After much researching, I settled on the Canon PowerShot D10. It proved to be a wonderful purchase. We took it in the pool and tried it out and I was very impressed! My daughter (now 10) loves to take pictures and when we go fishing I am always so nervous to hand her a camera. But with this one you have no worries.
Another thing that is impressive is how it takes a picture of moving objects. I took pictures of the kids on swings (in full swing). I had no idea what I would get. I just held the camera out and snapped and they were incredible.
This isn't a pocket camera but we didn't find that to be a problem. The only thing so far that I wish is that it had more zoom. But that's a small trade-off for how worry free the camera is. And the accessory kit was well worth it.

I so much looked forward to this camera. I ordered it for our upcoming 10 day cruise at a.o. Aruba and Curacao. Looked forward to taking underwater pictures in Aruba where we were going to snorkle. I received the camera on 8 October 2009 and on 16 October I took it into the water on our snorkling excursion. We were snorkling for about half an hour and when I tried to look back the menu buttom wasn't working. The only switch that worked was the on/off switch. After getting at first a bright yellow screen and then a white screen the screen went black and the camera died! 6 days of fun with what was supposed to be a 10 day Canon experience with a waterproof camera. The pictures I took up untill the moment the camera stopped working were saved so I do have the underwater pictures with the fish and the shipwreck. I believe that the Canon Powershot D10 underwater camera is not at all waterproof or in my case I received a 'Monday morning' example. Hopefully I will be given a new camera or... Read more

After a thorough review of underwater cameras in a price line of under $500, we settled on the Canon D10. We always snorkel on our Caribbean vacations and typically purchase one of the 1 time use cameras for taking underwater pics. This time we thought we should just go ahead and invest in a "real" underwater camera and were so glad we did. The Canon D10 is great. You can buy just the camera for around $320. Amazon was offering this camera and a 8mb Accessory kit for $369. This was a deal! Included was an extra 8mb card and another battery and other goodies. If you buy this camera.... buy the kit. You need this stuff eventually and this "kit" will save you money. Now.. how was the camera? Unbelievable! The pics are so clear, it is hard to believe the pic is real - looks like something out of National Geographic. We were thrilled! We kept saying how thankful we were that we bought this camera. You won't be disappointed! And it has a video too. Perfect for vacations -... Read more