1. 14.7-megapixel resolution for the highest image quality and editing flexibility
2. 5x optical zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer; 28mm wide-angle lens
3. DIGIC 4 Image Processor improves Face Detection; full range of shooting and recording modes, including RAW
4. 3.0-inch PureColor LCD II with even greater true-to-life color reproduction
5. Capture images to SD/SDHC memory card

Editorial Review :

Advanced amateur photographers are a discerning group, and they’ve flocked to Canon’s G-Series for its ability to meet and exceed their demands. The third-generation PowerShot G10 is a stunning successor, loaded with uncompromising specs like 14.7 megapixels, a 28mm wide-angle lens, and Canon’s new DIGIC 4 Image Processor for notably improved face and motion detection. This is a camera that supports and nurtures creativity, with a full range of shooting and recording modes and compatibility with exciting accessories including Speedlite flashes.

Customer Review :

The best portable 15 MP

I have experienced the G10 for almost a year now and I am surprised with the quality of taken pictures. The best thing you can carry it with you everywhere because it has very solid body and the battery lasts very long time (actually I have 3 batteries and I can take 100s of RAW photographs and video-shots a week without electricity. Quality of taken photographs is very good and you can edit the RAW files of pictures in Aperture by Apple without any problem. The only problem is increasing noise with ISO 400 and higher. The camera is actually not usable over ISO 800. But with the full manual control I take night-pictures with ISO 80-200 with long time of exposure, but you need tripod and usually statical objects to photograph.

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Best Best Best!!!

G10 is the best Point and shoot camera that i ever owned the picture quality is incredible compare to the camera in its class,Large LCD and advance feature,every picture i took it shock me with the good picture even in low light what else you looking for? I used to own Nikon D-90 but since i had G10 i rarely carry D90 around..For the battery its has long life too since the first fully charge and i never buy any back up battery with me...I recommend for everyone.

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purchased as a gift but I know she loves it!

This camera was purchased as a gift so I would not be able to personally rate each part of it. I do know that the recipient, a photographer, is extremely satisfied w/ this and happy to carry a smaller piece of equipment, daily. Is also very satisfied w/ the quality of the photos.

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Great Camera!

This is a replacement for my G9 which was stolen. I love the design and did not
want the rotating screen of the G11. This camera is fast shooting and versatile.
Great image quality.

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canon G10

I selected canon G10 even after noticing a new version came out, the G11. The reason why is that this camera has a regular rear screen, while G11 has a flip screen, what for my use is not that comfortable. Despite g11 has more features, for what I need G10 has an excellent cost/benefit ratio.

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1. 10.0-megapixel resolution for high-quality printing and flexibility when editing
2. 20x optical zoom, wide-angle lens and Optical Image Stabilizer; improved speed and quiet zooming
3. 2.5-inch Vari-angle LCD; DIGIC 4 Image Processor improves Face Detection
4. MovieSnap mode lets you capture high-resolution still images while shooting a movie
5. Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards

Editorial Review :

Whether the action is fast or slow, close up or far away, you’ll always get the shot you want with the PowerShot SX10 IS. This camera puts you on the cutting edge of advanced technology, with an incredibly powerful 20x optical zoom, 10-megapixel resolution, and new DIGIC 4 Image Processor for high-performance face and motion detection.

Customer Review :

These reviews are better than the manual the camera came with.

