Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SD1200 IS DIGITAL ELPH
Canon
Regional names: IXY DIGITAL 110 IS / Digital IXUS 95 IS.
Marketed:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Camera Effective Pixels
- Approx. 10 million
- Image Sensor
- 1/2.3-inch type CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 10.3 million)
- Lens
- 6.2 (W) – 18.6 (T) mm 35mm film equivalent: 35 (W) – 105 (T) mm f/2.8 (W) – f/4.9 (T)
- Digital Zoom
- Approx. 4.0x (Up to approx. 12x in combination with the optical zoom)
- Optical Viewfinder
- Real-image zoom viewfinder
- LCD Monitor
- 2.5-inch type TFT LCD color monitor Approx. 230,000 dots, picture coverage 100%
- AF Frame Mode
- Face AiAF/Center
- Focusing Range (from end of lens)
- Auto: 3 cm (1.2 in.) – infinity, Normal: 30 cm (12 in.) – infinity, Infinity: 3 m (9.8 ft.) – infinity Macro: 3 – 50 cm (1.2 in. – 1.6 ft.) (W)/ 30 – 50 cm (12 in. – 1.6 ft.) (T) Digital Macro: 3 – 10 cm (1.2 in. – 3.9 ft.) Kids&Pets: 1 m (3.3 ft.) – infinity
- Shutter
- Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter
- Shutter Speed
- 1 – 1/1500 sec. 15 – 1/1500 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
- Image Stabilization
- Lens-shift type
- Metering Type
- Evaluative, Center-weighted average or Spot
- Exposure Compensation
- ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
- ISO speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Recommended Exposure Index)
- Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600
- White Balance
- Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
- Built-in Flash
- Auto, On, Slow Synchro, Off * Red-eye reduction/Red-eye correction settings available
- Built-in Flash Range
- 30 cm – 4.2 m (12 in. – 14 ft.) (W)/ 30 cm – 2.4 m (12 in. – 7.9 ft.) (T)
- Shooting Modes
- Auto, Program AE, Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids&Pets, Indoor, Sunset, Fireworks, Long shutter, Beach, Underwater, Aquarium, Foliage, Snow, ISO3200, Digital Macro, Movie
- Continuous Shooting
- Approx. 1.4 images/sec
- Self-timer
- Approx. 10-sec./Approx. 2-sec. delay, FaceSelf- Timer, Custom Timer
- i-Contrast
- Off/Auto
- Recording Media
- SD memory card, SDHC memory card, MultiMediaCard, MMCplus memory card, HC MMCplus memory card
- File Format
- Design rule for camera file system and DPOF compliant
- Data Type
- Still images: Exif 2.2 (JPEG) Movies: AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG; Audio data: WAVE (monaural))
- Compression
- Fine, Normal
- Number of Recording Pixels
- Still images: Large: 3648 × 2736 pixels Medium 1: 2816 × 2112 pixels Medium 2: 2272 × 1704 pixels Medium 3: 1600 × 1200 pixels Small: 640 × 480 pixels Widescreen: 3648 × 2048 pixels
- Number of Possible Shots
- LCD monitor on: Approx. 260 images (Based on CIPA standardized measurement) LCD monitor off: Approx. 700 images
- Audio
- Quantization: 16 bit Sampling Rate: 44.100kHz
- Playback Function
- Single Image Playback, Video Playback, Magnified Focus, Index Playback, Magnified Playback, Jump, Slide Show
- Editing Function
- Erase, Protect, Resize, i-Contrast, Rotate, Red- Eye Correction
- Direct Print Type
- PictBridge capable
- Interface
- Hi-Speed USB (Dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video*) * mini-B compatible Video/Audio output (NTSC and PAL capable, mono audio)
- Communication Settings
- MTP, PTP
- Power
- Battery Pack NB-6L (rechargeable lithium-ion battery) AC adapter kit ACK-DC40
- Operating Temperatures
- 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F)
- Operating Humidity
- 10 – 90%
- Dimensions (excluding protrusions).
- 88.5 × 54.8 × 21.8 mm (3.48 × 2.16 × 0.86 in.)
- Weight (camera body only)
- Approx. 120 g (4.23 oz.)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
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03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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