Canon Powershot SD10 4MP Digital Camera (Silver)
By: Canon Average Rating: 4.5 Total Reviews: 15
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 On: 2006-02-14
I love this camera
I love the macro, the clarity
someone into photography told me it has especially clear pictures BECAUSE it has no optical zoom and I have been very pleased. The only thing is I would like optical zoom, so I am thinking about getting another camera, but DEFINITELY sticking within the canon line.
It is super sturdy, Im ashamed to say its hit the floor a few times. Dont get generic batteries, its worth the investment to get the brand name, theyll last a long time and generic just isnt worth the medium amount of money you will pay.
The size is great which is why I can take it everywhere with me. I love that I can take continuous shots which comes in handy with my godson and his brother and my rabbit.
I highly reccomend this as a point and shoot camera. I happen to know a bit about photography and love it....and the camera is great for me....sometimes I woudl like to be able to set some manual settings but then again the pros SIGNIFICANTLY outweigh the cons...the quality is good. Using the self timer I have done my own headshots, and theater professionals thought they were professionally done. Let me just tell you I saved thousands with that instance, and I can just keep updating them and whatnot. Its great to have a tripod with it sometimes and just try things out. This is my first digital camera and its also a great one to start with, why get all the fancy shmancy if you are new to digital cameras? As a theater major who does makeup, it is invaluable for taking photos of the actors makeup to keep it the same from day to day and even for other things with "documentation" like if I see a dress I like and I want to go get that fabric, I Just take a pic since I always have it with me, that is one of the main handy features and I have so many pics that I only have because it waas easy to carry around and who wants to lug a huge thing around all day all the time? I have even used it in craft stores to remember what I wanted to use on a project and so I would remember where it was, what it looked like and sizes and whatnot..it is So handy for things you wouldnt always think of and expect.
I really really do reccomend this and all the other elph cameras....zoom or no zoom but if you DO want zoom go for optical because digital zoom wont really get you anywhere....
enjoy :)
On: 2005-02-01
As one who travels extensively, space and weight limitations prompt me to pack lightly, but I refuse to sacrifice quality. This little gem easily fits into jacket or trouser pockets, whips out quickly and performs extremely well. I use the usb cable to dock into my Mac PowerBook where I use iPhoto to seamlessly import, classify and burn my pics. My wife lost me first SD10, and Im buying a second one ASAP!
On: 2004-12-09
if you need a new camera, want something to fit in your pocket, this ones for you! 4 megapixels, more than enough, this thing is TINY! id highly recommend this to anybody, if you dont got the money for it, consider getting one for FREE!
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On: 2004-11-30
awesome camera with great options and attributes!
megapixels are pretty good, and the print quality of these
pictures come clear. But the price is a bit too high
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 On: 2004-09-27
the size is compact n i fall in love with it the moment i saw it. but the problem with this camera is , it becomes warm easily.the battery life too is quite short though many claimed to have good battery life. it just last for about 2 hrs or so.dont know if you would consider that long lasting.
the size is too small that u mite lose it if you dont be careful about it.
On: 2004-09-26
the size is compact n i fall in love with it the moment i saw it. but the problem with this camera is , it becomes warm easily.the battery life too is quite short though many claimed to have good battery life. it just last for about 2 hrs or so.dont know if you would consider that long lasting.
the size is too small that u mite lose it if you dont be careful about it.
by: sirmrmatt On: 2004-09-09
I purchased this camera to use for close-range stuff in clubs, bars, street photography and while having fun (pictures of friends, family, etc.) I wanted a simple point-and-shoot, something with decent specs (wanted at least 3MP) and *especially* something with a form factor as small as possible.
The unit fits into my pocket unnoticed...especially in comparison with most other digicams out there with similar specs. The unit starts up fast (uner 2 secs...nice!) and is fast in taking pics and saving them (dont have a high-speed SD card, oh well...) Focusing I wish was instantaneous, but it is way faster than my Dads old digicam ever was. It takes maybe 2 - 3 seconds on average, sometimes less. Annyoing, but probably endemic with all digicams in the ballpark range.
The image quality of this unit is super-nice. Color is pure, natural and "living." Detail is high. The superfine JPEG mode is very nice. I wish it had a "raw" option (it may, I dont know how to get it to do that if so), but I dont think it does. Superfine JPEG clocks in at about 2MB per 4MP picture. Not bad, a decent trade-off.