I really appreciate these reviews. As an owner of this camera, I find them more informative than the manual itself, or lack there of. What troubles me most about this product is the difficulty to achieve good focus. Most often in dark, indoor settings, such as a dance floor at a wedding. I must convey that that I have far better luck with my 6 year old Olympus Camedia 3.2 pixel camera in these situations, on the automatic setting. I've had great success with this camera in daylight, particularly close-ups of plant life and wild life. Dark settings of people is really kicking my rear. So much so that I feel I've taken far better shots in these environments with a disposable camera back in the day. For instance, I can't seem to get an entire wedding party in focus at the church alter. I've tried the "mountain/cloud" setting without great results. Can't seem to adjust flash, ISO settings very well with that setting, or not at all. Even in good daylight environments, parts of the pictures are out of focus. And yes, I use a decent tripod (a Manfrotto whenever possible) to minimize shake. The manual says that if the camera beeps twice, and shows a green square in the view finder before you press the shutter button all the way down, then you're all good. In my experience, not so very often. I'm in no way saying I'm a pro photographer, but I'd sure like to learn how to be one. My profession is graphic design and I've dabbled in photography as a need-to-do-it basis. And I like it and I'm having fun doing it. But having to fix two thirds of my shots in post-shot applications (i.e. photoshop, et al) is kickin' my butt. In closing, I'd like to assure this audience that this is not necessarily a bad review of this product. More so, it is a call for help. Any suggestions from you folks would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, and happy shootin'.

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Love this camera

I got this camera for a trip and didn't want to take my (relatively) ancient digital. I wanted a strong zoom and something that would do well on automatic. I read reviews, looking at maybe 20 different cameras.
It performed beautifully. Very easy to use, brilliant pictures on automatic but also has SLR-like options. (I just need to learn how to really use them instead of just playing around with them.) Fantastic low light performance, too. There were many places where flash pictures weren't allowed but I was still able to get a great shot without it. I've seen some complaints about the lens cap having no tether, but the inside of it has a clip that attaches to the strap, which I like much more than a tether. No dangling lens cap!
And the zoom and zoom stabilization! I couldn't ask for more.
I love this camera.

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SX10IS...nice

This camera takes nice photos...but I don't think any better than my small sony or Kodak camera. It is a little bit of a hassel to have to lift the flash but once you get used to the camera you pretty much remember to do that on your own before you try to take a photo. I mostly wanted this camera for the feature where I can take a still shot while taking a video...but then the video has a stop in the middle of it where I snapped the still shot. This was not exactly what I was hoping for.

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Build quality is poor

Got this camera a couple of years ago. It gave me very poor pictures with almost every setting except auto. The image stabilization was not very good and the all photos seemed washed out -- over-exposed.
Worst of all, the battery compartment cap/cover broke and now the camera cannot hold the batteries in. A camera this price should be more durable.

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Great pre-SLR camera

This is an awesome camera for those who wish they were more into photography but are not quite ready to make the jump to SLR. The 20x zoom is great and the quality of the shots you get is great. My only major disappointment is the lag time between shots and time for the flash to go off. The lag can really mess you up if you are trying to get "the shot". Everything else I love.

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1. 10-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints
2. 3x optical image-stabilized zoom
3. Face Detection; Motion Detection Technology automatically reduces blur
4. 3.0-inch PureColor LCD II screen for bright, accurate color and wide viewing angle
5. Captures images to SD/SDHC, MMC/MMC Plus/HC MMC Plus memory cards (not included)

Editorial Review :

With its picture perfect design and pro-quality point-and-shoot features, the Canon PowerShot SD790 delivers the ultimate in crisp, clear and amazingly detailed images. One-year warranty. Model SD790-IS.

Customer Review :

Great Camera!! Love it.

I love this camera. This is my 2nd Canon Powershot with the 3" display and I absolutely love it. I'm spoiled with such a big display screen, I wouldn't have anything less now. It takes great pictures and the battery life is awesome. I carry it around with me everywhere!

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smart camera

The camera is as good as you want it to be. Allow yourself time to learn. It's great and get's greater as you learn more. I know I will enjoy it more and more as time goes on.

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LOVE this camera!

I had this same camera and lost it. I was so happy I found one on Amazon. I have the big Canon Rebel, which I love, but it is hard carrying it around everywhere. This Canon Powershot SD790, is amazing! The clarity of the pictures, the functions, settings etc. I feel like I learn something new about the camera everyday! I may buy an extra one just incase I ever lose this one!

