Canon PowerShot A800 Digital Camera - Black (10MP, 3.3x Optical Zoom) 2.5 inch LCD

Pocket-sized fun, relaxed simplicity

The PowerShot A800 has a compact, lightweight design and is packed with a wide range of features which combine to ensure you get the perfect shot every time. Features include:

• 3.3x optical zoom
• 2.5” LCD screen
• 10 Megapixels capture every scene in dazzling colour and brilliant detail
• Smart Auto with new Advanced Scene Detection for great results in 19 different default situations
• Face Detection Technologies which can simultaneously detect the faces of up to 35 individuals in a single frame with high speed auto focusing
• Range of control and creative options which can take your photography skills to the next level:
  • Face and Motion Detection for moving subjects
  • Face Detection Self-Timer for those tricky to shoot self-portraits
  • Blur Reduction mode which raises the ISO levels to prevent blurring
  • Automatic Red Eye Correction
  • Low Light mode and Canon's i-Contrast correction offer improved contrast and even greater detail

Simply point and shoot

With the PowerShot A800 dramatic, personal pictures have never been easier to shoot and share. Controlled by a simple button layout, this 10.0 Megapixel camera allows you to easily capture every scene in rich detail, ensuring oversize prints - even of cropped pictures - retain a high image quality you'll be proud to display. Meanwhile the 3.3x optical zoom lens lets you frame every picture perfectly.

Smart Auto for the perfect picture.

Advanced Scene Detection Technology gets the best from difficult shooting conditions
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When you're taking pictures, the only thing you want to think about is your subject. Setting the PowerShot A800 to Smart Auto mode allows the camera to intelligently select the appropriate settings so you can do just that. Advanced Scene Detection Technology automatically analyses shooting conditions - detecting people, distance, brightness, colour and movement information - then selects the one that offers the perfect settings from 19 specially defined scenes. So whether you're photographing flowers, a captivating sunset or friends in the park you can be confident you're getting the perfect image. Smart Auto is also more than just scene detection. With moving subjects Servo Auto Focus/Auto Exposure (AF/AE) is in continuous operation so your subjects are always in focus and correctly exposed. For close-ups the camera automatically switches to macro mode for sharp shots while Smart Flash Exposure optimises exposure and flash controls to ensure your subject is perfectly lit whilst dark and light areas are accurately reproduced.

Choice of manual shooting modes

With the PowerShot A800, you also have the option of selecting from a range of manual shooting modes that you can count on for exact focus no matter where your subject is in the frame. Simply select the mode you want and let the camera take care of everything else, ensuring breath-taking, exhilarating pictures even when shooting conditions are tough. A special 1cm Super Macro mode even allows you to capture small scale detail from as close as 1cm away.

There are also two new photo effect modes: Super Vivid, which adds vibrant colours to photos for a dramatic result and Poster Effect, which gives a retro feel to photos by creating a poster-like effect. Also included is a Blur Reduction Mode which raises the ISO levels to prevent blurring.

Canon's i-Contrast feature automatically adjusts for the best image
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Improved shots in tricky lighting situations

The PowerShot A800 features a new low light mode for use in places such as museums, parties and candlelit restaurants where you can't, or don't want to use a flash - automatically allowing you to capture atmospheric shots.

Meanwhile Canon's i-Contrast correction offers improved contrast and greater detail in tricky lighting conditions. Available in either shooting or playback mode, i-Contrast analyses the exposure, dynamic range and other image characteristics of a shot then adaptively increases the contrast in dark areas to produce heightened detail in those regions. It does this without blowing out correctly exposed parts of the image, while the camera's noise reduction technology ensures minimal noise in the adjusted areas.

Video clips with easy YouTube™ uploader

As well as taking fantastic still pictures the PowerShot A800 allows you to capture smooth 30fps VGA video clips. For fast and easy uploading of your clips to sharing websites like YouTube™, Easy Web Upload software (PIXELA) is included free in the box. This displays your SD clips and can store your YouTube™ log in details, so you can just select your clip and upload with one click.

Face Detection Technology locates faces in a shot and automatically adjusts for natural skin tones

Fast, intelligent processing and superb image quality

With Face Detection, up to 35 faces can be detected in each shot and focus, exposure, flash setting and white balance are all automatically adjusted for optimal results with natural-looking skin tones. Face Select & Track allows a single face in a crowd to be selected and tracked alas the main subject while a Face Detection Self-Timer also makes group photos and self-portraits easy. Once the shot has been set up, the camera records the number of faces detected in the frame when the shutter is pressed and the self-timer started - it then waits for an extra face to get in the frame and adjusts focus and exposure before it takes the picture.

Motion Detection Technology uses changes in scene information and scene brightness to accurately identify subject motion. The optimal ISO level is then set automatically to minimise blur and maximise image quality.

Automatic Red-Eye Correction is available in both shooting and playback mode and accurately removes the red-eye effect caused by the flash.

Rich razor-sharp images - every time

The lens is the most important part of any imaging device and all Canon cameras incorporate lenses designed and manufactured by Canon to the most exacting standards - lenses based on over 70 years of experience.

The outstanding quality of Canon lenses is underscored by their use in most broadcast applications. For example programs like Coronation Street, Casualty and X Factor, nature documentaries like The Blue Planet and Life, as well as the majority of outside broadcasts in the UK, are all recorded using Canon's state-of-the-art broadcast lenses.