Canon PowerShot V10 review: small and clever vlogging companion

Canon's tiny but smart camera makes vlogging simple.

A Canon PowerShot V10 camera on a brown table
(Image: © Ian Evenden)

Our Verdict

The Canon PowerShot V10 is a compact vlogging camera that has a lot to offer and comes with excellent subject tracking, but with some older technology on board, you might wonder whether it’s all that much better than a smartphone.

For

  • Fully automated
  • Good AF
  • Compact

Against

  • Older technology
  • No weather sealing
  • Slow cards

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The Canon PowerShot V10 is an odd-looking camera but also an actually kind of brilliant one. It films landscape video from what appears to be a portrait orientation, has a built-in stand and a flippy touchscreen, and makes shooting video content quick and easy. It’s also tiny, surprisingly heavy, and feels in need of an upgrade even as it’s released.

We’ve seen vlogging cameras before, such as the Sony ZV-E10 or Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II, but none of them have looked quite like this. The Powershot V10 takes its cues more from the action camera end of the market (though there's no easy mount clip for you to attach it to your canoe, and it’s not weather sealed) yet is bigger than a GoPro. It looks like a compact camera with the built-in flash lopped off, yet comes with a suite of video-centric features ideal for one-handed, one-person, operation.

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Lens:6.6 mm, f/2.8, built-in three-stop ND filter
Censor:One-inch 20.9MP BSI CMOS
Processor:Digic X
Storage:MicroSD
Screen:Two-inch, 460,000 dots, 3:2 touchscreen
Microphones:48 Khz, 16-bit x 2 channels
Formats:8bit MP4, 8bit JPEG
Connectivity:USB-C (USB 2.0 speed), WI-Fi 4 (2.4GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, HDMI Type-D (output only), 3.5mm stereo mic jack
The Verdict
8

out of 10

Canon PowerShot V10

The Canon PowerShot V10 is a compact vlogging camera that has a lot to offer and comes with excellent subject tracking, but with some older technology on board, you might wonder whether it’s all that much better than a smartphone.

Ian Evenden

Ian Evenden has been a journalist for over 20 years, starting in the days of QuarkXpress 4 and Photoshop 5. He now mainly works in Creative Cloud and Google Docs, but can always find a use for a powerful laptop or two. When not sweating over page layout or photo editing, you can find him peering at the stars or growing vegetables.

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