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dont bother

I previously owned a sd 630, and loved it, i still use it as a matter of fact. iv dropped it and beat it up for 4 years and have never had a problem and still get great pictures. when i decided to buy a new camera i looked at another powershot and settled on this one. iv had it less than a year, and im very dissapoined with it. the picture quality is so so, for 10 MP they are not what they should be and compared to my 6 megapixle 630 the pictures are rubbish.

other problems i have had with this camera are,
1. unresponsive buttons that dont always do what i want them to do.
2. terrible design. the screws keep falling out of it i only have two left holding the camera together
3. focus is not great with a lot of my pictures coming out blurred or with a lot of noise
4. sometimes the camera takes forever to actualy focus and by the time it does what i wanted to take a picture of is gone.
5. it also takes some getting used to with more features then are actually nessessary and figuring out what does what when and where can take a minute.
6. one of my biggest problems with this camera is that the battery pack size is different from all other sd models that i have used. generaly if i run out of juice i can plug my battery into one of my friends sd chargers or use their battery. but not with this model, very inconvenient, especialy if you forget your charger on a trip.
7. iv had this happen a few times, the camera will shut off saying that the battery needs to be recharged, even if you just charged it. it will turn back on and work but its annoying when your about to take a picture and the camera dies on you.

good luck with this thing...




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good camera good value

I did a lot of research before buying this camera. As far as point and shoots go it goes beyond.
Picture quality is pretty good. It could be a little bit better, if you want to print any low light pictures you may be be a little bit disappointed in anything larger than 5x8.
The functions are great and easy to use !
The only thing that is tough is using the manual settings, but you shouldn't need to too much because there are a lot of great settings built in.
Camera took a couple drops and the end piece popped off, real problem w/ this was that the hook, for the string, is on that piece and now I have no way of attaching a new one.
I feel like the structure is slightly lacking.
Flash is good
Shutters switch is quick .
Battery life is very good, and it charges quickly.
It is tough to get a good shot of anyone in motion in low light. BUT that said the SUNSET setting is unreal! It allows me to get pictures of sunsets that blow people away.
In the Auto setting the camera does a good job keeping up w/ people in motion, as long as light is good. You can take most pictures in the Auto setting.

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1. 8.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16x 22-inch prints
2. 3x optical image-stabilized zoom
3. 2.5-inch PureColor LCD II monitor
4. Face Detection; Motion Detection Technology automatically reduces blur
5. Captures images to SD memory cards (not included)

Editorial Review :

Capture the details of important moments with ease!

Customer Review :

My wife loves this camera

My wife loves this camera. She wanted a camera to take pictures of the kids without taking out our bulkier 35mm DSLR. It has a video function with sound which captures those moments that come and goes in a flash.

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Distorted Images

Had camera for about a year and now the images that I take are distorted with purple/pinkish tint. I looked it up online and just about everyone who has a canon camera will have this problem sooner or later. Guess i'm just unlucky! No point in sending it back since it will cost more than the camera is worth to get it fixed. Going back to Nikon!

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Probably better to stay away from this product...I'll be avoiding Canon products alltogether

Everything has been nice for an year or so, except I've recently got an infinite loop type of error: "Lens error, restart camera." Upon restarting I get the same thing, ad infinitum. I've done some research and the repair is as much as a new camera, apparently. I did not drop the camera, I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. The last picture taken was somewhat close to the beach, actually near a house on a cliff about 100 feet above ocean level. It was sunny but windy... Enough reason to render a camera useless? Apparently so. Any type of guarantee this won't happen again if I repair it? Nope. Any logical reason one should buy it under these circumstances? Not to me.

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I hope I don't get the lens error...again.

