Designed as the successor to the
Canon PowerShot S110
The Canon PowerShot S110 is a high-end 12.1-megapixel compact digital camera announced and released in 2012. It was designed as the successor to the Canon PowerShot S100 in the S series of the Canon PowerShot line of cameras.
The S110 is very ...
in the
S series of cameras, the Canon PowerShot S120 is a high-end 12.1-megapixel
compact
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with 0.3 -stops wider aperture, 0.7 bits more color depth, improved continuous shooting speeds, resolved Wi-Fi sharing functionality, 60 HD video recording, lower noise at higher ISO, better sensor, and same DIGIC6 as current G series model for greater image quality. It was announced by Canon on August 22, 2013.
Features
* 12.1
megapixel
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JPEG (
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2.3) support
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Raw
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image file format; one of few "point and shoot" cameras to have raw formatting. (Note: Raw format is not available in Auto, Low Light, and SCN modes. Raw is available in Program, (shutter priority), (aperture priority), Manual, and Custom modes)
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ISO sensitivity 80–12800 (in ⅓-step increments) and auto (up to ISO 1600).
* Full manual control
* Customizable Control Ring to control ISO, shutter speed, aperture, focus, or exposure compensation
* Five photo aspect ratios: 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 4:5
* Video features
** Recording Standard, Color Accent, Color Swap: 1920 × 1080 (60 / 30 frame/s), 1280 × 720 (30 frame/s), 640 × 480 (30)
** Recording Miniature Effect: 1280 × 720 (6 / 3 / 1.5 frame/s), 640 × 480 (6 / 3 / 1.5 frame/s)
** Recording Super Slow Motion: 640 × 480 (120 frame/s), 320 × 240 (240 frame/s)
** Recording Full HD Star Time Lapse Movie: 1920 × 1080 (15 frame/s)
* Continuous shooting in P mode: ~12.1 shot/s, 9.4 shot/s from 6th shot. ~5.5 shot/s with AF and LV.
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Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen
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Wi-Fi
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for internet connectivity or image archival
Improvements
*
DIGIC
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6 processor
* increased battery capacity (30 shots)
* nearly double the screen resolution to 640×480 pixels (267 dpi,
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resolution) - the first for a PowerShot S-series ultra-compact.
* ECO mode turns off the LCD display much sooner to help conserve battery power.
Disadvantage
* S110 is 9% smaller
* S110 is 10% thinner
* S110 is 19 grams lighter
Successor
Canon announced the
G9X as a follow-up camera to the Canon S series that is capable to compete with Sony's RX100 series compact camera. The camera was announced on October 13, 2015.
References
External links
Usa.canon.comCanon-europe.comCanon-europe.comCameralabs.com
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S120
Cameras introduced in 2013