Thanks to the Canon SX10 Powershot you no longer need an expensive, complicated SLR camera with half a dozen extra lenses. And you'll no longer miss shots you couldn't make with your old point and shoot digicam. With it's 10 mega pixels, more than 20 shooting modes and a smashing 20x optical zoom, the SX10 will give you the best of both worlds.
So what exactly makes this digital camera so remarkable?
Here are a few features:
Why is the 20x optical zoom so important? A digital zoom function will seriously degrade the picture quality. Especially if you want to have the picture printed or even enlarged. If you take a lot of pictures at dance recitals, concerts or sporting events, you really need a high quality tele zoom like the one that comes with the Canon SX10 Powershot.
The extreme telezoom also allows you to take pictures without the subject suspecting anything. Which usually makes for better pictures than the posed ones. It'll prove particularly useful at parties, more specifically around children who have a tendency to make faces when they see someone taking pictures.
Now if you have such a wide zoom range, you really need a camera with some kind of optical stabilizer. The advanced optical image stabilizer of the Canon SX10 Powershot helps reduce camera shaking. Without this feature, pictures shot with the tele range would be blurry.
Of the 24 shooting modes, 11 include special scenes. These include action, landscape, portrait, aquarium, night mode, indoor, foliage, fireworks and beach. Naturally there's also a mode to shoot video. All these shooting modes take the guess work out of shooting pictures in difficult conditions. Speed, exposure, accuracy, white balance and exposure are all controlled automatically.
The Digic4 image processor is responsible for the trademark sharp images a Canon digital camera delivers. It's also responsible for the fast speed of the camera, low noise images and high quality pictures. The iContrast features is also powered by this processor. It ensures natural looking detail in pictures that have dark areas, without blowing out the light areas.
Now, nothing in life is perfect. Neither is the Canon SX10 Powershot camera. Though I have to admit they are minor annoyances, rather than major drawbacks. Like the high chromatic aberration that shows up at both ends of the zoom. In all honesty, this isn't uncommon in a camera with a superzoom, but I would've liked to have seen better results. There also appears to be a problem with the dial, it seems to malfunction from time to time. If you're a serious photographer and you want to step back from a real SLR, you'll also miss the lack of RAW mode. For most users, however, this won't be a problem. One thing that I find incredibly annoying is the lens cap. It falls off regularly with the risk of losing it. An automatic built-in lens cap would be a nice addition for the SX10's follow-up.
In conclusion, this is a top notch digital camera for anyone looking for a point and shoot camera with SLR qualities. The problem with chromatic aberration can easily be worked around by not zooming to the end of the range.
I would recommend the Canon SX10 Powershot especially to people with children or people who love travelling (no need for a bag full of heavy camera equipment).
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