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The PowerShot A590 IS will astound you with its power-packed performance and impressive value. It’s got 8.0-megapixels, a 4x optical zoom, an Optical Image Stabilizer and a large 2.5-inch LCD. A range of shooting modes – from manual to automatic including Canon’s new Easy Mode – make picture taking carefree. A DIGIC III Image Processor with Enhanced Canon Face Detection assures natural-looking results, while Motion Detection Technology reduces blur. For added creativity, attach wide or telephoto converter lenses. ISO Sensitivity – Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent Built-in ElectronicFlash – Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE lock, Slow Synchro Flash Range – 12 in.-11 ft./30cm-3.5m (W), 12 in.-7.2 ft./30cm-2.2m (T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto) Shooting Modes – Auto, Easy, Camera M, Portrait, Landscape, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Fireworks, Night Scene, Aquarium), Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Movie Storage Media – SD/SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card – Suggest optional 1GB or higher for practical use File Format Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1; JPEG Compression Mode – Still Image – Exif 2.2 (JPEG); Movie – AVI (Image – Motion JPEG; Audio – WAVE (Monaural)) Number of Recording Pixels – Still Image – 3,264 x 2,448 (Large), 2,592 x 1,944 (Medium 1), 2,048 x 1,536 (Medium 2), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 3,264 x 1,832 (Widescreen); Movie – 640 x 480 (20 fps/20 fps LP), 320 x 240 (30 fps) available up to 4GB or 60 minutes, 160 x 120 (up to 3 minutes at 15 fps) Uses 2 AA Batteries – Shooting Capacity for Still Image – approx. 220 shots (AA-size Alkaline Battery), approx. 500 shots (AA-size Ni-MH Battery); Playback Time – Approx. 540 min. (AA-size Alkaline Battery), approx. 660 min. (AA-size Ni-MH Battery) – Sugg more info
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Excellent Camera Sellers Price is a Ripoff
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
No one should pay this price for the camera. I bought this camera from amazon in Dec ’08 for $109.88. The price quoted above is insane. Higher even than the mfgr’s retail price by about $100. This being said, it’s an excellent camera.
LOVE IT, This camera has improved my life!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Ok so my title was dramatic, but I do love this camera.. It is easy to use, though I am still learning more about it’s settings to really be able to use it to it’s total potential..
This takes great pictures and has functions that you only find on much more expensive cameras ( though I have to say when I first looked online here a while back now this camera was under $120, glad I got it when I did)
When I say it’s changed my life, it so easy to carry with me in my purse that I have captured some priceless pictures because I was prepared. It’s changed how I look at things, I see seemingly random/ordinary things and makes me rethink them when snapping a pic..
I would suggest rechargeable batteries for it though as regular ones are short lived on here, also I would invest in a memory card I bought one here on amazon for $10 and it holds a ton of picture and is a great addition to my wonderful camera.
Really, love the camera worth even the price now for what is called a “point and shoot” this is an AMAZING product.. Highly suggested..
Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Excellent deal regardless of the cost. Quality photos match that of any camera. Video is very exceptional.
great camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I have had this camera for about a year now and have really taken some great pictures with it. I am not a professional by any stretch so this one has a few more bells and whistles than I need. I may take some classes so I can grow into it and learn about setting shutter speeds, which might clear up my issues of not getting good action shots. For now I basically stick to the auto mode except for the occasional short video clip. The colors are always crisp and I have gotten some great close-ups with the macros of bees and butterflies in my flower beds. It took some getting used to but now it is second nature for me to press the shutter halfway to let it refocus and then snap the picture. I got some great action shots at the jousting event at the local Renaissance Festival recently.
I did notice two features that are lacking on this model that my old Samsung Digimax A503 Red Digital Camera 5MP, had. (1) no internal memory. I noticed that when I was up on Mackinac Island (MI) this summer. While I was uploading my SD card to my laptop and had a photo op out the window I could not take the picture, unless I would have canceled the upload and put the SD back in. My old Samsung would hold 5-7 images if I didn’t have the memory card in. (2) no cropping in preview. Again, my old Samsung you could zoom in on a preview of a photo and hit the shutter button again and it would create a new file of the cropped photo. Nice for printing directly from the card to a printer without editing software. But this camera is definitely a top-notch choice for point and shoot photography.
I love it. Mostly.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Have had this camera since March, and I love it. I had a Digital Elph before this, so I was a little spoiled by how tiny they are and how easily they fit into a pocketbook, but this one can fit, too… just a little bulkier because of the “hump” for the batteries.
It takes clear pictures and video, has withstood my dropping it, and does a good job of focusing on faces.
Two negatives: first, the lag between photos can be unbearable, particularly when the flash has been discharged. I tried taking pictures in a theatre and had to wait literally about 30 seconds in between shots… which is terrible when you’re trying to capture something as it’s happening! When I loaned the camera to someone, she told me, “I’d return it if I were you. I have no idea how you stand that.”
Thing is, I love just about everything else about it. If I had the money, I’d buy a different camera to use indoors and keep this one for the outdoors/good lighting shots.
The other negative is that it really isn’t great with red eyes. My whole family is prone to red eyes, and haven’t yet found a camera that reliably fixes that problem.
I’m still a fan.
Great Buy!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Is a little heavier than other cameras of this type, but being
a senior that is a Plus. I also like the optical view finder
which seems to be larger than the standard. It particularly helps
on bright sunny days as the LCD viewer is hardly usable. A great
Buy!
Excellent amateur’s camera for price
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Small, light, easy to use, with good optics and the very important viewfinder (flat screens in back, however large, are useless in bright sunlight!). Definitely worth the money for the amateur photographer/snapshot photographer.
wonderful camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’m really glad I chose this camera, I’m no expert…so this camera is very user friendly, and ends up taking some pretty good pictures for me, especially outdoors.
