Canon

This was my upgrade after two drowned Powershot A80's, and a major one. Not only did this camera have 7 megapixels compared to the 4 of the A80, but the LCD was much bigger - still articulated - and the camera was faster and delivered better images. Another great Canon Powershot, and another camera, which I drowned.

The first of my many Canon Powershots and one heck of a camera when you consider its specs and configuration. The Powershots are compact point&shoot cameras, and the A80 was a 4 megapixel camera and the first to really appeal to me. A great form factor, a hinged LCD and a really good image quality won me over. Combined with easy handling and lots of manual control, it did a great job for me. I had a couple of these before upgrading to a A620, which was essentially the same camera with better specs.

Yet an incarnation of the excellent Canon PowerShots.

I caved in and bought a waterproof camera to replace the many Canon Powershots I had drowned. The D10 is a fine camera although I do miss the articulated LCD as well as the extended manual control that I used to have with the older, non-waterproof Powershots.