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Canon PowerShot A590 IS User Reviews

Digital camera - compact - 8.0 Mpix - optical zoom: 4 x - supported memory: MMC, SD, SDHC, MMCplus More product details

Canon PowerShot A590 IS
alaSCORE 93

883 reviews

November, 2009

78 / 100

57 Experts

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87 / 100

826 Users

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alaTest collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from shopzilla.com. The average user rating from shopzilla.com is 100 out of 100.

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LOVE THIS CAM

Easy to run and navigate through camera, Takes GREAT pics batteries run out quickly. must have memory card

Average Rating

100

2 Users positive
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alaTest collected and analyzed 28 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from cnet.com. The average user rating from cnet.com is 79 out of 100.

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"Great little camera! LOVE it!"

Bottom line, it's affordable, handy, compact,...  I love how it's affordable (search the web for better prices) it's small, has video on it and it ta...

"The View Finder!"

I like the seperate lens ability and the view...  Canon is the only sub-$200 brand that still has a view finder. Looking at the monitor in sunlight i...

"great pictures but too many niggles to recommend"

Great pictures, but too many faults on the ha...  The Canon produces great pictures - what a shame there are things that let it down As with the prev...

"Battery problem, should be recalled"

I have the same battery problem with this cam...  Simplicity of use, very practical 2sec delay, uses AA battery, can use alternate open source progra...

Average Rating

79

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alaTest collected and analyzed 10 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from pcworld.com. The average user rating from pcworld.com is 92 out of 100.

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Canon PowerShot A590 IS Black Digital Camera

I love everything about this camera except the battery/sd card door. The bundle I got was great. I do have ONE ISSUE! Shipping BUY DIG used FEDEX and ...

Canon PowerShot A590 IS Black Digital Camera

This is a great camera. Easy to use and understand. I did not have to spend hours reading instructions before taking my first pictures. But it still h...

Canon PowerShot A590 IS Black Digital Camera

My old digital camera was getting worn and wasn't working that great. I finally decided on the Canon camera which was a new model.I am pleased with it...

Canon PowerShot A590 IS Black Digital Camera

I'm not a heavy photographer, but I've messed around with a few of the options. Scene's seems to work well, and the auto-mode and face detection featu...

Average Rating

92

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alaTest collected and analyzed 12 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from cameraworld.com. The average user rating from cameraworld.com is 90 out of 100.

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Great camera for a small price

I use this camera for everyday shooting.....It's my all purpose camera "Durable","High Quality","Outstanding point and sho","Good Value" "Delay betwe...

I love my camera!

This is my first digital camera. I took it on a recent trip to Canada, having barely read the manual. I set it on \ "Durable","Good Value","High Qual...

Good for everyday use

Good Inexpensive Camera Easy to use "Good Value" "Photo Editing Limited"

Great Value, Great Versatility

Feature packed. Ametures and novices should like using this low cost, high quality camera. "Durable","Good Value","High Quality"

Average Rating

90

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alaTest collected and analyzed 149 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from ciao.com. The average user rating from ciao.com is 88 out of 100.

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Canon PowerShot A590 IS

Canon A590 IS only a dark gray fuselage than the A570 IS Silver only more professional and is textured in appearance. Body is not much change the over...

Canon PowerShot A590 IS

non A590IS camera gray appearance of the main colors used shell Full manual functions and Optical Image Stabilizer Function of the lack of diversific...

A photographers treasure, the Canon Powershot A590 IS

...Shutter speed. This camera from canon is surely admirable with full packed features and less the price. Here are some features that i love with the...

Canon PowerShot A590 IS

Canon A570 IS at the beginning of the listing price is too high, the market response and poor, but with lower prices, replacing the A710 IS the status...

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alaTest collected and analyzed 50 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from dell.com. The average user rating from dell.com is 91 out of 100.

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PowerShot A590 IS 8.0 MP 4X Zoom Digital Camera - MSRP $129.99

Very easy for a digital newbie to learn to use none that I have found

Great Pics, Battery Drainer

Lovely Pics, easy to use After using various recommended batteries, nothing holds power to this camera. Frustrating

Great Camera for Novices!

I am considering a Canon A590 for my home personal use, even though I have several cameras that are more expensive and supposedly "better" cameras. T...

PowerShot A590 IS 8.0 MP 4X Zoom Digital Camera - MSRP $129.99

Overall camera is good asset

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alaTest collected and analyzed 30 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from digitalcamera-hq.com. The average user rating from digitalcamera-hq.com is 73 out of 100.

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Perfect

I love this camera. I bought it last year before Christmas at a great price. It takes really nice pictures, but sometimes does not focus...

Great for Beginners

I just started photography and am now taking a class. This camera is best for beginners because there is nothing to complex about it. Also...

Does everything well except take sharp pictures

I bought this as a replacement for a ten year old Fuji fine pix that finally died. I'll admit the a590 IS is really simple...

Pretty good, but not great

This camera is adequate. The photos from my Panasonic Lumix point and shoot were consistently clear- this camera takes beautiful shots sometimes, whil...

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alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from digitaltrends.com. The average user rating from digitaltrends.com is 60 out of 100.

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This is a good camera but VERY slow to save indoor photos.

I bought this camera as a replacement for my Kodak Z740 during our trip to the Philippines. It is a good camera with a solid feel to it, a good LCD di...

Average Rating

60

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alaTest collected and analyzed 24 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from dpreview.com. The average user rating from dpreview.com is 86 out of 100.

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Canon Powershot A590 IS

Purchased this as an upgrade from older cameras I use with CHDK -- it works fine with CHDK, but it really isn't an upgrade over CHDK on older models. ...

Canon Powershot A590 IS

Given the low price - under 100 € on Amazon.fr - the range of features offered by this camera is startling. This mitigates against it to some extent, ...

Canon Powershot A590 IS

This is a camera which is not priced as high by retailers who don't know its real value. This camera is a real must for any photo buff. Full manual se...

Canon Powershot A590 IS

am really beginning to get good results from this camera .i think i like it very much nothing i can't live with

Average Rating

86

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alaTest collected and analyzed 15 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS from epinions.com. The average user rating from epinions.com is 92 out of 100.

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Fabulous !!

I am immensely impressed with this camera. I took about 3000 photos with this thing on a recent vacation and all but a few dozen came out incredibly ...

Canon Power Shot A590-Great Camera for price!

This is a great camera. It fits well in the hand and has a lot of wonderful features. My first shots were taken of flowers in Florida using differen...

A nice compact camera under 150$

- PremiseThe A590is the latest addition of the A5x0 series: A550, A560, A570is, A580. All these cameras have similar characteristics. Before starting ...

PowerShot A590 - Delivers As Promised!

IntroductionLet me start by providing some background on my experience with digital cameras. I bought my first 1.3 Megapixel digicam back in 1999 for ...

Average Rating

92

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