Product Description

The compact, lightweight, user-friendly 10 Megapixel PowerShot SX120 IS offers intelligent shooting power with a 10x wide-angle optical zoom. A choice of Smart Auto and Easy shooting modes means all the family can take great shots. Plus you also have the option of full manual control so you can explore the full potential of the camera and your own creativity. Either way a host of intelligent Canon technologies, including optical image stabilisation for blur free images even at high zoom, ensure stunning pictures. Whats more you can quickly and easily shoot quality movies with sound.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #743 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Canon
• Model: 3634B009AA
• Released on: 2009-09-01
• Dimensions: .54 pounds

Features

• 10x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom
• A Choice of Manual, Smart Auto and Easy Shooting Modes
• Create Smooth, High Quality, Movie Clips with Sound
• Features Include: Optical Image Stabiliser, Face and Object Detection, Blink Detection and Face Detection Self-Timer
• Features Canon's Most Advanced Image Processor, DIGIC 4

Manufacturer's Description

The 10x optical zoom lens is ideal for capturing the detail of the moment Click here for a larger image

Family-friendly. Serious zoom.
The compact, lightweight, user-friendly 10 Megapixel PowerShot SX120 IS offers intelligent shooting power with a 10x wide-angle optical zoom. A choice of Smart Auto and Easy shooting modes means all the family can take great shots. Plus you also have the option of full manual control so you can explore the full potential of the camera and your own creativity. Either way a host of intelligent Canon technologies, including optical image stabilisation for blur free images even at high zoom, ensure stunning pictures. What’s more you can quickly and easily shoot quality movies with sound.

More creative options - near or far
Thanks to the PowerShot’s big 10x optical zoom lens you have the power to capture photos that really catch the eye of the viewer, whether you are shooting family events, nature or getting creative in manual mode. You can get great close ups of even far away objects –and blurred images are not an issue thanks to Canon’s market-leading optical image stabilisation that ensures you can capture steady shots even at high zoom.

Take control of your aperture and shutter Click here for a larger image

A camera you can grow with
The versatile PowerShot SX120 IS offers three shooting modes to meet the needs of the whole family. In Easy Mode the camera automatically selects all the camera settings except flash and limits the usable buttons to two, preventing mistaken operations and making it easy to use – ideal for beginners or children. Smart Auto mode allows the camera to intelligently select the appropriate settings so you can concentrate on your subject. Advanced Scene Detection Technology automatically analyses shooting conditions then selects the one that offers the perfect settings from 22 specially defined scenes. So whether you’re photographing flowers, a captivating sunset or friends in the park you can be confident you’re getting the perfect image.  You also have the option to take photos in Manual Mode. With full control over exposure settings you can really make your photos your own, exploring not only the full potential of this powerful camera but also the limits of your own creativity.

Movies with sound
You can create smooth, high quality, movie clips with sound, which you can view and share with friends on the camera’s large, bright 3.0” LCD screen with wide viewing angle.

A world of advantages with Canon technology 

The Optical Image Stabiliser automatically detects and corrects camera shake. Click here for a larger image

Rich razor-sharp images - every time
The lens is the most important part of any imaging device and all Canon cameras incorporate lenses designed and manufactured by Canon - lenses based on over 60 years of experience for outstanding results. Canon’s market-leading Optical Image Stabiliser is a lens-shift system that automatically detects and corrects camera shake, whilst ensuring outstanding image quality. It allows handheld shooting at longer focal lengths and in lower light conditions without blur, giving you steady, crisp, brilliant images you’ll be proud to shoot and share. Developed initially for Canon’s EOS Digital SLR cameras in 1987 it is the fastest in-lens image stabiliser available on the market and ensures the PowerShot range has a top quality pedigree. 

The big 10 x optical zoom lens on the PowerShot SX120 IS lets you get up close and personal, whether you are shooting landscapes or a child’s smile - straight optical paths delivering razor-sharp precision with lifelike colour every time.

Meanwhile a resolution of 10 Megapixels allows you to capture every scene in rich detail, ensuring oversize prints – even of cropped pictures - retain high image quality.

Face Detection technology locates faces and automatically adjusts for natural skin tones. Click here for a larger image

Fast, intelligent processing even in tricky lighting conditions
Canon’s most advanced image processor, DIGIC 4, lies at the heart of every Canon digital camera and delivers exceptional processing speeds, responsive operation and advanced noise reduction. It also makes possible intelligent evolved Face and Object Detection technology, which finds and tracks moving subjects until you’re ready to shoot, adjusting the camera settings for optimal results. Faces will have natural-looking skin tones and additional Blink Detection lets you avoid the disappointment of mis-timed people shots by displaying a 3 second warning if a person in the frame has their eyes closed. Red eye correction is also an integral feature to ensure flawless photos. 

A Face Detection Self-Timer also makes group photos and self-portraits easy. Once the shot has been set up, the camera records the number of faces detected in the frame when the shutter is depressed and the self timer started – it then waits for an extra face to get into the frame and adjusts focus and exposure before it takes the picture. 

DIGIC 4 also makes possible Canon’s i-Contrast feature, which offers improved contrast and greater detail in tricky lighting conditions. Available in either shooting or playback mode, i-Contrast analyses the exposure, dynamic range and other image characteristics of a shot then adaptively increases the gain in dark areas to produce heightened detail in those regions. It does this without blowing out correctly exposed parts of the image, while the noise reduction function of DIGIC 4 ensures minimal noise in the adjusted areas.

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Customer Reviews

Great Camera - Needs more power!
A great camera with brilliant definition. The ease with which you can change between settings is excellent and works really well. If I have one moan, it is the rate at which it goes through batteries. The camera drains the juice at a horrendous rate and regularly requires the batteries changed. I understand that lowering the quality of the pics would have impact on the battery usage, but I have put up with it so far! That aside I really like the camera and am very pleased with my purchase.

Canon SX120 IS Digital Camera
This is my sixth digital camera and personally I have always believed in the ability of up to date technology so its no real surprise to me to see an improvement. This camera is the definition of this IMO. One month later and 600+ pictures later I am staggered at the advance. My last camera a Canon A720 IS was and still is an absolute gem but is blown away by the quality of this new model. Image quality, depth of field, saturation and sharpness are all miles better. And for the £££, well the value for money is amazing! Highly recommended.