Embrace every opportunity

Capture the emotion of the moment, with a DSLR camera that’s easy to use and delivers results you’ll love.

Benefits

• Record life’s special moments with high quality photos and movies
• Capture detail and ambience, even in dark conditions
• Shoot with the right settings using Scene Intelligent Auto mode
• Simple step-by-step Feature Guide and EOS Companion app
• Enhance your memories and be artistic with Creative filters

Key Features

• 18 megapixel CMOS
• Great low light shots
• Automatically analyse your scene and select the best settings
• Get confident with your camera and learn about photography with this free app
• Choice of AF points for creative framing
• Continuous shooting up to 3 frames per second
• Powerful DIGIC processing
• Large bright screen for clear viewing
• Stunning 1080p movies
• Easily create engaging movies
• Apply creative effects to your images
• Easily apply a look to your shots in the Basic zone
• On camera guide to help you learn
• Experiment with the EOS System

Detailed Features

Photos you’ll be proud of

Shoot photos and video with a quality and character all of their own. 18-megapixel images from the EOS 1200D are packed with detail and are large enough to be printed at sizes up to A2+. Videos have a professional look and feel that looks great played back on your home HDTV.

Capture memories even as it gets dark

When light levels get low the EOS 1200D boosts its sensitivity to light so your pictures stay sharp and you can reduce the need to use flash. Shooting with ambient light is a great way of capturing the atmosphere of an occasion, and remaining discreet for those priceless moments and natural expressions.

Easy to use for any subject

When you compose a photograph using the EOS 1200D the camera analyses the scene too, looking for brightness, colour and the presence of movement and faces. This information is used to set the most appropriate camera settings for the scene, whether it’s a detail-packed landscape or fast-moving action. A built-in Feature Guide, and supporting app, help you learn more about your camera whenever you want.

Discover DSLR photography with EOS Companion app

Use the accompanying EOS Companion app to explore the features and controls of your EOS 1200D and learn about how different lenses can deliver new creative options and capture different subjects. Interactive tutorials and assignments will inspire you and help you develop your skills.

Ergonomic design you’ll love to use

An optical viewfinder allows you to compose and anticipate your shot, so you’ll always be ready to capture the emotion behind the moment. With its friendly controls that are instinctive to use, and a large 7.5cm (3”) LCD screen for image review, the EOS 1200D is a joy to use.

Express your creative side

Emphasise the main subject in a photo by isolating it against a soft, blurred background – a look characteristic of DSLR photography. Use one of five Creative filters to add a personal touch to your photography, including Grainy Black & White to Toy Camera and Fish Eye effect.

Stay in focus

Keep subjects looking sharp by placing them underneath one of the EOS 1200D’s nine focusing points. These are spread out across the viewfinder, letting you place your subject either in the middle of the frame or off-centre, for a more interesting composition.

Technical Specifications:

• 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

• Type: DIGIC 4

• Lens Mount: EF/EF-S
• Focal Length: Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Type: Electronic viewfinder with image sensor
• 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

• 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

• 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.

• Computer: Hi-Speed USB
• Other: Video output (PAL/ NTSC) (integrated with USB terminal), HDMI mini output (HDMI-CEC compatible)

• Canon Printers: Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
• PictBridge: Yes

• Type: SD card, SDHC card or SDXC card

• 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)

• Browsing & Printing: ImageBrowser EX
• Image Processing: Digital Photo Professional
• Other: PhotoStitch, EOS Utility, Picture Style Editor

• 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

• Body Materials: Carbon fiber/glass fiber-reinforced polycarbonate resin
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 129.6 x 99.7 x 77.9 mm
• Weight (Body Only): Approx. 480g (CIPA testing standard, including battery and memory card)