Canon PowerShot D20 review

Canon introduces its latest underwater compact, the PowerShot D20

Canon PowerShot D20 review
The Canon PowerShot D20 is shockproof, waterproof and freezeproof, and takes good photos

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

Although the monochrome filter adds mood to images and video, we are disappointed by the lack of contrast it delivered.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

Colour reproduction at low sensitivity settings meets our expectations for a camera of this price point.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

Colours and detail were captured adequately during our underwater tests.

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Even at full zoom, we were unable to detect any major chromatic aberrations.

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Beach huts in normal mode.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

Using the Fisheye filter can distort images, which can be effective when photographing architecture.

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Behind the beach huts in normal mode.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

The Super Vivid colour option adds an extra level of interest to muted and flagging frames.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

Purple beach huts in normal shooting mode.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

The Canon PowerShot D20 injects a shot of colour saturation into images and videos with Super Vivid mode.

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The beach in normal shooting mode.

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Taken at the maximum wideangle setting.

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Taken at the telephoto max zoom.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

On the whole, image quality on the Canon PowerShot D20 was of an impressive standard. Only its handling let it down.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

Overall the camera meters well in Auto and Program modes. In Auto, however, there can be a slight bias to underexpose.

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Purple Flower in normal mode.

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Purple flower in Poster Effect.

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Purple flower shot with the Colour Accent filter.

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Purple flower with Colour Swap filter.

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Purple flower with Fisheye effect.

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Purple flower shot with the Miniature effect.

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Purple flower shot in monochrome.

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Purple flower with the Toy Camera effect.

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Purple flower in Super Vivid mode.

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Canon PowerShot D20 review

Slight white balancing issues were noticeable while shooting underwater, but thanks to the chunky buttons, options can be changed easily.

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The camera's Macro function in Auto mode reproduced details and colours accurately.

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The dedicated Underwater Macro mode worked well when shooting at close range.

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A house when zoomed out all the way.

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The same house, photographed at maximum zoom.

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Some flowers shot when zoomed out fully.

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The flowers shot after we zoomed in all the way.

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