Canon PowerShot Pro 1 8MP Digital Camera with 7x Optical Zoom

Canon PowerShot Pro 1 8MP Digital Camera with 7x Optical Zoom
Manufacturer: Canon
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Nearing the top of the spectrum in digital camera technology, this Canon PowerShot boasts a full 8 megapixels of imaging power, rendering telescopic shots flawless and large prints gorgeously detailed. Fronted by an easy-to-use SLR system with shooting modes for every situation and level of photographic experience, the camera's professional capabilities show in your shots. Features: 28-200mm, f/2.4-3.5 L-series USM zoom lens with ultrasonic motor, enhanced super macro focus mode, 12 EOS-based shooting modes, user-friendly, flip-open, swiveling, high-resolution 2" LCD monitor, 3 light-metering modes, 6 photo effects, high-speed Digic imaging processor and sophisticated iSAPS scene-recognition technology, up to 30 fps VGA-quality movie recording with sound, direct printing capability, 3264x2448 to 640x480 resolution modes, auto-400 ISO speeds, RAW and JPEG formats (EXIF 2.2 compliant), AVI movie, 5 review modes, CompactFlash type 1 or 2 compatibility, 15.25000 shutter speeds, 4 auto exposure modes and AE lock, and 9 white balance modes. Includes 64MB CompactFlash memory card, USB and A/V cables, lens hood, lens cap, battery pack, battery charger, wireless controller and neck strap, ZoomBrowser (Windows) and ImageBrower (Mac) CD-ROM, and PhotoStitch, ArcSoft PhotoStudio and Photo Impression software. 2.80x 4.60Lx3.60W".
Amazon.com Product Description
PowerShot Pro 1 gives you the creative performance of a high-end SLR camera with the digital capability and ease of use inherent to the PowerShot line. The camera's 8 Megapixel CCD captures life to the extent that even prints of 8" x 10" or larger are highly detailed and gorgeously colored.

L Lens


	Lens construction: aspherical lens in blue, UD lens and fluorite in purple

The PowerShot Pro1 incorporates Canon's top-of-the-line lens, the L Lens, legendary among professional photographers. Driven by an Ultrasonic Motor, the super-fast 28-200mm (35mm equivalent) f/2.4-3.5 lens uses fluorite and UD (Ultra-low dispersion) glass for clear, sharp image delineation with an absolute minimum in chromatic aberration. Also incorporated is an Aspherical lens, precision-manufactured to within 0.1 microns, which corrects spherical aberrations and curvilinear distortion while keeping the zoom lens compact.

Shooting modes for all occasions
PowerShot Pro1 offers shooting modes (see below) for every situation and level of photographic experience. Photo Effects in Vivid Color, Neutral Color, Low Sharpening, Sepia, Black & White and Custom are also available, boosting the artistry of your shots instantly.

Three light-metering modes deliver precise exposure: evaluative metering, center-weighted average metering and spot metering, which lets you measure exposure at the chosen AF point or the center of the frame for an exceptional level of control. And the camera's innovative FlexiZone AF/AE system lets you move the AF point around the frame to focus on off-center subjects without reframing the shot, and connects the AF point to the exposure system when the camera is in spot metering mode.

Modes

Custom: Control and store 2 sets of parameters to your exact preferences
Auto: Concentrate on your composition while the camera manages all the technical work.
Portrait: A larger aperture ensures a well-focused subject and beautiful background blur.
Landscape: A smaller aperture is perfect for capturing sweeping vistas
Night Scene: Background exposure and slow-sync flash light tricky night shots perfectly.
Shutter Speed Priority: Select from a wide range of shutter speeds while the camera sets an appropriate aperture.
Stitch Assist: Easily create precisely aligned panoramas. Stitch Assist even lets you confirm the next image to shoot on the LCD monitor or electronic viewfinder while you're shooting the current image.
Movie: Create movie clips with audio and enjoy a broad range of resolution choices: high-resolution VGA (up to 30 sec.) or long-play QVGA and QQVGA (up to 3 minutes). Unwanted scenes can be deleted during playback.
Program: Set almost all parameters yourself, while the camera selects aperture and shutter speed.

Advanced Digital Imaging Technology

Canon's exclusive DIGIC Imaging Processor revolutionizes how you shoot digital by allowing the camera to process images faster and improving the accuracy of the autofocus. DIGIC also reduces the effects on noise in your images.

iSAPS Technology is an entirely new scene-recognition technology developed for digital cameras by Canon. Using an internal database of thousands of different photos, iSAPS works with the fast DIGIC Imaging Processor to improve focus speed and accuracy, as well as exposure and white balance.

