Canon PowerShot A590 IS Expert Reviews

Shots taken outdoors were very solid with accurate colors in the natural Canon style I ve always liked..

Affordable 8MP digicam with OIS ; solid and accurate colors

Poor movie mode ; mediocre LCD quality

Canon's new point-and-shoot has a full-manual mode, macro functionality, and 8 megapixels, but can it take good pictures?

Macro feature, pinpoint focus, excellent manual-mode, broad range of shutter speeds, good overall image quality

Slow image-processing, tends to over-sharpen, rare but serious viewfinder distortion, some fringing issues

The Canon PowerShot A590 IS is an 8 megapixel point and shoot camera with a 4x optical zoom lens and image stabilization. It also comes featuring aperture and shutter priority modes as well as full manual exposure mode. It will have a retail price of ...

It's a common sense principle that a successful performance is often a hard act to follow.

Good all-around image quality ; Plenty of speed for most uses ; Decent high ISO performance ; Appealing simple interface, nice ergonomics

Enough improvements over the A570 to justify the slight initial price premium ; Battery door cheap feeling, hard to close ; Flash recycle times still feel long

Given this lineage, it's hard to approach the A590 as anything other than the mid-priced compact camera to beat in 2008. At the same time, the one unanswered question is whether the new model brings enough excitement and innovation to keep this highly ...

There are good digital cameras and cheap digital cameras - the trick is getting both in the same package. The Canon PowerShot A590 IS is one digital camera that delivers a lot of capability and good photos at a low price. We also like the fact that ...

Positioned in upper-middle tier of the PowerShot A-series and replacing the A570 IS, the Canon PowerShot A590 IS offers a number of enhancements and advancements at a savings of about $100 over the previous model's list price.

Small, compact size ; Advanced Face and Motion Detection ; Easy" mode for novices ; Full "PASM" exposure modes ; good image adjustment capability for advanced users ; Very good color ; Image Stabilization reduces blur ; 9-point AF for accurate focus ; ...

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The Canon PowerShot A590 IS has an eight megapixel CCD imager coupled with a Canon-branded 4x optical zoom lens which is optically stabilized. Images are framed on the 115,000 pixel 2.5-inch LCD display, or using the optical viewfinder. The A590 IS ...

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

Whether you're just looking for an inexpensive, flexible camera or a secondary shooter for when you're not schlepping around your dSLR, the Canon PowerShot A590 IS is a great choice. While it's not the prettiest camera on the market, its high image ...

Great picture quality ; fast shutter speed ; broad manual feature set

Chunky appearance ; slow shot-to-shot time with the onboard flash enabled

The Canon PowerShot A590 IS's manual exposure controls and surprisingly sharp pictures make it a great choice for almost anyone looking for a sub-£150 shooter

My digital camera expertise begins and ends with this fact: I cannot resist the urge to photograph a couple of fuzzballs named Chuckie and Violet. I'm a classic novice point-and-shooter, and the crème de la crème of my snapshots find their way onto ...

To orient myself to the camera and gain insight into its features and functions, I ripped the A590IS out of the box and started taking pictures. I had no trouble working my way through various settings, quickly finding and using many of the 19 ...

For a beginner's camera, the PowerShot A590IS offers amazing image quality and superb stabilization.