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Introduction
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01.Product Tour
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02.Color
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03.Noise
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04.Resolution
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05.Video
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06.Sample Photos
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07.Playback
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08.Hardware
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09.Controls
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10.Design & Handling
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11.Fujifilm Z33WP Comp
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12.Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 Comp
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13.Pentax W80 Comp
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14.Conclusion
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15.Specs & Ratings
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16.Comments
Canon PowerShot D10
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Noise
Color
Color Accuracy
(10.36)
We were impressed by the color performance of the D10 in our tests: it captured accurate, bright colors in our tests. These tests involve shooting a color chart in precisely controlled conditions, and then measuring how accurately the camera captures the colors using the image analysis program Imatest. Click here for more on how we test color
As you can see from the examples below, the D10 did an excellent job with most of the colors, with the only real exception being that some colors were a little dull (such as the reds and blues) and one of the greens was a little off. But that's unlikely to be a huge problem when shooting everyday objects. The D10 has a range of color modes (see below), but we found that turning the color modes off gave the most accurate color.
Although the D10 did not do as well as some point and shoot cameras in this test, it did do better than all of our comparison underwater cameras, capturing more accurate colors than all of them.
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NOTE: Because of the way computer monitors reproduce colors, the images above do not exactly match the originals found on the chart or in the captured images. The chart should be used to judge the relative color shift, not the absolute captured colors.
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Color Modes (5.00)
Like most Canon cameras, the D10 offers a veritable smorgasbord of color modes under the name of My Color. You can set this to off, vivid, neutral, sepia, black & white, positive film, lighter skin tone, darker skin tone, vivid blue, vivid red, vivid green or a custom mode. In this custom mode, you can tweak the settings for contrast, sharpness, saturation, red, green, blue and skin tone, with 5 levels of each.
| See how the competition stacked up against the Canon D10 |
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| Fuji Z33WP | Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 | Pentax W80 |
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