The PowerShot Pro1 is a
digital camera made by
Canon, announced in February 2004 and was discontinued first quarter of 2006. It uses a
Sony-built 2/3 in (17 mm) 8.3
megapixel CCD image sensor, which gives a usable image size of approximately 8.0 megapixels. It was the most expensive fixed-lens camera sold by Canon at the time, and thus the top of the PowerShot range. It was the first fixed
lens designated a
Canon L series lens, a designation normally reserved for expensive
EF-series SLR lenses.
It has a variable-angle two-inch,
polycrystalline silicon
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Polysilicon is produ ...
,
thin-film transistor, color
liquid crystal display
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with approximately 235,000 pixels and a colour
electronic viewfinder (EVF) with the same resolution. The lens has a zoom range of 7.2 to 50.8 mm, equivalent to 28 to 200 mm in
35 mm terms. The
shutter has a maximum speed of 1/4,000
second
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. The camera's dimensions are 117.5 mm in
width, 72 mm in
height, and 90.3 mm in depth. Its mass is 545
g.
References
Canon's PowerShot Pro1 Information Page*
Canon Inc. Powershot Pro1'. Retrieved on October 26, 2005.
* DPReview.com.
Canon PowerShot Pro1 Review'. Retrieved on October 26, 2005.
* Shuttertalk.com.
Canon PowerShot Pro1 Review'. Retrieved on December 5, 2005.
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