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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $179.99
Buy New: $135.00
You Save: $44.99 (25%)
New (68) Used (2) Refurbished (1) from $150.00
Rating:  127 reviews
Sales Rank: 7
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 4
Digital Zoom: 4
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 23.2
Minimum Focal Length: 5.8
Maximum Resolution: 8000000
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 1.6 x 2.5
nv:Sensor: 8.0 Megapixel
Size: 1/2.5-inch
Image Resolution: 3264 x 2448
Movie Resolution: 640 x 480
Memory Included: 32MB Internal Memory
Storage Media: MultiMediaCard
Storage Media: HC MMC Plus Card
Storage Media: SD/SDHC Memory Card
Storage Media: MMC Plus Card
Compressed Format: DPOF 1.1
Compressed Format: JPG (EXIF 2.2)
Movie File Format: AVI motion JPEG
Optical Zoom: 4X
Digital Zoom: 4X
Combined Zoom: x16
Focal Length: 5.8-23.2mm
Focus Mode: Manual focus
Focus Mode: TTL - AF
MPN: A590IS
Model: A590IS
UPC: 013803089325
EAN: 0013803089325
ASIN: B0011ZCDKS
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Best digital camera ;) August 26, 2008
Zebpike (Connecticut)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love canon .I am very pleased! All my cameras have been Canon they never fail..
I love love this camera..is easy to use.. has all I want and all I was looking for..plus a great price..is perfect!
I love it!
 I'm Happy August 25, 2008
Molly P. (Portland, Oregon USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this camera as an upgrade/companion to my Canon Powershot S2IS because I needed a smaller camera to carry in my purse, and the A590IS to be very similar to the S2 -- so I thought I wouldn't have to rely too heavily on the owner's manual to learn how to do everything (this has turned out to be mostly true). The A590IS is superior to the S2 in many ways. It's lighter. It's smaller (about 10% smaller in length and height, and half the size of the S2, depth-wise.) It uses 2 AA batteries instead of 4. It's much easier to get non-blurry shots with this camera than the other one. And it has 8 megapixels instead of 5. Best of all, it doesn't have a separate lens cap that likes to fall off all the time! (It has an automatic lens cover instead.) However, the optical zoom is considerably less on this one (4x instead of 12x) and it's a bit more difficult to take videos (you have to put the camera in video mode with the A590, whereas with the S2 you just had to press the record button.)
One of the reasons I chose this particular camera, as opposed to selecting one of the many other, smaller cameras currently on the market, was that this camera has a viewfinder in addition to the LCD screen. Viewfinders on digital cameras are hard to come by anymore, but they are very useful if you're trying to take a picture when it's bright outside (making the LCD picture almost impossible to see.)
Overall, I am happy with the A590IS. I like the fact that it's small (by no means the smallest camera on the market, but small enough for my purse or even a coat pocket). I like that it can take good photos in many different conditions. I am most impressed with its ability to get good shots outside at night, even without the flash. I took a photo of some friends in front of a Ferris wheel at the fair. The sun had just set, so the sky was dark, and while there were lights around from the rides, the lighting conditions weren't ideal. The photo still came out beautiful and bright, with the lights from the Ferris wheel noticeable, yet my friends weren't washed out or too dark in the photo. I also took "experimental" shots of the different rides at the fair. Depending on which mode I used, I could either get a clean shot of a lit-up ride with the black sky in the background (and no blur) or I could get an "artsy" shot (while the ride was moving) using a setting where the shutter was a bit slower.
If you want the smallest camera on the market, or one with the most megapixels or zoom capabilities, then the A590 may not be for you. If you want a camera that's kind of in the middle of everything (except picture quality), check this one out. For the amount of features it has and the quality of the photos, I think the price is good.
Excellent Camera! August 23, 2008
Karen L. Siegel (Edison, NJ USA)
Purchased at a friend's recommendation, for a trip to Austria and the Czech Republic. I was very impressed with the quality of pictures, the variety of presets available, the ability to zoom for better shots of distant scenery, the battery life (only needed batteries ONCE in eleven days). If I had a complaint, it would be that on Auto and Indoor Scene settings, the camera frequently thought I needed a flash when I didn't; turning it off got rid of a flash glare on a marble wall plaque, for example. That's absolutely the only complaint I can offer.
My best camera yet! August 23, 2008
Travelling Granny (Sacramento, CA USA)
After owning and being frustrated with a number of digital cameras including several Kodaks, a Ricoh and my latest, an HP, I felt that I could never find the "perfect" camera for my tastes. My son owns an older version of this model and took some fantastic pictures. After seeing his latest shots of Alaska I looked around and now I, too, have a camera that takes fantastic pictures. I have only used the "point and shoot" aspects but intend to take it to its limits, using aperature and Fstop features. This is absolutely a great camera for the price!
Versatile and easy for casual use August 21, 2008
Nog
Easy to use, but also has options for macro, flash, aperture and shutter priority.
Range within each option is limited but will cover typical needs for a snapshot camera.
Quality is great except in low light. High ISO is almost useless.
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