Canon EOS 1200D

Specifications

Specifications in detail

IMAGE SENSOR

• Type

  Approx. 22.3 mm x 14.9 mm

• Effective Pixels

  Approx. 18.0 megapixels

• Total Pixels

  Approx. 18.7 megapixels

• Aspect Ratio

  3:2

• Low-Pass Filter

  Built-in/Fixed

• Sensor Cleaning

  Manual cleaning and Dust Delete Data acquisition

• Colour Filter Type

  Primary Colour

IMAGE PROCESSOR

• Type

  DIGIC 4

LENS

• Lens Mount

  EF/EF-S

• Focal Length

  Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens

FOCUSING

• Type

  TTL-CT-SIR with a CMOS sensor

• AF System/ Points

  9 AF points (f/5.6 cross type at centre)

• AF Working Range

  Centre AF point: EV 0 -18 (at 23°C & ISO100)

  
  

  Other AF points: EV 1 -18 (at 23°C & ISO100)

• AF Modes

  AI Focus

  
  

  One Shot

  
  

  AI Servo

• AF Point Selection

  Automatic selection, Manual selection

• Selected AF Point Display

  Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD monitor

• Predictive AF

  Yes, up to 10m¹

• AF Lock

  Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in One Shot AF mode.

• AF Assist Beam

  Intermittent firing of built-in flash or emitted by optional dedicated Speedlite

• Manual Focus

  Selected on lens

EXPOSURE CONTROL

• Metering Modes

  TTL full aperture metering with 63-zone SPC

  
  

  (1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)

  
  

  (2) Partial metering at center (approx. 10% of viewfinder)

  
  

  (3) Center weighted average metering

• Metering Range

  EV 1-20 (at 23°C with 50mm f/1.4 lens ISO100)

• AE Lock

  Auto: In 1-shot AF mode with evaluative metering exposure is locked when focus is achieved.

  
  

  Manual: By AE lock button in creative zone modes.

• Exposure Compensation

  +/-5 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).

• AEB

  3 shots +/- 2 EV, 1/2 or 1/3-stop increments

• ISO Sensitivity*

  AUTO(100-6400), 100-6400 in 1-stop increments

  
  

  ISO can be expanded to H: 12800

  
  

  During Movie shooting: Auto (100-6400), 100-6400 (Whole stop increments)

SHUTTER

• Type

  Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter, with electronic first curtain

• Speed

  30-1/4000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)

WHITE BALANCE

• Type

  Auto white balance with the imaging sensor

• Settings

  AWB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White

  
  

  Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom.

  
  

  White balance compensation:

  
  

  1. Blue/Amber +/-9

  
  

  2. Magenta/ Green +/-9.

• Custom White Balance

  Yes, 1 setting can be registered

• WB Bracketing

  +/-3 levels in single level increments

  
  

  3 bracketed images per shutter release.

  
  

  Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/Green bias.

VIEWFINDER

• Type

  Pentamirror

• Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal)

  Approx. 95%

• Magnification

  Approx. 0.80x¹

• Eyepoint

  Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens center)

• Dioptre Correction

  -2.5 to +0.5 m-1 (dioptre)

• Focusing Screen

  Fixed

• Mirror

  Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF600mm f/4 or shorter)

• Viewfinder Information

  AF information: AF points, focus confirmation light¹

  
  

  Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, exposure warning, AEB

  
  

  Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction light

  
  

  Image information: Highlight tone priority (D+), monochrome shooting, maximum burst (1 digit display), White balance correction, SD card information

• Depth of Field Preview

  Yes, assigned to SET button with C.Fn-9-4

• Eyepiece Shutter

  On strap

LCD MONITOR

• Type

  7.5cm (3.0") TFT, approx. 460k dots

• Coverage

  Approx. 100%

• Viewing Angle (Horizontally/Vertically)

  Approx 170°

• Brightness Adjustment

  Adjustable to one of seven levels

• Display Options

  (1) Quick Control Screen

  
  

  (2) Camera settings

FLASH

• Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, meters)

  9.2

• Built-in Flash Coverage

  up to 17mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 27mm)

• Built-in Flash Recycle Time

  Approx. 2 seconds

• Modes

  Auto, Manual Flash On/off

• Red-Eye Reduction

  Yes - with red eye reduction lamp

• X-Sync

  1/200sec

• Flash Exposure Compensation

  +/- 2EV in 1/2 or 1/3 increments

• Flash Exposure Bracketing

  Yes, with compatible External Flash

• Flash Exposure Lock

  Yes

• Second Curtain Synchronisation

  Yes

• HotShoe/ PC Terminal

  Yes/No

• External Flash Compatibility

  E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support (with optional accessory)

• External Flash Control

  via camera menu screen, except for wireless radio flash shooting settings

SHOOTING

• Modes

  Scene Intelligent Auto, No Flash, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Movie, Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual

• Picture Styles

  Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)

• Colour Space

  sRGB and Adobe RGB

• Image Processing

  Highlight Tone Priority

  
  

  Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)

  
  

  Long exposure noise reduction

  
  

  High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings)

  
  

  Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination

  
  

  Basic+ (Shoot by ambience selection, Shoot by lighting or scene type)

  
  

  Creative filters (Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Toy camera, Miniature effect, Fish-eye) - during image Playback only

• Drive Modes

  Single, Continuous, Self timer (2s, 10s+remote, 10s + continuous shots 2-10)

