Canon D10

Rob Spray · Issue 50, Sep/Oct 2009 · pp. 28–31

Products mentioned: Canon D10, Olympus TOUGH 8000, Canon Powershot

This is one camera which pictures don’t do justice. As soon as you pick it up the bulbous curves fit into your hands the way a cuboid just can’t. It’s Canon’s first waterproof digital camera, back last century they had APS snorkelling models but it’s been a long dry spell. Interestingly they haven’t toyed with more conservative ratings, the D10 is rated to a market leading 10m (i.e. Olympus matching). It sits at the top of a range of one! Price and size wise it’s top of the market too. The name is odd, fitting the scheme Canon uses for SLRs but there’s absolutely no chance of confusion in the flesh! Appearance dominates a first encounter with the D10. There’s plenty of shiny bits, exposed stainless fasteners and all those curves to play in the light. It takes a while to spot that while there is metal, the vast majority of the body is painted plastic, so the beautiful finish may suffer fr…