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Canon PowerShot D10 Reviews Analysis

Digital camera - compact - 12.1 Mpix - optical zoom: 3 x - supported memory: MMC, SD, SDHC, MMCplus More product details

Canon PowerShot D10
alaSCORE 97

255 reviews

November, 2009

73 / 100

63 Experts

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What people think about the Canon PowerShot D10: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 255 reviews from across the web.

image quality

5

  • It doesn't affect picture quality
  • Excellent photo quality
  • Top-notch image quality at most lens positions
  • Picture quality was very good
  • good quality
  • Strong comprehensive protection, good quality, good quality lens
 
  • QUALITY
  • Good picture quality (especially daylight and indoors)
  • Amazing picture quality and extremely durable
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price

3

  • Bit pricey
  • Accessories are absurdly priced
  • High cost for purchase
 

performance

5

  • mixed performance
  • Quick performance
  • We didn't even experience problems with dynamic range, but all of our test photos were taken in overcast conditions, so we can't vouch for summer performance
  • Fast performance
  • Fast start up time
  • quick release)
 

color

3

  • Chromatic aberration quite prominent
  • Wacky styling and classy colour scheme
 

lens

0.5

  • • Interesting modular attachment system
  • Protective window shields lens from water and damage
  • Protective window shields lens from water and damage, but not fingerprints
  • It leaked water into the lens the 2nd time in the water
  • Fast lens
  • good quality lens
 

zoom

0.5

  • Digital-only zoom in movie mode
  • • Only 3x zoom
  • Limited zoom range
  • barrel distortion at minimum zoom
  • Piddly 3x zoom
  • Takes rapid sucession shots and holds a 16GB SDHC Class 6
  • The zoom and the lack of HD
  • Also needs some more optical zoom
 
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memory

5

  • Easy to transfer pictures to computer
 

focus

5

  • The auto focus and face detection is a nice feature
  • focus
  • not to big with cameras, but this one is easy to use, and the auto settings do just fine for me but has an extensive program mode to asjust iso settings, focus, flash, etc
 

LCD

0.5

  • LCD could be bigger
  • Somewhat awkward to hold (always have a finger on the screen)
  • Noticed that the screen gets scratched easily
  • Noticed that the screen gets scratched easily, guessing since it gets thrown into my girlfriends purse
  • Probobaly should find a screen protector
 

design

3

  • • Robust but cute
  • Chunky design
  • good looks
  • Nice design
  • The design
  • good looking
  • stylish
 
  • good looking, stylish, water resistant
  • but great design
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video

0.5

  • No HD video
  • Video Quality could have been better
  • Video Quality could have been better, better menus and navigation needed, No HD movie mode
  • No HD-video capture
 

viewfinder

0.5

  • did not have viewfinder
 

contrast

4.5

  • Images lack contrast
  • Images lack contrast, sometimes overexposes shots in bright sunlight
  • colour and contrast
  • Images have good detail, sharpness, colour and contrast
  • LCD provides excellent contrast
 

flash

1.5

  • flash
 

appearance

1.5

  • kind of ugly
 

sensor

0.5

  • 12 MP from a sensor this microscopic is a bad joke
 

battery

1.5

  • Battery door is nigh on impossible to open
  • Doesn't use AA or AAA batteries
  • Somewhat awkward to hold (always have a finger on the screen), Doesn't use AA or AAA batteries
  • battery life
  • Rugged, waterproof, good looks, 12 MP, battery life
 

menu

5

  • drop-proof to 1.2m
  • Drop-proof up to 4 feet
 

usability

4

  • This is easily corrected with a small application of Unsharp Mask in an editing program, so it is not a deal breaker
  • Shell easy to scratch
  • Limited manual shot adjustability
  • Limited manual shot adjustability, night-time shot options are not optimal for good results
  • easy to use
  • Waterproof to 10m, drop-proof to 1.2m, dust-proof, easy to use, well designed
  • comfortable to use in water or with gloves
  • good for use
  • but this one is easy to use
 

sound

0.5

  • even at ISO 80 the pictures are noisy - too bad that today's market seems to prevent Canon from putting a more believable 5MP sensor in this thing
 

size

0.5

  • • Large form factor
  • It is a little chunky in size but that can easily be overlooked unless you are looking for a very slim camera body
  • big deal
  • Not a big deal
  • Could stand to be a little wider at the wide end
  • Large button and large viewing screen
  • not to big with cameras
 

screen

3

  • Only the "display last picture" button was working for a minute or so and then a blank monitor had ruined my holiday
  • Large Display
  • Waterproof, Shockproof, Freezeproof, 12MP, Wrist Strap (strange, but great design, can attach at 4 different points, quick release), Large Display
 

remote control

0.5

  • • Lack of manual control
  • Minor issues: Wish it had more manual control
 

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