Good, but not all there
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I received the camera and it was exactly the same as the picture, no visible wear and it works great. The only reason I’m not giving 5 stars is that the packing slip said it should include the av cable which it does not. It didn’t particularly matter to me because I ended up buying a USB SD card reader. Other than that, it arrived promptly and in good condition. It seems to have very good battery life with my rechargeable batteries (one pair lasted me for more than a week on my vacation, taking pictures all day every day)
you can walk, now can you rub your tummy?
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
my quarrel with this product is that it is a fine camera, but it throws it away by emitimg a dumbed-down format like jpeg. This format is used to save memory stick space, but folks, memory is cheap! It locks you out of good computer processing of your images, something your grand-children might want to do with your images, even if you don’t. Use of this format is unecessary for any camera over 2 megapixels. and harmful to your photographic health. You need “raw” a faithful image of what your camera sees.
THat’s the bad news, but the good news is the camera mfrs are finally coming out with raw shooters in this price range. So wait. And also look for cams that do bracketed exposures automatically at different exposures, emiting raw. Then you’ve got the photographic world by the horns because you can do HDR, high dynamic range. It’s actually easy.
I am looking for a small cam to compliment my $5,000 Nikon monster, but I won’t settle for a jpeg-shooter.
What’s that You say you just want to take a few snaps and dont care about this rocket-science? Let me tell you a story. A friend’s wife sent me a pic of animals expressing friendship to each other, a real “aww shucks” photo that I loved and wanted to print out and process. But it was in low res jpeg. Useless. OK, hi res jpeg would have been better, BUT:
It won’t cost you much more money to use raw. Why not get your money’s worth? You have an advanced 10 megapixel range sensor in even the cheapest cam these days, why throw it away on jpeg when some engineer made the wrong design decision? It’s yours for your money, free! Demand it! ANd you don’t have to use raw all the time, a simple switch will set you to jpeg if you want throw-away pics…
Wait like a cat and pounce when the camera mfrs offer raw with bracketed exposure.
By the way, programs to process photos on your computer are often free. Photomatix is used for HDR, using raw. Gimp is a free photoshop clone. Now HDR will give you control over your exposure of dark and light areas of your photos. A crappy shot will be saved and maybe turned into a wow shot. It’s hard to shoot perfect photos out in the field. I have spent hours getting the “right” shot. Then I saw what computer processing can do, and I instantly realized that it could make a pro photo from an inexpensive camera. Or a good phto from a lousy shot. And most of your shots will be lousy, trust me. Even the pros throw away 90% of their shots. Less work, wow quality, mmmmm. Come to mama…
Awesome camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
For the price, this one is a steal. The manual settings give you a lot of control while the image stabilization works perfectly to give you great shots.
This is a great camera for a budding photographer to test his skills before jumping on to a SLR. After one gets a good grasp of the controls, the photos come out stunning.
One problem is that the time between shots is a bit high, and I have missed out some great moments because of this. Also the compartment for the battery and the SD card could have been improved upon
Cannon PowerShot A590S Digital Camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Delivery on camera: Very Good
Delivered Condition of used Cannon A520IS Camera: Excellent
I bought this ~ 2008 camera, rather than a new Powershot, because it had a larger view finder than the new 2009 Cannon cameras, and also: “Click” sound A-OK, speed of focus seems fast, View Finder: good; camera size: good, camera weight: good, ease of use: seems good.
A520IS brings the image up super fast.
This camera appears easier to use than my Nikon(Coolpix 4300).
I am very satisfied with my purchase of this used Cannon Powershot A520IS camera from this vendor. Vendor rating: excellent
mike
PS
Reason for purchase: Although I liked my Nikon(Coolpix 4300); it had 2 characteristics that I didn’t like.
1. As the batteries get low in voltage, the picture focusing gets slightly slower & slower with no warning of low voltage, that I noticed. Hence I am pressing the picture button, harder & harder to get it to take the picture(very annoying) Then I realize after going through this process a few times that I need new batteries, again.
(Note, when I am taking pictures in the lab, my focus is on what is to be photographed, I am not worrying about low battery voltage. Hence the low voltage ALARM needs to be “UpFront”.
Also, the “Click” sound on Nikon, is too low in volume. (annoying, because when outside or in a slightly noisy environment, it is hard to tell if you have taken the picture.
What’s good on Nikon: Good viewfinder for working in darken lab condition.
Capability of taking many pictures (>150 –>200+ ) on memory card.
good camera controls, etc. I liked this Nikon better than the Fujifilm one.
Complete waste of money!!!
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I was so excited to finally replace my old Sony Cybershot, which I had for over 5 years. I decided on the Canon PowerShot A590IS because of all the wonderful reviews – why they were given, I have no idea. While the pictures this camera takes are amazing, the battery life is absolutely pathetic! The first set of AA’s that came with the camera were a generic brand, so I attributed having to replace them so soon (only after a week and taking maybe 20 photos) to that. However, no matter what brand I use, the life of them in this camera is horrendous – literally not lasting more than a week – and I’m not taking hundreds and hundreds of photos here. I will most definately be going back to a rechargable battery setup like my Cybershot. If you want to go on vacation and have carry 12 AA’s with you to get through the week, this camera is for you. If not, look elsewhere.
Camera has a major problem
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Major problems with battery life on this camera. low battery indicator comes on after just snapping a few photos. Canon deny there is a problem and insist we should use canon only batteries (which also exhibted the same problems.) I reccomend this camera is avoided.
Just came back from Europe with my Canon A590IS
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just took 1200 pictures in Western Europe and was able to do many of the things a could do with my large 35mm telephoto equipt film camera. This is not the smallest, but is easy to use and fast. I am really pleased.