Canon PowerShot SD1200IS 10 MP Digital Camera Review

Design: With a choice between silver, dark gray, green, orange, blue and pink the Canon PowerShot SD1200IS should appeal to anyone. Measuring in at 3.5 inches by 2.2 inches high and 0.9 inch deep this 10MP ultra-compact is small, thin but comfortable to grip. Featuring a mode switch, a play button, a directional pad and Function Set button, the controls are easy to access. The shutter button has a zoom ring next to the power button with most of the buttons being rather flat, making them ideal for slim fingers. At a mere 4.9 ounces the camera weighs almost nothing at all with a 2.5 inch LCD viewfinder.
Specifications: Powered by a 10MP 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor the Canon PowerShot SD1200IS offers a 3x optical zoom lens at f2.8-4.9 and 35mm equivalent. The camera itself takes up to 3648x2736 resolution JPEG still images and up to 640x480 at 30fps motion JPEG movies. With both mechanical and digital image stabilization the camera takes fairly steady shots. Equipped with a Li-ion rechargeable battery, the camera is rated for 260 shots on a single charge.
Features & Performance: Menu navigation for the Canon PowerShot SD1200IS is simple and straightforward with a basic but well rounded array of features. This includes ISO sensitivity up to 1600, White Balance, Focus, Metering and Color effects. Canon's Smart Auto mode is good for the most part.
The Canon PowerShot SD1200IS reacts quite fast for such an ultra-compact model. With a startup-time-to-first-shot of 1.4 seconds, shutter lag at 0.5 second and shutter lag in dim conditions of 0.7 second, the camera is quite fast. Its shot-to-shot time of 2.1 seconds without flash and 3.2 seconds with flash continuous shooting is good while burst mode takes pictures at 1.4fps. Image quality is very good with lush and vibrant colors and great exposure, but for best results try to stay at ISO 200. Overall, the Canon PowerShot SD1200IS is a great 10MP ultra-compact point-and-shoot in terms of usability and more or less guarantees great quality images.
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