Once you get down into Fine territory, you start to see ever-so-slight fuzziness and jpeg compression artifacts. I am the type of person who appreciates HD video-type signals, and like to see the blackhead on the nose of the guy across the bar. So, take this minor gripe for what its worth.
The other "negatives" about this unit are no optical viewfinder (you use the review screen to frame shots...believe me, NO big deal AT ALL...preferable for me) and no optical zoom. The optical zoom thing I am of two minds about: on one hand, I have had the *occasional* use for clear zoom. On the other hand, if it means adding even a millimeter to this unit, FORGET about it. So, at the end of the day, its fine by me.
The images are detailed and sharp. As long as you can keep your hands reasonably still, you will get insane detail to images. Slight softness in high-contrast, distanced situations (such as dark text against a light backgrond on a candy bag on the far end of your shopping cart, for example) exists, but I am splitting hairs.
The DiGIC chip is awesome...images come out consistenly well-balanced (hump in the middle of the graph) and there are plenty of options for displaying image info as they are shot. Also, there are plenty of manual controls, good white balance, etc. WAAAAY more than a user like myself (I understand these things on a surface level, but mostly just want everything done for me...I like point-and-shoot for my applications).
All told, I am very impressed with this unit. It also looks really cool, to boot (I have the silver, and the circular, shiny brushing/grooves on the front look great in club/bar lights or anywhere else...very attractive). Body is metal housing, have had no problems with it. I notice that there are slight dimples if I turn the unit sideways in the light, they were there from the beginning. No biggie, cant see them straight-on.
If you are looking for a light, compact, purse and especially *pocket*-sized unit, I can think of no better than this one. Surprisingly I was able to get it new in West Hollywood, CA. for a significantly lower price than listed here.
The great thing about this unit is the value factor:
a.) good price
b.) you dont have to pay for processing and you can take way more pics with freedom, freeing you to experiment and snap more casual/unposed stuff since there is no extra outlay financially
and
c.) you capture irreplaceable moments in high-detail that easily justify the cost of the unit
On: 2004-07-26
When I bought this camera it was for its size. I love a camera that you can just throw in a pocket and forget you even have. I had a logitech pocket cam but the pics were just terriable, so I went after this canon. Well first impression was what quality. Its metal construction and sleek look wows you imedietly. But the real wow comes when you see the pictures it takes, They are flawless. I have a canon A-80 and let me tell you these pics are as good if not better than that.
OK, It has no Opitical viewfinder or zoom, But who uses viewfinders anymore anyhow, We all use the lcd screens to take our pics.As for the zoom, If thats what you want youll have to sacrifice size then.
Bottom line is if you want a super small high quality camera that takes great everyday pictures then this is your baby. Battery life is superb, I took over 80 pics and still have juice.
On: 2004-07-11
This is perfect for you if you are looking for a small, portable digital Camera. You can take this thing anywhere.Pros:
1. Size and weight - I love the fact that you can just drop it in your pocket and head on out. Its small, sleek, and light weigt.
2. Picture quality - At 4 megapixels, this is not a technological lightweight when it comes to picture clarity. The pictures I have taken so far have come out excellent.
3. Canon Quality - Canon makes great digital cameras that feel sturdy and are well - built. Cons:
1. Digital Zoom/Lack of optical zoom - The zoom feature of this camera is not good at all. Its a trade-off for its compact size. When using the digital zoom, the pictures dont come out very sharp.
2. Red-eye - You will note a tendency for images to have a bit of red-eye in the subjects. Thats not much of a problem if you have image editing software. Suggestions:
1. Buy a bigger Memory Card - the one that the camera comes with is too small. At the very least, get a 128mb card, 256/512mb is my recommendation.
2. Buy an extra battery - this way when you are out, you can just swap batteries without having to worry about how much power you have left.
3. Buy a USB 2.0 memory card reader - If you take a good number of digital pics and your computer has a USB 2.0 port, then a reader is excellent for downloading pictures and transferring it to your computer. USB 2.0 is very quick and where a typical transfer may take approximately 5 minutes, with USB 2.0 the same transfer will take 45 seconds.
4. Get image editing software- This affords you the opportunity to brighten images, sharpen images, take the red-eye out, crop images. I use adobe photoshop, but any image editing software should do. It just gives you a greater sense of control over the output. Conclusion:
You know that there will be a trade-off in some camera functions for its small size, and for me, I have no regrets about it. I simply cant get over how small the camera is. It excels in close to medium distance images in daylight. At 4 megapixels, the resolution of the pictures is very satisfying. This camera delivers as promised.
