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Canon IXUS 95 IS / PowerShot SD1200 IS / IXY 110 IS Reviews

Digital camera - compact - 10.0 Mpix - optical zoom: 3 x - supported memory: MMC, SD, SDHC, MMCplus - light gray More product details

$157.95

Attractive, ultracompact design ; easy operation ; well-rounded, basic feature set (cnet.com)

Compact, light and stylish.; Decent picture quality.; Small but useful optical viewfinder... (cameralabs.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Canon IXUS 95 IS / PowerShot SD1200 IS / IXY 110 IS

We have collected and analyzed 38 expert reviews and 775 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 72/100 and users rate it 85/100. The average review date is August 22, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 556317 reviews from other Digital Compact Cameras. The alaScore™ for this product is 96/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 19, 2009.

alaSCORE 96

960100

813 reviews

November, 2009

72 / 100

38 Experts

Product Age

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85 / 100

775 Users

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from $157.95

Expert Reviews (38)

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Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS (blue)

By (cnet.com)

Attractive, ultracompact design ; easy operation ; well-rounded, basic feature set

Photo quality dips above ISO 200 ; flat buttons can be difficult to press accurately

Simple and stylish, the Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS is a fine back-pocket camera as long as your photo-quality expectations are reasonable.

General shooting optionsCanon PowerShot SD1200 ISISO sensitivity (full...

Rating

74100

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Review: Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS digital camera

By Ginny Mies (macworld.com)

For the price, the SD1200 packs in the right amount of features for casual photographers. More-experienced photographers will be pleased with the image quality, but the lack of aperture and shutter priority, plus the limited zoom range, may leave them ...

Compact, slim design; good image quality in automatic mode

Image quality suffers above ISO 200; viewfinder is too small to actually use

The SD1200 IS received a Very Good rating in our lab's jury tests for imaging quality, earning particularly high marks in terms of lack of distortion, color accuracy, and overall exposure quality

Rating

70100

macworld.com
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Canon IXUS 95 IS / SD1200IS

By Ken McMahon (cameralabs.com)

Announced in February 2009, the Canon Digital IXUS 95, also known as the PowerShot SD1200 IS Digital ELPH in North America, is a 10 Megapixel compact with a 3x image stabilised optical zoom, 2.5in LCD display and an optical viewfinder. It replaces the ...

Compact, light and stylish.; Decent picture quality.; Small but useful optical viewfinder.; Scene recognition make it easy to use.; Compact, light and stylish.; Decent picture quality.; Small but useful optical viewfinder.; Scene recognition ...

Basic 3x zoom range.; Tiny optical viewfinder.; Red-eye sometimes a problem; No optical zoom while filming.; Basic 3x zoom range.; Tiny optical viewfinder.; Red-eye sometimes a problem; No optical zoom while filming

Continuous shooting is available in Program mode and is activated form the Func menu. The manual says that the IXUS 95 IS / SD1200 IS can shoot 1.4fps in continuous mode and our test matched that figure almost exactly

Rating

83100

cameralabs.com

User Reviews (775)

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"A FAST FUN CAMERA IN A SMALL PACKAGE"

By COWBELL (cnet.com)

SMALL ENOUGH TO CARRY EVERY PLACE YOU GO FOR ... 

A GREAT CAMERA FOR MOVIES (VIDEO).. A VERY NICE 2.5 inch LCD TO FRAME AND REVIEW YOUR PICTURES. CAMERA IS SMALL BUT EASY HANDLE AND USE EVEN WITH MY (OLD) BIG HANDS

GOOD BUILD BUT VERY WEAK (SD CARD & BATTERY) DOOR COVER

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"Great point and shoot for the money, great images"

By magussike (cnet.com)

If you need a good 12.1 MP point and shoot an... 

Great point and shoot for the money, great images and adequet zoom, good saturation, great mode and self timers

video can be a bit grainy, but otherwise a solid point and shoot

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"Easy!!! Easy!!!!Zen!!!Zen!!!Camera"

By ugorlma (cnet.com)

pd. 169.00 at best buy...guys steered me away... 

so easy to use ,takes super pictures...super intuitive

None at this, had not used the video feature yet...will update review

Manufacturer's Description

When a camera puts a smile on your face the moment you hold it, imagine how great you'll feel when you see your first pictures! The PowerShot SD1200 IS Digital ELPH has everything going for it - exuberant color, the sculptured style of Canon's famed ELPH series - and the innovative know - how that takes you to a whole new level of picture-taking accomplishment. Fun, smart and a style follow you everywhere.

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