Canon PowerShot SD10 Review - The SD10
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The deluxe camera case is pretty tight. It is made out of fairly thin material and doesn't make the camera feel much larger. There are no spaces for extra SD cards or battery packs, but there is a hole at the top for the wrist strap.
The camera itself looks incredible. It's just as wide as most other digital cameras, but thinner and much shorter.
The surface of the SD10 feels like brushed aluminum. The entire camera exterior is constructed out of metal, minus the shutter.
Here are pictures of the SD10 from the front and top compared to a quarter.
A littler under two quarters tall and a little over half a quarter thick, the SD10 is an extremely small camera. From the top, the smaller button is the power button, and the larger button is the 2-stage shutter release. It allows for auto-exposure lock and auto-focus lock when held at midpoint. To the right of the buttons is a small speaker. Here is a picture of the back of the camera:
The 78,000 pixels 1.5" LCD screen is bright and very responsive when moving the camera while taking pictures. The dark corners don't appear on screen in real life. Notice there is no optical viewfinder - most small digital cameras have shifted away from them. At the top is a small mode switch which can be set to playback, movie mode, or still image mode. All other functions - setting picture settings, zooming, erasing, etc. - are accessed through the menu, set, and four-way buttons. See the A/V OUT - DIGITAL cover? That pops up to reveal an A/V out port and USB port.
In the above picture you also see the battery/SD card cover open, showing both the battery and SD card both in place. This is what the cover looks like closed:
In picture and movie mode, the shutter opens and the lens slides forward automatically. Though there is no optical zoom, the SD10 does have macro mode and auto focusing.
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