Orange Canon PowerShot SD1200IS

The orange SD1200 IS is one of the several colors the camera is available in. Visit the menu above to select the other colors before your make your final decision:

Orange Canon SD1200 IS Reviews

 

Great Point-and-Shoot Camera!!

Overall, I think this is a great compact camera and is invaluable for the spontaneous people shots that capture those special moments in life. It won't take pictures worthy of National Geographic (meaning it won't replace a dSLR), but it fills in well when a large camera is just too much equipment to be carrying around.

Pluses:

*Very short power up to shot time
*Great battery life

*Bright LCD with good resolution
*Solid build, mostly metal body

*Pocket friendly

*Image stabilization
*Sharp images in good lighting/daylight

*Easy to use
*No red eye!

*DIGIC processor picks appropriate settings for most shots (see below)
*Captures vibrant colors

*Fast zoom

Minuses:

* Paper thin battery compartment cover!
* No manual controls or scene modes
* Underpowered flash (common to most compact cameras)

* Tends to use higher than necessary ISO settings (more grainy pictures, sometimes making them unusable) in low light using Auto Mode (ISO can be set manually in P mode)

The SD1200 IS doesn't offer much in terms of artistic controls, but does a very good job of making those decisions for you most of the time. This makes it ideal for the weekend snapshot photographer who wants to take good photos without much more than hitting a shutter button! Great all-purpose, everyday camera.

 

 

 

 

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