On: 2004-06-25
The Canon SD10 has to be one of the best cameras out there for its price. I only have a few things that I dont like about this camera. One of the things is that some of the pictures show a little bit of red eye but when you go to print it out you just click red eye and it takes it out for you so that really isnt that big of a deal. Another thing has to be the digital zoom. When you take the picture it is fine but when you are looking at it on the LCD when you want to take the picture it shows blurry. But if you want to use the zoom... just take the picture and zoom in and print it on the computer. This camera takes excellent pictures and let me tell you is it ever TINY! It is seriously the size of a credit card but you dont want to drop it because you know it will break. I think that anybody who is looking for a camera get this one because it is great! You wont be disappointed...
On: 2004-06-17
This camera is awesome but it does have some drawbacks.PROS: You can take it everywhere and you will without even noticing, i sometimes forget I have it in my pocket.
Great pictures if you mess with the settings a little. CONS: the charger size. I was so worried that i would lose the camera that I forgot to keep up with the charger. The charger is about 1/3 the size of the camera and if you dont have a place to plug it into a wall permanently you will lose it. I dont have a open plug in my room and my house is full of people traffic and dogs so I couldnt put it anywhere else. I lost it after 3 charges. Other than that its great. I havent checked how much a new charger is but I assume its not cheap.
On: 2004-05-31
I have had many point & shoot digital cameras, and this canon sd10 is by far the best. 4 mega pixels, amazing picture quality, fast reaction times and such a small, but strong body! I had the Pentax s4i and sold it to get this. Nevermind the Sony T1 either, bad photos! Get the canon! This camera rules.
by: gadgester On: 2004-05-12
No, the SD10 is not perfect. For one thing, it could use some optical zoom. There is *always* a situation that arises when you do need to zoom in just a little bit. Digital zoom never does it for me. So Canon, please add optical zoom (even if a paltry 2x) and this will be a 10-out-of-five camera!That said, the SD10 is perfect for the snap-happy. Count yours truly as one. Its a take-anywhere-snap-anywhere-view-anywhere-hide-anywhere kind of camera. The four megapixels are nice, and the picture quality is nothing short of astonishing, at this super compact size or at any size. BTW, the number of pixels usually does not translate directly into picture quality, just as a CPUs megahertz rating doesnt correlate directly with a systems overall speed. But Canon engineers are a bunch of smart monkeys, indeed, and every Canon digital camera out in the last three years has just been totally fabulous in the picture quality department. What makes a digital picture top-quality? The colors have to be natural-looking and balanced, preferably both indoors and outdoors. There shouldnt be any digitized artifacts (like glowing edges of your new kitchen knife or pixelated pimples on your kids face). The white should be white and the black black. Above all, one look at the picture and you go, "wow, this is one nice shot!" (assuming its meant to be one nice shot). The SD10, happily, delivers in all these aspects. One could wish for a longer flash range, but, alas, thats why serious photographers like me have to keep an old-style SLR film baby around with a hotshoe on it. If you want serious flash, man, you have to use an external flash. The SD10 does well what it was designed to do. I really dont want to talk to you about the tech specs. They are meaningless in the real world anyway. To sum it up, the SD10 is a camera youll be happy with and youll probably fall in love with -- a gadget freak like yourself likes all nice gadgets but we dont fall in love easily, but the SD10 deserves to be loved. If you are anything more than a casual photographer, I recommend you *also* buy a "more serious" model like the Canon S410 or Minolta Xg which has more controls and does come with optical zoom, and use the SD10 as a candid shooter. But, seriously, this is a great camera for all kinds of photographers -- and gadget freaks.
 On: 2003-12-10
I bought the Canon Powershot SD10 (ixus i) on 22nd Nov and
installed it on my PC. A few days later all my applications stop
working. I scanned the CD and detected 2 infected exe files on it. Ive contacted the local Canon representatives and also email
whoever at Canon that i can find online but NOT a single person has
replied my email. A snippet of the email i sent to Canon, with the virus details. Anyone else has this problem? ******************
Unknown to me, the The Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk CD is
shipped with 2 of the files INFECTED with Win32/Resur.b virus! After
installing the Canon CD, some of my applications stop working. It
took many hours to figure out what is wrong with my other word
processing and image editing software, as all I did was to install
your camera driver. One would not expect such a highly regarded
company such as youselves to have such sub-standard quality and
screening control as to allow something as damaging as this happen. The infected files on the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk Ver.
