Canon PowerShot A1200

4x, f/2.8, 28 mm
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        Summary Canon A1200

        Prices Price
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        $180
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        Score Snapsort rank
        Within its price range
        #n/a of 38
        Among similar cameras
        #n/a of 82
        Specifications Key specs
        Zoom
        Help 4x
        Screen size
        Help 2.7"
        Aperture
        Help f/2.8
        Screen resolution
        Help 230k dots
        Wide angle
        Help 28 mm
        Movie format
        Help 720p @ 24fps
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        Canon PowerShot A1200Canon PowerShot A1200

        Replacement

        Canon has replaced the PowerShot A1200 with the A1300.

        Canon PowerShot A1300
        Canon PowerShot A1300 announced February, 2012
        Size Slightly smaller
        Weight Slightly lighter
        Fastest shutter speed Faster max shutter speed

        Compare the new Canon A1300 vs the A1200

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        The Canon A1200 vs other recent compacts

        Aperture Wide aperture Help
        f/2.8
        Supports 24p 24p movies Help
        For that film look
        Viewfinder Doesn't use battery, see more detail Help
        Tunnel

        Cons

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        The Canon A1200 vs other recent compacts

        Zoom Below average zoom Help
        4x
        Movie format HD movies Help
        720p @ 24fps
        Screen size Below average sized screen Help
        2.7"
        Light sensitivity Poor maximum light sensitivity Help
        1,600 ISO
        Continuous shooting Slow continuous shooting Help
        1 fps
        Sensor type Sensor type Help
        CCD
        Shutter lag Poor shutter lag Help
        550 ms shutter lag
        Announced Old Help
        January, 2011
        Popularity Not so popular Help
        Among snapsort users
        Wide angle Poor wide angle lens Help
        28 mm
        Screen resolution Low resolution screen Help
        230k dots
        Image stabilization No image stabilization Help
        Risk of blur
        Panorama Lacks in-camera panoramas Help
        You could stitch photos in post
        HDR Lacks in-camera HDR Help
        You could do HDR manually
        Light sensitivity (boost) Lacks boost light sensitivity Help
        None
        Waterproof Not waterproof Help
        Stay on land
        Fastest shutter speed Slow shutter speed Help
        1/1600 of a second

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        Avatar for Richard Lee Fulgham Richard Lee Fulgham (2:32 PM, February 18, 2014)
        Studies at Yale have proven that human beings can literally love inanimate objects, like cars, German knives, etc. Well, I am in love with this camera, though I have 145 other cameras in my collection - I mean serious cameras . . . . IMHO this is the camera to keep on you at all times. You'd be astonished how much detail and lovely bokeh you can get from it's tiny sensor.
         
        Ladanaspak (2:51 PM, February 27, 2012)
        So, image quality, focus, lens issues, are all like they are to be expected in this price range. But something that is apparently always overlooked, and also always getting worse with all those cameras, is that the A1200 has large buttons, which makes a huge difference if you have large hands or want to gift that camera to your 60 year old mother who has already given up on normal mobile phones. I do not know what it is that is riding recent camera designs (Sony is one of the worst offenders here), but does no one care about usability anymore?