Canon PowerShot D10 12.1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD | 
| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $299.00
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Rating:  292 reviews
Sales Rank: 19
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Digital Zoom: 4
Display Size: 2.50
Battery: 1 Lithium-Ion
Maximum Focal Length: 18.6
Minimum Focal Length: 6.2
Maximum Resolution: 12.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.1 x 1.9 x 2.6
MPN: D10
Model: D10
UPC: 013803107807
EAN: 0013803107807
ASIN: B001SER460
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| Features:
| • | 12.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints | | • | Waterproof to 33 feet, cold resistant from 14-104 degrees (F) and shockproof up to 4 feet | | • | DIGIC 4 Image Processor; evolved Face Detection Technology plus Face Detection Self-timer | | • | Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper settings | | • | Compatible with SD/SDHC, MMC/MMC Plus/HC MMC Plus (not included) |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 292
 Great waterproof camera May 27, 2009
D. Bell (Phoenix, AZ USA)
277 out of 284 found this review helpful
I've been playing with my new Powershot D10 for about a week and really like it. I have been using Canon SLRs for 25+ years, AE1 Program, A1, Elan 7e, and Digital Rebel. When I started looking for a waterproof camera to take snorkeling, my first choice was Canon, based on my many years of satisfaction with their products, and I was very lucky that this camera was released two weeks before leaving for vacation. (Amazon had been showing the camera as available for pre-order until earlier today. I purchased mine from a local camera store.)
I'm very impressed with the picture quality on this camera. The 12 megapixel sensor, coupled with a dozen shooting modes, produce an excellent image. I'm used to controlling aperture and shutter speed on the SLR, so simply selecting "portrait" or "night exposure" mode and letting the camera do all the work just seems too easy. Or, if selecting "portrait" is too difficult, you can select "auto" and just let the camera do it all. Movie quality is also quite good. The LCD screen on the back of the camera seems huge compared to the 1" screen on my old Digital Rebel. It's a great display.
The controls are conveniently arranged, and easy to use, and the associated icons displayed are both informative and intuitive. You can choose to display all the settings or turn them off and just see the image. One of the useful display options is a grid overlay on the screen to assist with shot composition and the "Rule of Thirds." The optical zoom works great. By the time you get to 12x with the digital zoom, the image is kind of grainy, but that's to be expected.
You can take macro photographs an inch or two from your subject. I've had trouble focusing my Digital Rebel in the dark, but Canon seems to have improved low-light focusing quite a bit. It has a manual focus feature that indicates the distance to the subject as you adjust the focus, just in case it can't get the focus right.
I like the Panorama feature, which displays the previous shot on the viewfinder while you're composing the next shot, allowing the photographer to closely match subsequent shots, resulting in panoramic photos with less distortion when they're stitched together. Panorama mode also locks in the exposure value of the first shot so that the exposure in subsequent shots all match the first shot.
The face recognition and blink detection both seem to work well. As the camera focuses, it will zoom in on one of the faces so the photographer can verify correct focus. After the shot is taken, if someone blinked it will identify the face of the person blinking so you can take another shot. These can be turned on or off according to user preference. Images seem very crisp, which I attribute to the image stabilization features, which can also be turned on or off.
I've had the camera in the sink, and it handles six inches of water with no problems. I'll see how it does with thirty two and a half more feet of water when it meets the Atlantic Ocean in a few weeks! The wrist strap attaches to any one of the four corners of the camera (convenient for carrying in either left or right hand) and seems to be pretty secure, so no worries about losing it if you get knocked over by a wave.
I use Photoshop Elements, so I haven't loaded the Canon software and can't comment on that. And since I edit photos on the computer, I doubt that I'll use some of the in-camera editing features, such as black and white, sepia, color swap, and the various color enhancements. I could see that would be useful to those who print directly from the camera, without editing on a computer.
The camera doesn't allow you to shoot in RAW. I generally don't shoot in RAW with my SLR, so that doesn't worry me. It has a number of white balance modes, custom white balance, and auto white balance. It seems to do a good job selecting the correct shooting conditions in auto mode. Colors appear correct.
A couple of drawbacks: The camera isn't threaded so you're not able to attach filters. There's also no lens cap, and I worry about the lens surface getting damaged. For a rugged "adventure" camera, I'm also surprised that there's no GPS chip so that photos can be tagged with the exact location. I look at old slides taken while I was hiking and think "that's neat, why can't I remember where I took that." It would be nice if the EXIF data included lattitude and longitude. (Watch Canon come out with the Powershot D10 "Gold" six months from now that incorporates these features. The curse of being an early adopter.)
The microphone picks up every movement your fingers make as you hold the camera, so it's difficult to capture movies without some camera noise. The speaker on the bottom of the camera is also difficult to hear when playing movies back on the camera, but movies sounds fine when I pop the memory chip into the computer and watch in Quicktime. Movies are produced in the .mov format, so you'll have to do some conversion if you want to do anything with it in Windows Movie Maker. You can also choose between higher quality 640 x 480, or lower quality 320 x 240. (I should post a video review, but look like a dork in movies, so I'll spare everybody that.)
Tried to take a few infrared photos, but the image has the Hot Spot typical of many Canon cameras and lenses. I held a Hoya R72 filter over the lens and took several shots. Bright sunlight is about a 4" exposure, and all shots have a bluish circle in the center.
The drawbacks are very minor compared to the great images this camera produces.