14.0 CD (C84-1199 Made in Japan) are
D:\\SOFTWARE\\RCTASK\\ENGLISH\\LAUNCH.EXE
D:\\SOFTWARE\\RCTASK\\JAPANESE\\LAUNCH.EXE
Attached is the screen capture of the virus scan. For your information, the virus has cause most of my applications
on my machine to cease functioning, and subsequently infecting
other machines on the network. It took many hours to clean up the
virus, and reinstalling all the software and update patches. All
this due to a camera driver installation CD from Canon! As you can imagine, I am highly disappointed with the whole
situation, which caused me and my colleagues alot of needless
stress and
wasted time. I have even tried contacting the Malaysian support but
after being passed on from one person to another and finally
having the details of my problem taken down by a very helpful Miss
Gan, who did not offer anything more than other alternatives of
acquiring another copy of the driver - but the damage has ALREADY
been done.
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On: 2003-11-13
I just got the camera yesterday and immediately started playing with it. Like all other Canons, robust built, feels and touched nice and expensive. Didnt have to read the manual since this is my fouth Canon over the past several years in the ultra compact line. I like my camera to be very small and light and still robust enough to survive small accidents. The startup time is excellent, pretty much like point and shoot. The display adjusts very rapidly to different lighting conditions. An optical viewfinder wold have been great, but the display is sufficient for me. The picture quality in daylight is great, evening pictures with flash are good . Movie quality in low light condition is for me at least sufficient with little distortion. The audio playback in this tiny device is loud enough to understand everything recorded. The camera can be customized with different startup pictures and sounds for all kinds of functions. The camera came with the usual software, an updated version of Zoombrowser ex and some editing software. Since I use my own preferred software to organize and edit my pictures (good old photoshop and picasa), I only assume that Canon put together an easy to use software package for the novice user.
But the camera also has some drawbacks: It is quiet difficult for people with bigger hands to remove the SD card safely and without breaking the card/battery door. As stated by the previous post, the door somehow doesnt fit the rest of the camera. It is made of cheap plastic (the rest of the camera is metal) and doesnt close all the way. Im afraid it might break off when changing the SD card or battery in a hurry. (better keep your fingernails long to pull out that SD card!)
The battery life seems to be sufficient, but I ordered a spare battery just in case.
The leather case that came with the package is well made but a little oversized for the camera. It is also missing a pocket for a spare battery or addtl. SD card.
Alltogether it was well worth waiting for this device after they stole my old S 330 about two months ago.
On: 2003-10-15
if canons sd100 was still too big for you, the sd10 is an even smaller alternative. but you give up the optical zoom.pros:
- 4MP resolution!
- ultra-compact at 3.6 x 1.9 x 0.7" weighing 3.5oz. this is the smallest canon to date.
- stylish, all-metal body and you it is available in four colors: bronze, white, black, or silver.
- fast startup.
- fast shot to shot times.
- minimal shutter lag at faster shutter speeds.
- impressive overall photo quality for such a small camera.
- 5 point AiAF system.
- Quick Shot feature allows you to take pictures without prefocusing.
- very good macro performance.
- AF assist light is very useful for low-light focusing.
- has a metal tripod mount, which is not present in all the ultra-compact cameras.
- easy to use menu system. cons:
- some redeye.
- above average noise.
- some barrel distortion.
- no optical zoom.
- more manual controls would have been nice (or at least some scene modes).
- no optical viewfinder - this makes it tough when you use this camera in bright sunlight.
- solidly built except for the camera/SD door which feels less robust.
- RAW and TIFF formats not supported.
- expensive for the feature set but youre paying for the ultra-compact package and the panache of this little gem.
- metal body scratches easily.
- 32MB SD card provided is inadequate so add $$ to your budget to buy external memory.
- proprietary battery - again, a few more bucks for a spare. this is another solid effort from canon. i particularly like the photo quality (especially coming in an ultra-compact package), the AiAF system, the AF assist light, and the body color options. not having optical zoom and very few manual controls top my complaints, but i guess some compromises had to made to come up with these features in such a small package. competitors would be the pentax optio s or casio ex-z3 which are slightly bigger and only have 3MP resolution but have 3x optical zoom. for even better image quality (in a slightly bigger package), also consider canons sd100. if you can live with a bigger camera, take a look at canons a80, which has a lot more features in the same price range. i hope this helps you with your buying decision. peace.
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