Canon EOS 1200D Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)

Canon makes DSLR photography possible for everybody with the advent of EOS 1200D. This latest entry model DSLR with its host of user-friendly features and creative filters, enable first-time DSLR users to capture attractive images with sharp details and beautiful background blur.

FEATURES
18 megapixel APS-C size CMOS sensor
3-inch large-screen LCD monitor
Standard ISO 100 – 6400 (expandable to 12800)

Wide ISO Range
With an ISO range of 100-6400, and expandable to 12,800, the EOS 1200D has a wide coverage from low sensitivity to high sensitivity, allowing you to choose the desired expression regardless of whether you are in the bright outdoors or in a dark room.

Scene Intelligent Auto
The EOS 1200D comes with the Scene Intelligent Auto mode. By spinning the mode dial to the Scene Intelligent Auto setting, you can set your camera to operate almost entirely on auto-pilot. It is capable of recognizing the type of scene being shot based on factors such as subject colour, brightness, contrast and distance, and will automatically adjust itself to optimal settings. All types of scenes can be recognized by the EOS 1200D, including portrait photos, nature photography, evening scenes and shots with a really bright background.

Creative Filters
Let your creativity flow with five different creative filters that can alter the mood and visual effect of any particular scene. Creative Filters include Grainy Black and White, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Toy camera effect and Miniature effect.

Technical Details

Model

Brand : Canon
Model : EOS 1200D

Specifications

Type : Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash
Recording media : SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card
Image sensor size : Approx. 22.3 x 14.9mm
Compatible lenses :Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses)
Lens mount : Canon EF mount

Image Sensor  
Type : CMOS sensor
Effective pixels : Approx. 18.0 megapixels
Aspect ratio : 3:2
Dust delete feature : Dust Delete Data appending, Clean manually

Recording System  
Recording format : Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0

Image type 
JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original)
RAW+JPEG Large simultaneous recording possible

Recording pixels 
L (Large) : Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456)
M (Medium) : Approx. 8.0 megapixels (3456 x 2304)
S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 4.5 megapixels (2592 x 1728)
S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.5 megapixels (1920 x 1280)
S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480)
RAW : Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456)

Create / select a folder : Possible
File numbering : Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset

Image Processing During Shooting
Picture style : Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 - 3
Basic+ : Ambience-based shots, Light/scene-based shots

White balance 
Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash),
Custom White Balance correction and White balance bracketing possible

Noise reduction : Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots
Automatic image brightness correction  : Auto Lighting Optimizer
Highlight tone priority : Provided
Lens peripheral illumination correction : Provided

Viewfinder  
Type : Eye-level pentamirror
Coverage : Vertical / Horizontal approx. 95% (with Eye point approx. 21mm)
Magnification : Approx. 0.8x (-1m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)
Eyepoint : Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1m-1)
Built-in dioptric adjustment : Approx. -2.5 - +0.5m-1 (dpt)
Focusing screen : Fixed, Precision Matte
Mirror : Quick-return type
Depth-of-field preview : Enabled with Custom Function setting

Autofocus  
Type : TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection
AF points : 9-point (Cross-type AF sensitive to f/5.6 with center AF point)

Focusing brightness range 
EV 0-18 (Center AF point)
EV 1-18 (Other AF points)
(With One-Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100)

AF operation : One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF
AF-assist beam : Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash

Exposure Control  

Metering modes 
63-zone TTL full-aperture metering
Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
Partial metering (approx. 10% of viewfinder at center)
Center-weighted average metering

Brightness metering range : EV 1 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)

Exposure control 
Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure

ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
Basic zone modes*: ISO 100 - ISO 3200 set automatically
Portrait : ISO 100

Creative Zone modes
ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set manually (whole-stop increments), ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set automatically, maximum ISO speed settable for ISO Auto, or expandable to "H" (equivalent to ISO 12800)

Exposure compensation
Manual : ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AEB : ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with manual exposure compensation)

AE lock 
Auto : Applied in One-Shot AF with evaluative metering when focus is achieved
Manual : By AE lock button

Shutter  
Type : Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter

Shutter speeds 
1/4000sec. to 30sec. (Total shutter speed range.
Available range varies by shooting mode.), Bulb, X-sync at 1/200sec.

Flash  
Built-in flash : Retractable, auto pop-up flash

Guide No
Approx. 9.2 / 30.2 (ISO 100, in meters / feet) or
Approx. 13 / 42.7 (ISO 200, in meters / feet)

Flash coverage : Approx. 17mm lens angle of view
Recycling time approx. 2 sec.

External flash : EX-series Speedlite
Flash metering : E-TTL II autoflash
Flash exposure compensation : ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
FE lock : Provided
PC terminal : None

Drive System
 
Drive mode 
Single shooting, Continuous shooting, Self-timer with 10- sec. or 2-sec. delay and 10-sec. delay with continuous shooting

Continuous shooting speed : Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec.

