'The 10-megapixel camera has as solid feature set for a novice photographer who's ready to move beyond snapping photos in automatic mode.'
' The Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS is an affordable pocket camera with an interesting variety of shooting modes, excellent image quality, and optical image stabilisation.
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'12.1 megapixels offers unparalleled resolution for a compact camera, while the powerful 6x optical zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer Technology delivers clear, blur-free images in low light and all through the zoom range'
'The digital zoom's magnified pixels looked awful in low-light situations.'
'This camera doesn't do anything poorly, and does a host of things quite well.'
'At 3.75 inches wide and just over 1 inch thick, the unit is slightly too big to park comfortably in a shirt pocket'
'It is a lightweight and compact digital camera, allowing the camera to fit unobtrusively into a small purse or shirt-pocket, and be whipped out easily to capture a memorable moment.'
'a generous 11 Scene modes keep the camera approachable for beginners'
'This camera doesn't do anything poorly, and does a host of things quite well.'
'a generous 11 Scene modes keep the camera approachable for beginners'
'[Canon camera naming scheme can sometimes be quite confusing: in Japan and Europe the Canon PowerShot SD950 IS Digital ELPH is known as the Canon Digital IXUS 960 IS'
'the finder cut off a significant portion of the bottom of the frame'
'This 10-megapixel digital camera carries on the all-weather legacy of its series while stuffing in more resolution and a few more interesting features.'
'At the 5-megapixel settings of ISO 3,200 and 6,400, even coarse details were completely destroyed by noise.'
'Chromatic aberration (purple fringing) was pretty noticeable'
'the LCD is nearly impossible to use in bright sunlight, a drawback exacerbated by the absence of any viewfinder to fall back on in framing your shots.'