Home > Consumer Reviews > Canon PowerShot D10 12.1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD

have had several other canons so I felt quite comfortable picking up this camera and starting to use it. A little bulky for my pocket but really not bad as the last camera I had was just as big (had bigger camera to get larger zoom). I love not having to feel like I have to keep this camera wrapped in foam in my purse- I am rough on things and that is why I got this camera, and so far I love it though really haven't had it that long.

Felt like a beer can in my pocket and looked like fisher price designed this camera for a 3yr old.Sorry folks, this is not ergonomically designed is any way shape or form. Images were mediocre at best. Actual use was very simple because... IT HAS NO FEATURES! Point and hope at its best. Like a relic from a time capsule when compared to most other cameras on the market. But in all fairness, sometimes simple people need simple cameras. And rather than cursing the darkness, I'll light a flame, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 is amazing.

Great point and shoot digital camera. Takes nice underwater photos. Takes nice dry land photos.

The accessory pack is a great addition. You get a nice rubber (think wet suit material) case and a bit assortment of lanyards that you can use to attach the camera to your body or other equipment. The lanyards are great for snorkeling, hiking and skiing.

My only complaint is with battery life. It is a little short. I got about 100 shots on the first few charges.

Prior to buying this, I was considering the waterproof housing for my Powershot S880 IS for a trip to Hawaii. I really like my 880 IS. And despite the great reviews for the housing, you have to admit that it's a $150 piece of plastic that does only 1 thing. For some more money, I thought it made more sense to have a waterproof camera that also could serve as a backup.

Took a few test shots just to get used to the settings and the camera, and they turned out fine. The real test was the manta ray scuba dive, and my wife took it down to 35 or 36 feet, which is 10% more than the recommended 33 feet. It kind of made me nervous as I heard her say she went that low, but those Canon engineers clearly know what they are doing. The camera worked like a champ! After setting it to underwater mode, the pictures (plus sound!) came out beautifully! The other people on our dive boat were amazed and asked if we would share the still pictures and videos with them. We quickly became the envy of the dive. I also took it to Kealakekua Bay, watching dolphins and tropical fish in the bright sunlight (but underwater) and once again, the results were fantastic. You can zoom in/out while you take video with this camera, and I know some cameras do not allow that. If the camera suspects someone may have blinked during the shot, it will display a small icon as you review the picture. I found this feature surprisingly accurate. The camera will turn the LCD screen on in playback mode, if you press and hold the play button. (Other Canon cameras probably do this, but I discovered this by just playing around with the D10 one day.)

What's also great about this camera is that it's good for everyday use. The D10 has auto vs. program modes as well as the usual special ones like portrait, sunset, indoor, etc. and it's a 12 MP camera! (My 880 IS is only 10 MP.) The macro function also worked very nicely as I strolled around one of the botanical gardens in Hilo, taking good close-ups of the flowers. The strap has a unique feature where you can move and replace it at any of the 4 corners of the camera.

Buy a big memory card if you want to take this underwater, because you'll want to mix the still pictures with video and we quickly started to run out of room. The minimum I would recommend is 4G. Also, it was hard to find a good camera case because this camera's lens does not collapse flat. It's got 1 shape (which I totally understand since it needs to stay sealed.) I took the camera to different stores just to make sure it would fit, and ended up with a basic one that I purchased from Target, but about 80% of the camera cases could NOT fit this camera, so be careful on this part.

Otherwise, I consider this money extremely well spent and hope you will, too. I feel bad about the person whose camera leaked... Hopefully just a model with a small defect. Mine worked great!

I got this camera for a snorkeling trip in Palawan, Philippines. The underwater shots were great and it was so easy to use. At first I was worried that it might be leaking because I was seeing some small bubbles coming from the camera but everything was okay.