Water Proof Digital Cameras Under Water Digital Cameras

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   Esther A. Kilmore
   July 31st, 2010 - 10:01

   Review by Esther A. Kilmore for Canon PowerShot D10 12.1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera + 8GB Deluxe Accessory Kit
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   After much researching, I settled on the Canon PowerShot D10. It proved to be a wonderful purchase. We took it in the pool and tried it out and I was very impressed! My daughter (now 10) loves to take pictures and when we go fishing I am always so nervous to hand her a camera. But with this one you have no worries.
   
   Another thing that is impressive is how it takes a picture of moving objects. I took pictures of the kids on swings (in full swing). I had no idea what I would get. I just held the camera out and snapped and they were incredible.
   
   This isn’t a pocket camera but we didn’t find that to be a problem. The only thing so far that I wish is that it had more zoom. But that’s a small trade-off for how worry free the camera is. And the accessory kit was well worth it.
   
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   T. L. Cuperus
   July 31st, 2010 - 10:43

   Review by T. L. Cuperus for Canon PowerShot D10 12.1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera + 8GB Deluxe Accessory Kit
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   I so much looked forward to this camera. I ordered it for our upcoming 10 day cruise at a.o. Aruba and Curacao. Looked forward to taking underwater pictures in Aruba where we were going to snorkle. I received the camera on 8 October 2009 and on 16 October I took it into the water on our snorkling excursion. We were snorkling for about half an hour and when I tried to look back the menu buttom wasn’t working. The only switch that worked was the on/off switch. After getting at first a bright yellow screen and then a white screen the screen went black and the camera died! 6 days of fun with what was supposed to be a 10 day Canon experience with a waterproof camera. The pictures I took up untill the moment the camera stopped working were saved so I do have the underwater pictures with the fish and the shipwreck. I believe that the Canon Powershot D10 underwater camera is not at all waterproof or in my case I received a ‘Monday morning’ example. Hopefully I will be given a new camera or Canon will fix my camera completely. The quality of the pictures is great, the camera is easy to handle and I was falling in love with it untill it let me down. Hopefully Canon will not let me down.
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   Deborah
   July 31st, 2010 - 11:10

   Review by Deborah for Canon PowerShot D10 12.1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera + 8GB Deluxe Accessory Kit
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   After a thorough review of underwater cameras in a price line of under $500, we settled on the Canon D10. We always snorkel on our Caribbean vacations and typically purchase one of the 1 time use cameras for taking underwater pics. This time we thought we should just go ahead and invest in a “real” underwater camera and were so glad we did. The Canon D10 is great. You can buy just the camera for around $320. Amazon was offering this camera and a 8mb Accessory kit for $369. This was a deal! Included was an extra 8mb card and another battery and other goodies. If you buy this camera…. buy the kit. You need this stuff eventually and this “kit” will save you money. Now.. how was the camera? Unbelievable! The pics are so clear, it is hard to believe the pic is real – looks like something out of National Geographic. We were thrilled! We kept saying how thankful we were that we bought this camera. You won’t be disappointed! And it has a video too. Perfect for vacations – compact, durable and waterproof!
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   Ray T
   July 31st, 2010 - 11:44

   Review by Ray T for Canon PowerShot D10 12.1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera + 8GB Deluxe Accessory Kit
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   I generally take two cameras when I travel. An SLR for the “real” shooting and a smaller camera for “walkabouts” at night etc. After a recent trip, I decided that a waterproof camera would fit the bill at times. I purchased the Powershot D10 for a trip to the Yucatan. Because of the features of being shockproof, freezeproof and waterproof, it does not have the capacity (zoom range) of my usual walkabout camera. That’s okay, I knew what I was getting. The camera did surprise me because I got to “test” it early and it functioned very well. I bought the 8GB kit because it had a few extras I wanted. However, the cheesy floating strap seperated when I took the camera from my backpack and boink…. it fell about 5 feet. Hard enough to leave some pitting in the side of the camera. No problem…. the camera still functioned like a champ. It took great pics (for a point and shoot) and held up just fine under water. We snorkeled in a cenote and a salt water lagoon and the camera performed well both times. The battery lasted easily through a whole day of shooting. The D10 is a bit larger than most “pocket” cameras, but fits in a pants or jacket pocket okay. I generally thought the kit was a good deal, except for the cheesy-seperating floating strap (the clip broke and I couldn’t use it the rest of the trip.) Two things I did like about the camera: 1) it has a very fast “on” speed and is ready to shoot at a moment’s notice, 2) the zoom buttons are a little slower than some making it somewhat easier to frame the shot you want than it is with some point and shoot cameras. One thing I wasn’t too crazy about was the power button, which is a bit small for my tastes and sometimes required an extra press or two to turn on. When in Europe I don’t think this will be my second camera, but for Hawaii, Yucatan, stormy winters on the Oregon coast etc., this camera seems to fit the bill.
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   Sergey Ivanov
   July 31st, 2010 - 12:29

   Review by Sergey Ivanov for Canon PowerShot D10 12.1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera + 8GB Deluxe Accessory Kit
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   I received this Kit a couple of weeks ago. First of all delivery was pretty quick. I loved the camera itself, I wanted to buy underwater camera as I like snorkeling and needed to make pictures underwater, my previous Sony DSC H10 could not do descent underwater pics (I used it with waterproof case). Canon’s underwater mode is just beautifull. Now I’m playing with panorama pictures like it so far. As for the accessories I do not think that they are absolutely necessary. Floating strap is absolutely useless it supposed to be a safety devise in order not to loose the camera, but it’s snap is made of soft plastic and won’t hold so camera keeps falling down. Strap which is supplied with the camera much better. Leather bag looks and feels cheap. All my laptops have special slot for SD card so I found digital usb card reader quite useless too. Spare battery is a must buy. Memory card – must buy. Tripod very nice. The rest of accessories are not so necessary.
   
   My overall opinion is that the camera is very nice!

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