High-end Features Add Up to Great Value.
The PowerShot A720 IS is the quintessential A Series camera in a popular line that matches high-end image quality with fun, easy-to-use features that deliver excellent cost performance. Top-notch specifications include 8.0 megapixel resolution and a long 6x optical zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer Technology for sharp images throughout the zoom range. Canon's DIGIC III Image Processor offers advanced Face Detection Technology and Red-eye Correction for fantastic images. Even expand your creative possibilities with wide-angle and telephoto converter lenses.

Exceptional A Series camera with outstanding features such as 8.0 Megapixel resolution, high-power 6x Optical Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer.

DIGIC III Image Processor with Genuine Canon Face Detection Technology sets the focus, exposure and flash automatically, leaving you free to compose a group, capture an unguarded moment, or coax the perfect smile.

Easy-to-use Mode Dial with a wide range of shooting modes from fully manual to fully automatic, plus AA batteries for convenience anywhere you are.

Compatible with a wide range of accessories including wide-angle and telephoto lens converters to expand your photography capabilities and underwater housing.

Print/Share Button for easy direct printing and downloading, plus ID Photo Print and Movie Print with select PIXMA Photo Printers, CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers.
 

Specifications Type of Camera Type of Camera   Compact digital still camera with builtin flash, 6x Optical / 4x Digital / 24x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer System   Image Capture Device Type   8.0 Megapixel, 1/2.5 inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)   Total Pixels   Approx. 8.3 Megapixels   Effective Pixels   Approx. 8.0 Megapixels   Lens Focal Length   5.8-34.8mm f/2.8-4.8 (35mm film equivalent: 35-210mm)   Digital Zoom   4x   Focusing Range   Normal: 1.8 ft./55cm-infinity Macro: 0.39 in.-1.8 ft./1-55cm (W)   Autofocus System   TTL Autofocus   Viewfinder & Monitor Viewfinder   Real image optical zoom viewfinder   LCD Monitor   2.5-inch amorphous silicon TFT color LCD   LCD Pixels   Approx. 115,000 pixels   LCD Coverage   100%   Aperture and Shutter Maximum Aperture   f/2.8 (W) - f/4.8 (T)   Shutter Speed   15-1/2000 sec. (settable in Tv and M)   Exposure Control ISO Sensitivity   Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent (Standard output sensitivity. Recommended exposure index)   Light Metering Method   Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot** * Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection AF ** Metering frame is fixed to the center or linked to the AF frame   Exposure Control Method   Program AE, Manual; AE Lock   Exposure Compensation   +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments   White Balance White Balance Control   Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Underwater), Custom   Flash Built-in Flash   Auto, Auto w/ Red-eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On w/ Red-eye Reduction, Flash Off; FE lock, Safety FE, Slow Synchro, Second-curtain synchro   Flash Range   1.0-11 ft./30cm-3.5m (W), 1.8-8.2 ft./55cm-2.5m (T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)   Recycling Time   10 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.0V)   Flash Exposure Compensation   +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments   Shooting Specifications Shooting Modes   Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Portrait, Landscape, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Night Scene, Aquarium, Underwater), Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Stitch Assist, Movie   Photo Effects   My Colors Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Custom   Self-Timer   Activates shutter after an approx. 2-sec./10-sec. delay, Custom   Wireless Control   Not available   Continuous Shooting   Approx. 1.3 fps (Large/Fine)   Image Storage Storage Media   SD/SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card   File Format   Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1   Image Compression   Normal, Fine, SuperFine   JPEG Compression Mode   Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG) Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Monaural))   Number of Recording Pixels   Still Image: 3,624 x 2.448 (Large), 2,592 x 1,944 (Medium 1), 2,048 x 1,536 (Medium 2), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 3), 640 x 480 (Small), 3,264 x 1,832 (Widescreen) Movie: 640 x 480 (30 fps/30 fps LP), 320 x 240 (30 fps) available up to 4GB or 60 minutes, 160 x 120 (3 minutes at 15 fps)