Canon EOS 1200D Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III Lens

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Beginners will like the Basic+ control menu, Creative Auto, and Creative Filters, while more advanced shooters will appreciate the T5's manual controls and customization options. Of course, you can now pick up the EOS 1300D with Wi-Fi connectivity, but it’s not necessarily worth the extra money. Like all screens it’s an effort to use in bright sunlight, but it coped better than the Sony A3000’s screen which is very difficult to see in bright sunshine.

There’s long been a niche to exploit for a DSLR that’s got plenty of imaging power but is affordable and also easy for the inexperienced photographer to get to grips with. It is possible to change between the 1200D’s three different metering modes (evaluative, centreweighted and partial) using the quick menu and the LCD. With a 20 megapixel APS HD CMOS sensor, 1080p HD movies, 3 inch LCD screen and an electronic viewfinder, could the Sony A3000 be the perfect step-up model for compact camera upgraders?However, be warned that the microphone can pick up the sound of the focus motor, which is especially loud on the kit lens, and the subject might even go out of focus for a few seconds. It’s hard to believe Canon hasn’t replaced the EOS 1100D sooner given the relatively fast turnaround of new models in other sectors of the EOS series, but finally we’ve witnessed the arrival of its replacement with the announcement of the EOS 1200D. It keeps the cost down, but makes it impossible to change the card with the camera mounted on a tripod.

Indeed, despite being a starter model, this is a relatively serious proposition, which ups the resolution of its predecessor (the Canon 1100D) from 12 megapixels to 18MP. One of the main talking points of the camera is its 18MP sensor, offering a significant resolution jump from the 12.

When scenes do require a slight tweak of the white balance settings, it is possible to change the blue/amber or magenta/green bias by a value of ±9. Canon has very much kept the first-time user in mind with the EOS 1200D, with the Feature guide built into the camera to give you a better idea of what everything does.

Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. It features 18 to 55 mm lens for optimum coverage of the environment, without missing out on anything. The highlight specification is its 18-million-pixel CMOS sensor and full 1080p HD video, but is it enough? To see how the quality of the Canon T5 / 1200D measures-up in practice, take a look at my Canon T5 / 1200D quality and Canon T5 / 1200D noise results pages, browse my Canon T5 / 1200D sample images, or skip to the chase and head straight for my verdict. As standard, there are a number of presets, including auto, standard, portrait, landscape, neutral, faithful and monochrome, plus three user-defined settings.It’s also worth bearing in mind that framing for continuous shooting is much easier with a DSLR’s optical viewfinder than the A3000’s EVF which lags one frame behind the action. Also, menu, quick menu, exposure compensation, playback and display have their own button close to the D-pad.