The components of photographic space that are precision captured by DIGIC

Incredible Up-close shots
Super Macro Mode: The PowerShot Pro1 features a standard macro function that allows you to shoot clearly at just 4" from your subject. It also incorporates a new Super Macro Mode that takes you in even closer. Position your subject as little as 1/2" from the tip of the lens and capture a full 8 megapixels of astonishingly close detail.

Bigger, Sharper, Vari-angle LCD monitor

With a comfortable, ergonomic grip and natural inline layout of key elements, PowerShot Pro1 is designed with the photographer in mind. The camera features a swiveling 2.0-inch Vari-angle LCD monitor that offers the highest resolution in its class at 235,000 pixels. The electronic viewfinder offers the same sharp resolution, and both keep pace with the high-speed zoom for seamless, responsive shooting. Information in the large display panel is always clear and visible and the panel can be illuminated at the push of a button. The mode dial is located for easy viewing during operation, and a main switch takes you quickly from shooting to playback mode.

Capture extremely fast-moving subjects
Speeding objects are fair game with a high-precision shutter drive that reaches a maximum speed of 1/4000 sec. (or you can shoot for up to 15 seconds in low light). Two continuous shooting modes capture high-impact images at any pace: standard (1 image per second) or high-speed (2.5 images per second).

Shoot high-quality movies with sound
High-quality movie clips with audio capture all the action. The PowerShot Pro1 offers several resolution choices: high-resolution VGA (up to 30 sec.), or long-play QVGA and QQVGA (up to 3 minutes). Delete unwanted scenes during playback.

Bracketing
Bracketing lets you capture 3 exposures with one shot, setting a range between ±2 stops at 1/3-stop increments. A major advantage to digital is the ability to switch ISO ratings without worrying about switching film rolls. PowerShot Pro1 offers instant access to ISO equivalents of 50, 100, 200 and 400.

Easy Connectivity

To printers: The camera connects directly to a wide range of Canon Card Photo Printers and Canon Direct Photo Printers for a world of printing options: credit card-size, 4" x 6", 5" x 7", letter-size (8.5" x 11"), 11" x 13", labels, and much more, all without your computer. While Canon printers will deliver the highest quality prints from your PowerShot Pro1, the camera is equipped with PictBridge compatibility to ensure smooth connections to other manufacturers' printers as well.
To PCs and Macs: PowerShot Pro 1 comes complete with Canon's own Digital Camera Solution Disk and proven third-party software:
- ZoomBrowser EX (Win)/ImageBrowser (Mac): A user-friendly program that lets you quickly and easily connect, manage files and view images.
- PhotoRecord (Win): Create exciting photo layouts for personal or business use, putting text anywhere on the page. Includes Exif support for enhanced color accuracy and detail.
- PhotoStitch (Win/Mac): Join sequential shots to create seamless, perfectly aligned vertical, horizontal, 2x2 panoramas or 360° panorama movies.
- TWAIN Driver/WIA Driver (Win): Allows your computer to recognize your camera and integrate well with third-party software.
- ArcSoft Camera Suite (Win/Mac): Crop, enlarge and retouch photos and video clips like a pro.
- Apple QuickTime (Win): Makes playing back your video clips fun and easy.

What's in the Box
This package contains the PowerShot Pro1 digital camera, 64 MB CompactFlash card, lens hood (LH-DC10), battery pack (BP-511A), battery charger (CB-5L), wireless controller (WL-DC100), USB and A/V cables, lens cap, and neck strap. The supplied software on the CD-ROM includes browsing and printing software ZoomBrowser EX (Windows) and ImageBrowser (Mac). Other software includes PhotoStitch, plus photo and movie manipulation software ArcSoft PhotoStudio and VideoImpression.

Canon PowerShot Pro 1 8MP Digital Camera with 7x Optical Zoom

Average customer rating:

Powershot Pro 1
good for non-action pics with good light, bad for everything else
A GREAT CAMERA, SIMPLY FANTASTIC
Fantastic Workhorse Of A Camera
Great Digital Camera

Canon PowerShot Pro 1 8MP Digital Camera with 7x Optical Zoom

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Product Features:

8-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 16-by-22-inch enlargements
Canon 7x optical L-series zoom lens
2-inch LCD screen; movie mode; 1.2-inch macro mode; PictBridge compatible
Store images on Compact Flash Type I or II cards (64 MB card included)
Powered by Rechargeable lithium ion battery (BP-511A) (included with charger)

ASIN: B0001G6U5C

Amazon.com Product Description

PowerShot Pro 1 gives you the creative performance of a high-end SLR camera with the digital capability and ease of use inherent to the PowerShot line. The camera's 8 Megapixel CCD captures life to the extent that even prints of 8" x 10" or larger are highly detailed and gorgeously colored.