I bought this camera on March 2008 and used it intensively for two years until this spring I got the lens error. It could have been my fault because I was using at a beach and some sand could have gotten in the lens mechanism(I was careful to avoid that). The feature I loved about this camera is the macro mode. I enjoyed taking pictures of small animals and insects and this camera rendered superb images with amazing detail. It did a much better job than my Nikon D80 and the crispness and detail was amazing. So, after months of reading reviews and testing friends and families cameras(sony, nikon, olympus, new canons, etc), there was not one that could match this cameras image quality and I decided to buy it again. Yes, it may sound stupid but I want the best image possible, if the newer cameras are not up to the job I will not buy them, and a quality macro lens for the Nikon is too expensive.
I just hope I do not get the lens error soon.



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Loved it until DISP button stopped working

I LOVED this camera. The size, ease of use, portability, picture quality, ease of downloading and printing. And I loved the different picture modes, but after only 14 months the DISP button will not work. (And I don't use the camera very often) So I can't change the picture setting, can't access color swap, can't access anything (which is alot) that requires the use of the DISP button. So beware! I am very disappointed because it's stuck on SNOW and we were at the beach last week and couldn't access BEACH mode or any of the other cool things that requires the DISP button. It will cost almost as much as I paid for the camera to have it repaired.

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1. 10.0-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for prints up to 13 x 19 inches
2. 3.3x optical zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer; 2.5-inch LCD screen
3. DIGIC III Image Processor; 15 shooting modes
4. Uses 2 AA-size batteries
5. Compatible with SD/SDHC, MMC/MMC Plus/HC MMC Plus (not included)

Customer Review :

Canon PowerShot A480

I purchased camera before vacation. It was easy to use, my family really liked the camera. The price paid was reasonable.

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WARNING - CAMERA SWITCHES ON EASILY AND WILL RUIN LENS!

This camera would be great, except for a fatal flaw! It commonly switches on inside the users' purse, pocket ect, this causes the lens to jam and then the camera does not work properly and makes a horrible grinding noise while turning on. After this event there are spots in the picture, you cannot use the zoom feature properly, and the camera continuously errors out reporting the lens cannot be closed. This has happened to my husband twice! The first time Amazon kindly replaced the camera, but he has yet to decide what to do about the second time. This has also happened to me, although my lens was not damaged, thankfully. This really would be a great camera if not for this problem. The on switch should be a dial you have to turn, not a pressure sensitive button.

The camera otherwise takes good photos, pretty easy to use, decent battery life ect. But sorry, can't recommend something that self destructs within minutes of purchase.

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DONT buy this camera

this camera has very poor durability, the shooting modes are all the same. This camera has broken on me twice, do not buy this camera! This is a waste of money,and it is way overpriced! Canon should be ashamed of this camera!! I'm sick of it saying "Lens error, restart camera"

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Big disappointment

Bought this after my Kodak EasyShare bit the dust. Everyone raved about Canons, so I thought I'd give it a try. Now, I'm dying to go back to Kodak! This camera takes waaaaay too long to charge the flash between each shot, then waaaaay too long to focus on the subject, and then there's another second delay after you hit the button. Trying to capture "the moment" with my kids is impossible! Or even with group shots I find myself apologizing, "Hold on...it's still charging...hold that smile...trying to focus...not ready yet..." It takes about 5-10 seconds to charge the flash between each shot. Which, when people are waiting, or when your kids are running around, is an eternity. Action shots are impossible -- always blurred. And I haven't been too impressed with the color quality either.

And NOW I'm having trouble with it saying I need new batteries every time I turn it on. Even after I put brand-new batteries in it. I've only had this camera 7 months, and I'm ready to throw it at the wall.

Bottom line: This camera is way too slow, and the quality of the pictures is only so-so. It's more trouble than it's worth.

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Batteries dont' last

Camera is good for picture quality and ease of use - this is my 3rd canon powershot - battery life is awful. I take several pictures - upload them - then shut the camera off - in 1 and half weeks of not using it- batteries are dead - I can't keep batteries in camera or they drain quickly.....I would not recommend this camera and now I have to purchase another camera, and I won't be purchasing powershots anymore.

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