I'm very impressed with this camera. It feels very sturdy, takes great photos, and seems very easy to use. Although I'll probably continue to use my Digital Rebel as my primary camera, I certainly look forward to many years of fun with this camera.
Great underwater AND general purpose camera June 16, 2009
Rodrigo Diaz Espinoza (TX, USA)
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
I bought this camera for a trip to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. I originally acquired it to take underwater pictures, since I own a nikon D40 with a 18-200 mm lens for "landscape" type of pictures, but I got very surprised with its quality as a "general purpose" camera. It takes very balanced pictures and the settings are very flexible. Whenever I went to the beach, I preferred to take the D10 instead of the bulky SLR, and it worked flawless.
But it is underwater where the camera shined. I took hundreds of pictures of corals and fishes, and the quality of most of them was excellent (considering this is camera fits in your hand and it is very lightweight). I also recorded many underwater videos, which is done very nicely by the camera as well. The incorporated microphone is rather low quality, but it kind of make sense to me to avoid water intrusion I guess. I used the camera for at least 8 hours total under seawater during my 4-day trip and I did not have problems at all. I soaked it in tap water everytime I used it in the sea as stated in the manual. This camera really changed my trip. My girlfriend is actually thinking about getting another for herself since we had to share it when snorkeling.
The camera is fast. Whenever I saw a nice fish around me, I turned it on and took a picture in a matter of 2-3 seconds. Most images were not blurry, which kind of surprised me. With the appropiate light (as it happens with every kind of camera), underwater pictuers can get very very nice. The LCD is very clear underwater, and it gives you a fair idea about the picturejust taken. Flash did not work well underwater since there was a lot of reflection, so it is better to disable it and use it with proper light. I'll be uploading pictures soon.
I'd recommend this camera to anyone needing an all-weather camera for amateur purposes. Although i've had it for three weeks, it seems very reliable. It is made in Japan, which i guess gives it an extra bonus IMO.
Best All Around Camera June 17, 2009
Stephanie Chow (California)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I bought this camera for my trip to Maui, which I just came back from. This camera took great land and water photos. I used a lot of the different scenery settings, which was great. The foliage pictures turned out great. The only disappointment I had was when I found a green gecko on a red plant (how awesome of a contrast is that), the details were great, but the plant looked more orange than red in my photo. Landscape mode was good for Iao Needle and Hana.
Underwater pictures were great and the water wasn't too choppy on the surface. We went to Honolua Bay and the colors of the fish and coral were vibrant underwater. It was amazing, some pictures you could not even tell you were underwater. You have to get under the water and face the camera up to get nicer pictures and even though the fish were swimming, you can still capture the clear picture. The battery life for the camera is awesome! My friend had another Canon camera with the underwater case, his battery died after a few hours. My battery was still strong and I had the camera on the whole time as you never know when that cool fish will swim by.
We next went to the Ka'anapali Beach outside of the hotel and unfortunately the surf was a bit rougher. However, there were turtles near the beach near Black Rock and I had the underwater setting so I took both pictures outside the water and in the water. The surf was kicking up a lot of sand, so it was hard to get a clear picture of the turtle under the water. I was getting knocked over by the waves and I'm sure my camera was hitting the sand a bit as was I, but it had no problems at all.
One of my favorite pictures was using the Sunset scenery setting. The sunset was bright orange and the details of the pictures turned out great. When you look on the LCD screen, it looked a bit off, but after you took the picture, it was just magnificent. The color quality was a vibrant orange and you can see the reflection on the water and detail was just great.
This is a great all around camera for land or water. It's easy to use once you read the manual and it's a Canon (need I say more). It's a recognized camera as it's bright blue and I love the large LCD screen. It really helps when your underwater taking pictures.
Underwater Pictures June 3, 2009
Ken Wong (Brooklyn, NY)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I bought this for my wife for her Birthday and because we were going diving in Bermuda! I have a Canon SD800 and a diving case for it! While my case fogged up for some apparent reason. My wife took pictures from the top to 30 feet below of me trying to de-fog my camera somehow and the pictures came out crisp! Very impressed at 5ft and 30ft.
Works as advertised August 12, 2009
Karyn (The Woodlands, TX USA)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
Just returned from Hawaii and the Canon D10 withstood two weeks of underwater (ocean and fresh water) and outdoor (rain and waterfall) excursions. I had my doubts but the camera worked like a champ. On the last day (after loading all of the photos onto my computer) I decided to tempt fate and took the camera down to around 25-30ft deep and tried a couple of shots just to see how it held-up at close to the advertised depth. To further tempt fate, I tried to make a point of manipulating all of the controls while I was down there. The shots came out great and the camera survived unscathed. I do have two suggestions though. Periodically wipe-off the protective lens cover because the camera can have a tendancy to autofocus on the tiny particles of ocean detritus that stick to the lens cover (and take multiple shots because you often can't tell that a shot is out of focus by quickly glancing at the view screen while you're under water). My other suggestion is to buy a high-vis floating strap (like the Olympus). While the camera floats by itself, if you decide to stuff it into your pocket while you're swimming around it can slip-out. While doing my family head-count out past the reef, I noticed an orange object floating in the water about 80ft away. Without the high vis strap, I would have almost certainly lost the camera. All-in-all, I was pleased with the D10's underwater performance and durability, and it also takes excellent scenery shots (I've posted a couple of examples). In all other ways, it's basically a standard Canon compact camera (but with better than average low-light performance).
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