L Lens


	Lens construction: aspherical lens in blue, UD lens and fluorite in purple

Modes

Custom: Control and store 2 sets of parameters to your exact preferences
Auto: Concentrate on your composition while the camera manages all the technical work.
Portrait: A larger aperture ensures a well-focused subject and beautiful background blur.
Landscape: A smaller aperture is perfect for capturing sweeping vistas
Night Scene: Background exposure and slow-sync flash light tricky night shots perfectly.
Shutter Speed Priority: Select from a wide range of shutter speeds while the camera sets an appropriate aperture.
Stitch Assist: Easily create precisely aligned panoramas. Stitch Assist even lets you confirm the next image to shoot on the LCD monitor or electronic viewfinder while you're shooting the current image.
Movie: Create movie clips with audio and enjoy a broad range of resolution choices: high-resolution VGA (up to 30 sec.) or long-play QVGA and QQVGA (up to 3 minutes). Unwanted scenes can be deleted during playback.
Program: Set almost all parameters yourself, while the camera selects aperture and shutter speed.

Advanced Digital Imaging Technology

The components of photographic space that are precision captured by DIGIC

Bigger, Sharper, Vari-angle LCD monitor

Easy Connectivity

To printers: The camera connects directly to a wide range of Canon Card Photo Printers and Canon Direct Photo Printers for a world of printing options: credit card-size, 4" x 6", 5" x 7", letter-size (8.5" x 11"), 11" x 13", labels, and much more, all without your computer. While Canon printers will deliver the highest quality prints from your PowerShot Pro1, the camera is equipped with PictBridge compatibility to ensure smooth connections to other manufacturers' printers as well.
To PCs and Macs: PowerShot Pro 1 comes complete with Canon's own Digital Camera Solution Disk and proven third-party software:
- ZoomBrowser EX (Win)/ImageBrowser (Mac): A user-friendly program that lets you quickly and easily connect, manage files and view images.
- PhotoRecord (Win): Create exciting photo layouts for personal or business use, putting text anywhere on the page. Includes Exif support for enhanced color accuracy and detail.
- PhotoStitch (Win/Mac): Join sequential shots to create seamless, perfectly aligned vertical, horizontal, 2x2 panoramas or 360° panorama movies.
- TWAIN Driver/WIA Driver (Win): Allows your computer to recognize your camera and integrate well with third-party software.
- ArcSoft Camera Suite (Win/Mac): Crop, enlarge and retouch photos and video clips like a pro.
- Apple QuickTime (Win): Makes playing back your video clips fun and easy.

Product Description

Canon Pro1 PowerShot Compact Digital Camera - SLR Hybrid - 7.0x Optical/3.2x Digital/ 22x Combined Zoom 2 sec / 10 sec Timer modes Built-in multimode automatic electronic-flash with accessory shoe for adding optional TTL Canon Speedlite White Balance Control Auto, Pre-set (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash), or Custom White Balance(2 positions) Uses CompactFlash memory cards Includes - Lens Hood LH-DC10, Battery Charger CB-5L, Filter Adapter FA-DC58A, Lens Cap, Battery Pack BP-511A, CompactFlash Card CF-64M, Wireless Controller WL-DC100, Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM, ArcSoft Camera Suite CD-ROM, Interface Cable IFC-400PCU, AV Cable AVC-DC300, Neck Strap Weight - 19 ounces Has USB connectivity to PC or Macintosh Canon DirectPrint and PictBridge compatible Video out for NTSC or PAL

Customer Reviews:

Powershot Pro 1.......2007-05-13

Canon made a masterpiece at that time, it is a very well thought and designed camera. Though it may look outdated now, but even now no one will match its potential. All in one camera, I am not ready to leave it at any cost.

good for non-action pics with good light, bad for everything else.......2007-01-10

I've used this camera pretty heavily for about a year, mostly for travelling. I've used it for candids, landscapes, action, and wildlife. Previously, my photo experience has been with Canon point and shoot digicams and Nikon film slrs. It's a bit unfair reviewing this now that it's almost 3-yr old technology, but I noticed that people are still selling this camera for over $1000 on this site.

For a "pro" camera, it has a large number of critical flaws (listed in order of how much they bug me):

1) slow focusing esp in low light. This renders the camera almost useless for action, and difficult to use for wildlife and even candids, where capturing the moment is everything. The focusing may be faster in continous mode, but then its always focusing and you have to keep the subject centered-- I like to not be looking in the viewfinder unless I'm about to take a picture. I don't own a canon accesory flash so I don't know if their focusing aids help. The manual focusing on the EVF display is too slow and cumbersome to use routinely.

