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Canon PowerShot S120

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Type
  
Digital camera

Storage
  
Secure Digital card

Sensor
  
1/1.7" BSI-CMOS

Lens
  
5.2–26.0 mm f/1.8–f/5.7 (35 mm equivalent: 24–120 mm f/8.3–f/26.3)

Maximum resolution
  
4000 × 3000 (12.1 megapixels)

ASA/ISO range
  
Auto, ISO 80–12800 (in 1/3-step increments)

Designed as the successor to the Canon PowerShot S110 in the S series of cameras, the Canon PowerShot S120 is a high-end 12.1-megapixel compact digital camera with 0.3 f/-stops wider aperture, 0.7 bits more color depth, improved continuous shooting speeds, resolved Wi-Fi sharing functionality, 60fps 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.

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Features

  • 12.1 megapixels
  • JPEG (Exif 2.3) support
  • Raw 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, Tv (shutter priority), Av (aperture priority), Manual, and Custom modes)
  • 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.
  • Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen
  • Wi-Fi for internet connectivity or image archival

    • Improvements

  • DIGIC 6 processor
  • increased battery capacity (30 shots)
  • nearly double the screen resolution to 640×480 pixels (267 dpi, VGA 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 13th, 2015.

    References

    Canon PowerShot S120 Wikipedia
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