixels used are called the effective pixels.
  • Image ratio
    Image ratio is the aspect ratio of the image produced by the camera and is given as the ratio between width and the height of the image (width:height). For most digital cameras the ratio is 4:3 (1.33) and for DSLRs 3:2 (1.5).
  • Image stabilizer
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  • ISO Auto
    Traditionally the ISO rating measures the sensitivity of the film, and the same sensitivity scale is adapted to digital cameras also. The sensitivity grows as the ISO Rating gets higher, and at the same time the noise level of the image gets higher.
  • Lossless format
    Tells whether or not the camera supports saving pictures in lossless ("uncompressed") format (e.g. RAW or TIFF)
  • Optical zoom factor
    Optical zoom works exactly like a zoom lens on a film camera. The zoom level is adjusted by lenses, which affect the focal length and magnification. Optical zoom does not weaken the image quality or reduce pixel count of the resulting image.
  • Sensor size
    Sensor size tells the actual physical measures of the pixel sensor. Small physical dimensions of the sensor may contribute to loss in picture quality (i.e. noise and dynamic range). Usually DSLRs use larger sensors than point-to-shoot cameras.
  • Sensor type
    A CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) sensor will provide a sharper and more precise image, but is generally more power consuming. CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) sensors are more energy efficient, faster and cheaper to produce, and the technology is developing at a fast pace.
  • Type
    The cameras are divided in three categories: ultra compact, compact and prosumer. Ultra compact cameras are very small size, light weight cameras. Most regular point-and-shoot digital cameras fall into the compact category. Cameras with more advanced options (eg. manual settings, flash shoe, RAW image format, long zoom etc.) are considered prosumer (or pro-consumer) cameras.
  • USB 2.0
    Modern cameras usually have a USB and/or FireWire connector, which can be used to transfer photos from memory card to a computer. Some cameras also have video and audio outputs, which allow the device to be connected to an external display (e.g. television).