Canon Powershot SX10IS 10MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom: Customer Reviews & Product Details

I absolutely love this camera! I am not a professional photographer, and this camera is perfect. I am still learning all the different things it can do. I like that there is so much to it, but you don't need to know how to use all the extras to take nice pictures. The LCD screen did get a small scratch on it already, but I am extra careful with it to make sure that doesn't happen again. And the lens cap is easily misplaced, so you need to be cautious of that.

I am still learning how to use this camera. It is taking a while, because I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old, but I use the camera all the time.

I have been using digital cameras for a while now, & I am impressed with this one. I am a "use to learn" type of person, so I am enjoying finding new options on my camera as I go. I occasionally review my manual if there is something I must know right away, but all in all I really am enjoying learning my way around this camera.

After using this camera for nearly a week, and taking close to 200 photos, I'm satisfied. My zoom lens works just fine, I'm getting use to the controls and reading the manual. And I've taken some incredible shots. I'll be sharing some on this site soon. If you want to move beyond simple and inferior pictures, this camera is the right one. Yes, I've had problems with the lens cap, but that can be solved by buying an attachment for it. Securing it onto the lens is best done by just holding one end as you snap it back on; squeezing both ends of the cap creates a difficult time of trying to get it to stay on right. My lowlight handheld results have come out just fine, even without a flash at 800 ISO. Of course I've always known that it means steadying yourself. I've owned several Nikon SLRs in the past, so the weight isn't an issue either. Only if one is only use to carrying nothing but compact digitals. I'm keeping it and can't wait to see continued superb results. But you have to study the manual, as with any advanced equipment.

it only emits jpeg, not raw. you need raw for computer processing, which is a BIG deal. 4 years from now, you have this amazing image that needs say HDR processing. Your image is in jpeg. awwww!
Wait for the slow mfrs to offer raw, or find one that does.

Canon should be ashamed of the (lack) of quality with this product. I have already had to send the Powershot 10IS back twice. When it came back the second time with a problem in the zoom lens getting hung up, I wrote to Canon directly. They sent me the newer version of this camera the 20IS. I haven't had it but two weeks and already it is doing some of the same things, zoom lens getting hung up, quality of the picture is poor, and the focusing is hard to manage. I would not recommend this product at all!! Of course, they are not calling me back after the second go round. I will no longer be a Canon fan nor recommend Canon to anyone. I am semi-pro. I had a Panasonic Lumix that was a far cry better than this one.