• Continuous Shooting

  Max. Approx. 3fps for approx. 69 JPEG images¹, 6 images RAW²³

LIVE VIEW MODE

• Type

  Electronic viewfinder with image sensor

Coverage

• Frame Rate

  30 fps

• Focusing

  Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at any point on screen)

  
  

  Autofocus: Quick mode, Live mode

• Metering

  Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor

  
  

  Active metering time can be changed

• Display Options

  Grid overlay, Histogram

FILE TYPE

• Still Image Type

  JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.30 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0),

  
  

  RAW: RAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition),

  
  

  Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

• RAW+JPEG Simultaneous Recording

  Yes, RAW + Large JPEG

• Image Size

  JPEG 3:2: (L) 5184x3456, (M) 3456x2304, (S1) 2592x1728, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480

  
  

  JPEG 4:3: (L) 4608x3456, (M) 3072x2304, (S1) 2304x1728, (S2) 1696x1280, (S3) 640x480

  
  

  JPEG 16:9: (L) 5184x2912, (M) 3456x1944, (S1) 2592x1456 (S2) 1920x1080, (S3) 720x400

  
  

  JPEG 1:1: (L) 3456x3456, (M) 2304x2304, (S1) 1728x1728, (S2) 1280x1280, (S3) 480x480

  
  

  RAW: (RAW) 5184x3456

• Movie Type

  MOV (Video: H.264, Sound: Linear PCM, recording level can be manually adjusted by user)

• Movie Size

  1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps)

  
  

  1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps)

  
  

  640 x 480 (30, 25 fps)

• Movie Length

  Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB

• Folders

  New folders can be manually created and selected

• File Numbering

  (1) Consecutive numbering

  
  

  (2) Auto reset

  
  

  (3) Manual reset

OTHER FEATURES

• Custom Functions

  11 Custom Functions with 33 settings

• Metadata Tag

  User copyright information (can be set in camera)

  
  

  Image rating (0-5 stars)

• Intelligent Orientation Sensor

  Yes

• Playback Zoom

  1.5x - 10x enabled in 15 steps

• Display Formats

  (1) Single image with information (2 levels)

  
  

  (2) Single image

  
  

  (3) Index display (4/9/36/100 images)

  
  

  (4) Jump Display (1/10/100 images, by Date,by Folder, Movies only, Stills only, by Rating)

• Slide Show

  Image selection: All images, by Date, by Folder, Movies, Stills, Rating

  
  

  Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10 or 20 seconds

  
  

  Repeat: On/Off

  
  

  Transition Effect: Off, Slide 1, Slide 2, Fade 2, Fade 2, Fade 3

  
  

  Background Music: On, Off

• Histogram

  Brightness: Yes

  
  

  RGB: Yes

• Highlight Alert

  Yes (Shooting information display only)

• Image Erase/Protection

  Erase: Single image, All images in folder, Checkmarked images, unprotected images

  
  

  Protection: Erase protection of one image at a time

• Menu Categories

  (1) Shooting menu (x4)

  
  

  (2) Playback menu (x2)

  
  

  (3) Setup menu (x3)

  
  

  (4) My Menu

• Menu Languages

  25 Languages

  
  

  English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese

• Firmware Update

  Update possible by the user.

INTERFACE

• Computer

  Hi-Speed USB

• Other

  Video output (PAL/ NTSC) (integrated with USB terminal), HDMI mini output (HDMI-CEC compatible)

DIRECT PRINT

• Canon Printers

  Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge

• PictBridge

  Yes

STORAGE

• Type

  SD card, SDHC card or SDXC card

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM

• PC & Macintosh

  Windows XP inc. SP3 / Vista inc. SP2 (excl. Starter Edition) / 7 inc. SP1(excl. Starter Edition) / 8 / 8.1

  
  

  OS X v10.7-10.9 (Intel processor required)

SOFTWARE

• Browsing & Printing

  ImageBrowser EX

• Image Processing

  Digital Photo Professional

• Other

  PhotoStitch, EOS Utility, Picture Style Editor

POWER SOURCE

• Batteries

  1 x Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E10

• Battery Life

  Approx. 500 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)¹

  
  

  Approx. 410 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)

• Battery Indicator

  4 levels

• Power Saving

  Power turns off after 30sec or 1, 2, 4, 8 or 15mins.

• Power Supply & Battery Chargers

  AC Adapter Kit ACK-E10, Battery charger LC-E10, LC-E10E

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Body Materials

  Carbon fiber/glass fiber-reinforced polycarbonate resin

• Operating Environment

  0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity

• Dimensions (WxHxD)

  129.6 x 99.7 x 77.9 mm

• Weight (Body Only)

  Approx. 480g (CIPA testing standard, including battery and memory card)

ACCESSORIES

• Viewfinder

  Eyecup Ef, E-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens with Rubber Frame Ef, Eyepiece Extender EP-EX15II, Angle Finder C

• Case

  Semi Hard Case EH22-L, EH24-L

• Wireless File Transmitter

  Compatible with Eye-Fi cards

• Lenses

  All EF and EF-S lenses

• Flash

  Canon Speedlites (90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, MR-14EX II, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT)

• Battery Grip

  None

• Remote Controller/ Switch

  Remote Switch RS-60E3

• Other

  Hand Strap E2, GPS Receiver GP-E2