Almost 15 million pixels go into the CCD of the Powershot G10 CCD. And those pixels give you an outstanding image quality, plus an amazing choice of cropping options with the final image.

Unlike, say the Canon A590IS model, which is geared to amateurs, the Powershot G10 is very much a prosumer model. The feature list makes it clear.

The G10 features a 28mm wide angle lens and also offers a 5x zoom. Optical Image Stabilisation helps you to keep the image sharp even at the long end of the zoom – important for anyone who can’t hand-hold a camera as steadily as you used to. The benefit of the image stabliser is that more of your shots will come out sharp.

The lcd screen is a 3.0-inch Pure Color LCD II screen. That makes it much easier to line up your shots – no more squinting to see what’s on the screen. If you’ve never used a large LCD screen digital camera before then you’ll be astonished at just how much easier it makes life. The Canon Powershot offers a really beautiful display.

Canon have also added their DIGIC 4 image processor. Fancy names and acronyms aside, the DIGIC 4 offers faster operation and enhanced image quality – something we all appreciate.

Don’t forget that a digital camera needs some food and a camera that has extremely high resolution is going to need a lot of memory card to store its images. You can find a selection of well priced memory cards at places like http://digitalcamerafood.co.uk

That’s where cards like the sandisk 8gb sdhc secure digital card or the Transcend 8gb SDHC memory card are so useful. An 8gb card will store a useful number of hi-res images and allow you to keep shooting for longer.

The Canon Powershot G10 is a stunning example of engineering and design.

You can safely say that it will be a more practical and a better alternative to an SLR. Although it’s not the smallest digital ‘compact’ on the market, it’s probably one of the best specified and well designed cameras currently available.