2) slow shutter lag. Even on manual focus, with problem 1 taken out of the picture, there is a bit too much delay to consistently capture the shot I'm looking for.

3) Dust gets _inside_ the lens. I have read that this is a problem with this camera. Canon was good enough to rectify this when I sent it in, and they even said they sealed the lens to prevent the problem from happening. My brother has the same camera and this happened within 2 weeks of a trip to Europe-- not especially dusty. Unfortunately his is out of warranty so I don't know if they will do the same.

4)) hi noise at ISO 200 or 400. I think with commercially available noise reduction software this is a bit repairable. To be fair, the grain of most 400 speed color film can be as unattractive as the noise of this sensor at ISO 400. Since digital SLR's with less grain at ISO 1600 are now available, I don't think anyone should be selling this camera for $1000.

5) bayonet mount on front of lens scratches filters when used with included 58mm adapter. My $50 polarizer is now dedicated to use with this camera since with other lenses the scratches are in the optical axis.

6) built in flash pics are harsh. This is a problem with any built-in flash on any camera. Again I have no canon accessory flash to compare, so I can't really comment on this as a negative for a pro camera.

On the plus side, the camera does some things amazingly well:
1) super macro is quite impressive, even though 8mp or raw isn't possible.
2) the regular macro works pretty well.
3) it's a pretty compact solution for a 28-200 lens equivalent. The equivalent SLR is a lot bigger, though maybe not much heavier. I don't know how the lens quality of the pro 1 "L" lens compares to the non-L SLR lenses. You definitely won't find an affordable f2.8 SLR zoom lens for an attractive price (not a Canon at least). The lens is pretty good-- little distortion except at 28mm and little chromatic aberration. A hint of vignetting at 28mm as well.
4) It's ultra quiet. When I mute all the sounds, it makes only barely perceptible aperature noises.
5) the rotating lcd allows for true WYSIWYG composition from different angles, allowing for some stealthy shots and also good for macro stuff.
6) really great depth of field (I haven't objectively tested this so I don't know if the 7.2mm objective actually has better depth of field than an effective 28mm on an slr)

Taking into account it's strengths and weaknesses, I use the camera for travelling and taking landscapes when I don't want to carry around a big slr for the super wides. It's smaller and quieter than an slr and better for the surreptious candids, esp with the rotatable LCD. It'd probably be a good macro-specific camera but I haven't used the macro flash. For most uses, it can't possibly be worth it if fast-handling, low noise SLR with equivalent lens is available for the same cost or cheaper. I got it as a gift before lightweight travelling so it was great for that, but I'm looking to buy an SLR now.

A GREAT CAMERA, SIMPLY FANTASTIC.......2006-09-28

I bought this camera used at a consignment shop over a year ago, my second digital camera after losing my Samsung in Mexico. Battery life is great, and the battery charger was with it. The only bad thing I could find was lens cap had no string, and not USB 2.0. Canon's software package was it's usuall fantastic set. Took hundreds of pics with this camera, and resolution was just awesome.

Ran over the camera with my 1965 Mustang, and still take pictures with it. Beat that with any other camera!!! I will only buy Canon, also have a PowerShot A520 and A530. Love them all.

Fantastic Workhorse Of A Camera.......2006-08-25

I have used several digital camera's in the past including more expensive Digital SLR's but this is by far the easiest to use to obtain fantastic results WITH the ease of point and shoot.

I think the reviewers that were having problems with the camera's have not updated their camera's firmware and they also have not taken the time to read on how to best take a low light photograph or an action photo. If you want to get fancy with extra lenses and such this is NOT the camera to use. For the other 90% of the popluation, I don't think you'll be disappointed in the Powershot Pro 1.

I'm an investigator and use this camera on an almost daily basis in criminal cases where we use the pics for evidence and ultimately trial. At 8mp, the best quality photographs can be enlarged to poster size proportions with little degredation of the quality. It's battery life is fantastic and it has handled the daily wear and tear from frequent use quite nicely.

Great Digital Camera.......2006-08-09

This is a great camera for anyone that realy wants to take a very good, high resolution pix. The zoon lens is also a very good item.
I am a realtor and I take a lot of picture. With the zoom lens it is usually not necessary for me to get out of the car to take a professional picture.
I would also recomed that you purchase an additional battery for the camera. The reason being is that is is very convenent to have an additional battery to replace the one in the camera once it is low on charge.

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