When a camera puts a smile on your face the moment you hold it, imagine how great you'll feel when you see your first pictures!
The PowerShot SD1200 IS Digital ELPH has everything going for it - exuberant color, the sculptured style of Canon's famed ELPH series - and the innovative know-how that takes you to a whole new level of picture-taking accomplishment. Fun, smart and a style that follows you everywhere.
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| Type of Camera: |
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Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 3x Optical/4x Digital/12x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer System |
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| Image Capture Device: |
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- Type: 10.0 megapixel, 1/2.3-inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
- Total Pixels: Approx. 10.3 Megapixels
- Effective Pixels: Approx. 10.0 Megapixels
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| Lens: |
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- Focal Length: 6.2-18.6mm f/2.8-4.9 (35mm film equivalent: 35-105mm)
- Digital Zoom: 4x
- Focusing Range
- Normal: 1.0 ft./30cm-infinity (W)
- Macro: 1.2 in.-1.6 ft./3-50cm (W), 1-1.6 ft./30-50cm (T)
- Digital Macro: 1.2-3.9 in./3-10cm (W)
- Autofocus System: TTL Autofocus
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| Viewfinder & Monitor: |
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- Viewfinder: Real-image optical zoom viewfinder
- LCD Monitor: 2.5-inch TFT color LCD widescreen with wide viewing angle (PureColor LCD II)
- LCD Pixels: Approx. 230,000 pixels
- LCD Coverage: 100%
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| Aperture and Shutter: |
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- Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 (W) - f/4.9 (T)
- Shutter Speed: 15-1/1500 sec.; Long Shutter operates with noise reduction when manually set at 1.3-15 sec.
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| Exposure Control: |
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- ISO Sensitivity: 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)
- Exposure Control Method: Program AE, i-Contrast; AE Lock
- Exposure Compensation: +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
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| White Balance: |
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Auto,* Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom (* Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection AF)
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| Flash: |
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- Built-in Flash: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE lock, Slow Synchro
- Flash Range: 1-14 ft./30cm-4.2m (W), 1-7.9 ft./30cm-2.4m (T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)
- Recycling Time: 10 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.7V)
- Flash Exposure Compensation: N/A
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| Shooting Specifications: |
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- Shooting Modes: Auto, Program, Portrait, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Fireworks, Aquarium, Underwater, ISO 3200, Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Digital Macro, Long Shutter, Movie
- Photo Effects: My Colors Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Custom
- Self-Timer: Activates shutter after an approx. 2-sec./10-sec. delay, Face Detection Self-timer
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