Finally--an underwater camera that's small enough to take anywhere, yet advanced enough to give you high-quality results with easy operation. The Canon Elph Sport camera integrates Elph's crowd-pleasing Advanced Photo System ease of use and portability with a sporty waterproof body. Not only does it take pictures on land at the touch of a button, but it is submersible to 16.4 feet for underwater photography. It's a good bet for vacations, since you don't have to lug around a separate, clunky underwater camera in addition to your point-and-shoot. The Elph Sport easily fills both roles, offering signature Canon quality along with special features designed to make underwater shooting easier.
The Elph Sport features an extra large viewfinder that enables you to frame your shots even with dive goggles on. A special meniscus lens and underwater macro setting account for water's refractive properties and ensure crisp shots. Larger-format controls allow you to operate the Canon Elph Sport even when wearing gloves. Another highlight of this camera is the anticondensation feature that prevents your lens from fogging up in extreme temperatures or moist climates. The Canon Elph Sport also includes a five-mode flash with a special underwater setting and red-eye reduction. This camera uses autofocus on land and has user-selectable focus settings for underwater shooting.
The Canon Elph Sport also incorporates all of the basic features of an APS camera, including easy drop-in film loading, three shooting formats (classic, high-definition HDTV, and panorama), built-in date, time, and caption imprinting on the back of the photo, and print quality improvement (PQI).
Weighing only 7.8 ounces, this camera is so light it will float. It measures 4.1 by 2.9 by 1.8 inches--not much larger than a deck of cards. Its distinctive rounded, translucent green styling is a real eye-catcher. The kit includes a soft nylon case and a foam-rubber neck/wrist strap as well as a one-year warranty.
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Camera uses (1) CR-2 Battery Once again, Canon has broken new ground with a dramatic statement that packs advanced technology into a true, lifestyle product. The Canon ELPH Sport is reminiscent of one of those luxurious Sport Utility Vehicles, that is: smooth, sleek and stylish but built tough to enjoy the ''off-road'' shooting action. In fact, whether you're skiing on snow or water, swimming, hiking, camping, biking, or jumping off of tall things, the ELPH can go with you. A true sports camera, the Canon ELPH Sport can even be used underwater, at depths as great as 16 ft. Additionally, the Canon's thick protective shell (about three times the thickness of regular cameras) is both impact resistant and extra quiet. Canon hasn't skimped on the extra features. The ELPH Sport is small but it has a large easy-to-see viewfinder (important if you're wearing a mask or goggles). It has seven operating modes that range from full-auto to underwater close-up, date and time as well as 5 different ''captions'' that can print in any of six languages, and all the great features that you would expect with an APS camera - like film loading that's as easy as drop, close and go. And . . . doesn't it look great?