Canon PowerShot S10 Canon Powershot S10 Review, Phil Askey, October 1999

The Canon S10 caused quite a stir when I broke the newsback on the 14th of August,at that time Id received brief specifications and an image of the camerafrom one of my industry insiders, we were both in two minds as to whetherit was a product or just a company mockup, thus the news article title"Product or Prototype?".Just a few weeks later a Canon Press Release confirmed the S10 as a real product. A 2.11 megapixel digital camera of the same size and design as previous Canon mini digital cameras (A5 Zoom, A50). Additionally the S10 case featured a more metallic look, stronger construction and a brushed metal lens housing.TheS10 is an interesting progression from the A50 and may be an indicationof Canons approach to digital cameras, leaning on their expertise inmaking compact cameras and lens systems theyre now well placed to churnout sophisticated pocket powerhouses (we have yet to see a successor tothe Pro 70 or indeed a Pro digital SLR to rival Nikons D1).And the S10 could certainly fit under the "compact"label, not only is it small, light, strong and pixel-packed but its alsofeature rich, fast and flexible. Best of all? Image Quality is superband the camera is responsive and well designed.The S10 is positioned well as a Christmas 1999 stockingfiller and Canon should sell bucket loads of S10s.If youre new to digital photography youmay want to read the DigitalPhotography Glossary before diving into this review (it may help youunderstand some of the terms I use).

Photographs of the camera were taken with Nikon Coolpix 950, images which can be viewed at a larger size have a small magnifying glass icon in the bottom right corner of the image, clicking on the image will display a larger (normally 800 x 600 or smaller if cropped) image in a new window.To navigate the review simply use the next / previous page buttons, to jump to a particular section either pick the section from the drop down or select it from the navigation bar at the top.

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