Max. burst (Approx.) 
JPEG Large / Fine :  69 shots
RAW : 6 shots
RAW+JPEG Large / Fine : 4 shots

Live View Shootings  
Aspect ratio : 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1

Focusing methods 
Contrast detection (FlexiZone-Single, Face detection Live mode), Phase-difference detection (Quick mode)
Manual focus (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible)

Focusing brightness range : EV 1 - 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
Metering modes : Real-time metering with image sensor
Brightness metering range : EV 0 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
Grid display : Two types

Movie Shooting  
Recording format : MOV

Movie 
MPEG-4 AVC / H.264
Variable (average) bit rate

Audio : Linear PCM

Recording size and frame rate 
1920 x 1080 (Full HD) : 30p / 25p / 24p
1280 x 720 (HD) : 60p / 50p
640 x 480 (SD) : 30p / 25p

File size 
1920 x 1080 (30p / 25p / 24p) : Approx. 330MB/min.
1280 x 720 (60p / 50p) : Approx. 330MB/min.
640 x 480 (30p / 25p) : Approx. 82.5MB/min.

Focusing : Same as focusing with Live View shooting
Metering modes : Center-weighted average and evaluative metering with the image sensor

Brightness metering range : EV 0 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
Exposure control : Autoexposure and manual exposure
Exposure compensation : ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments (Still photos: ±5 stops)

ISO speed(Recommended exposure index)

With autoexposure shooting
ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set automatically (ISO 100 - ISO 3200 for still photo shooting)

With manual exposure
ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set automatically / manually

Video snapshots : Settable to 2 sec. / 4 sec. / 8 sec.

Sound recording 
Built-in monaural microphone
Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided

Grid display : Two types
Still photo shooting : Possible

LCD Monitor  
Type : TFT colour liquid-crystal monitor
Monitor size and dots : Approx. 7.5cm (3.0-in.) (4:3) with approx. 460,000 dots
Brightness adjustment : Manual (7 levels)
Interface languages : 25
Feature guide :Displayable

Playback  

Image display formats 
Basic info, basic info + image quality / playback number, shooting info. display, histogram, image index (4/9)

Zoom magnification : Approx. 1.5x - 10x
Highlight alert : Overexposed highlights blink

Image browsing methods 
Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating

Image rotation : Possible
Ratings : Provided

Movie playback 
Enabled (LCD monitor, HDMI OUT)
Built-in speaker

Image protection : Possible

Slide show 
All images, by date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating
Five transition effects selectable

Background music 
Selectable for slide shows and movie playback

Post-Processing of Images 
Creative filters : Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect
Resize : Possible

Direct Printing  
Compatible printers : PictBridge-compatible printers
Printable images : JPEG and RAW images
Print ordering : DPOF Version 1.1 compliant

Custom Functions  
Custom functions : 11
My menu registration : Possible
Copyright information : Entry and inclusion enabled

Interface  

Digital terminal 
Computer communication, Direct printing (Hi-Speed USB equivalent), GPS Receiver GP-E2 connection

HDMI mini OUT terminal : Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible
Remote control terminal : For Remote Switch RS-60E3
Eye-Fi card : Compatible

Power  
Battery : Battery Pack LP-E10 (Quantity 1)

Number of possible shots(Based on CIPA testing standards)

With viewfinder shooting
Approx. 500 shots at room temperature (23°C / 73°F)
Approx. 410 shots at low temperatures (0°C / 32°F)

With Live View shooting
Approx. 180 shots at room temperature (23°C / 73°F)
Approx. 170 shots at low temperatures (0°C / 32°F)

Movie shooting time 
Approx. 1hr. 15min. at room temperature (23°C / 73°F)
Approx. 1hr. 10min. at low temperatures (0°C / 32°F)
(with a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E10)

Dimensions and Weight  
Dimensions (W x H x D) : Approx. 129.6 x 99.7 x 77.9mm / 5.10 x 3.93 x 3.07in.

Weight 
Approx. 480g / 16.93oz. (CIPA Guidelines),
Approx. 435g / 15.34oz. (Body only)

Operating Environment  
Working temperature range : 0°C - 40°C / 32°F - 104°F
Working humidity : 85% or less

Battery Pack LP-E10 
Type : Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Rated voltage : 7.4V DC
Battery capacity : 860 mAh

Working temperature range 
During charging : 6°C - 40°C / 43°F - 104°F
During shooting : 0°C - 40°C / 32°F - 104°F

Working humidity : 85% or less
Dimensions (W x H x D) : Approx. 36.2 x 14.7 x 49.0mm / 1.4 x 0.6 x 1.9in.
Weight : Approx. 45g / 1.6oz.

Battery Charger LC-E10 
Compatible battery : Battery Pack LP-E10
Recharging time : Approx. 2 hours (at 23°C / 73°F)
Rated input : 100 - 240V AC (50 / 60Hz)
Rated output : 8.3V DC / 580 mA
Working temperature range : 6°C - 40°C / 43°F - 104°F
Working humidity : 85% or less
Dimensions (W x H x D) : Approx. 67.0 x 30.5 x 87.5mm / 2.6 x 1.2 x 3.4in.
Weight : Approx. 85g / 3.0oz.

Battery Charger LC-E10E 
Compatible battery : Battery Pack LP-E10
Power cord length : Approx. 1m / 3.3ft.
Recharging time : Approx. 2 hours (at 23°C / 73°F)
Rated input : 100 - 240V AC (50 / 60Hz)
Rated output : 8.3V DC / 580 mA
Working temperature range : 6°C - 40°C / 43°F - 104°F
Working humidity : 85% or less
Dimensions (W x H x D) : Approx. 67.0 x 30.5 x 87.5mm / 2.6 x 1.2 x 3.4in.
Weight : Approx. 82g / 2.9oz. (excluding power cord)