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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $110.95
You Save: $39.04 (26%)
New (99)
Avg. Customer Rating:  295 reviews
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
Battery: aa size alkoline
Maximum Focal Length: 23.2
Minimum Focal Length: 5.8
Maximum Resolution: 8
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 1.6 x 2.5
MPN: A590IS
Model: A590IS
UPC: 013803089325
EAN: 0013803089325
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Camera! June 19, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This camera is a great one. It has a large screen that shows clear images. The shots I have taken have all been accurate and clear. There are many easy-to-use features on the camera including an easy mode that I like so much. The camera is a very good buy with its 8 megapixels, 4x zoom (very good zoom), Optical Image Stabilizer, and 2.5-inch LCD (also lightweight and looks sharp). I am really enjoying it.
 Great camera June 26, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've only had this camera for a month, but I find myself using it more than I did my last one. I love the convenience of being able to use regular AA batteries. Another reviewer said it uses up the batteries fast and he was right! Luckily, I was expecting it and carried extras around while on vacation. I am not the best person with a camera and still take blurry shots, but I do manage to take some good pictures. Overall, I am very happy with it.
Great little camera, get the aux flash unit. July 1, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Many reviews on the great aspects of the camera here, just one thing to add. The flash is OK for a point and shoot compact camera, but does take a few seconds to recharge between shots and uses batteries quickly. This is not unique to this camera and my guess is that it just takes power to make a good flash, no matter what camera you use. For those people that need better and faster flash performance, the add on flash unit is the trick. Save batteries and take better indoor flash pictures faster for around $90...
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-HF-DC1-Powershot-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0007MGFI2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1214926744&sr=8-1
Good value easy to use July 25, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I will never use anywhere near the number of settings .., but nice to have them available for the once a month usage. Menu setup very intuitive. Controls clearly marked. Screen so-so in bright light but you have a viewfinder (hooray) and a good lens and good value..Nice feel in the hand.
Decent Little Camera September 11, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased this camera about 3 months ago from Amazon, which had the best price. I spent a bit of time learning about the features, trying them out, testing the camera, and finally, USING the camera.
All in all I am mostly pleased with this camera. My previous digital camera was an Olympus D550 zoom, which took great pictures and was very easy to use. The Canon camera is also easy to use, if you want to keep it in AUTO mode, which I often do. If you want to use a different mode or change one of the settings, there are so many different combinations and possibilities that I find it can be a bit overwhelming. I think I just need to get used to it more. I thought I was pretty proficient with it at first, but if I don't use it frequently and consistently, I tend to forget which menu the feature I'm looking for is on.
One thing I really like about this camera is the feel of it in my hands. I was torn between one of the smaller Camera SD models and this one, but the A590 felt so good and comfortable in my hand, I figured it would be easier to hold it steady. (My sister has a Canon SD camera and it is so small, her pictures often come out blurry because she has difficulty holding it steady when she takes a shot.) My old Olympus was much bigger than either camera, so I figured the A590 would be an improvement over it and I shouldn't worry so much about the size. I also liked the idea of having it use AA batteries, vs. the Canon rechargable one in the smaller cameras. (While on vacation, my sister would go to take a picture and lament that her battery needed charging. With AA batteries, if you run out of power, just go buy more.)
I am pleased with the photos I have taken so far, for the most part. It does not do well outdoors at dusk, but my Olympus didn't, either, and I suspect more savy users would know what to set to make these kinds of photos come out better. One thing I noticed in a lot of my photos is that if there is a lamp or light near the subject, or if the subject is near a window letting in bright light, you'll get a bright, overexposed area in the photo. I never noticed this problem with my Olympus, and friends/relatives who have taken shots of the same subject with their cameras did not have this problem. For this reason I am taking away one star.
One thing I was concerned about after reading a lot of the reviews here was bettery life. I preferred a camera that ran on AA batteries, but not if it was going to eat up batteries. My Olympus ran on 4 AA batteries, so I bought rechargeable ones. The A590 only uses 2 AA batteries, so I figured I'd be changing batteries often. Not so! I started off using the 2 Panasonic batteries that came with the camera. I figured I'd use them up just playing with the camera. I kept turning it on and off as I was reading the manual, trying the different menus and features. Surely they'd be dead in a couple of days. Nope. I took many test shots in different lighting, with different settings, and downloaded them to my laptop. Still the batteries continued working. I took a LOT of photos at my and my husband's anniversary party, when all our relatives came in from out of town, but still the batteries lasted. Then I took the camera on a trip and took many more photos, then a couple of birthdays, then my son's college apartment and STILL the batteries lasted. (I must've taken over 100 photos, not to mention my training sessions). It's been a month since I've used the camera and just now I noticed the low battery warning is coming on, so I replaced the Panasonics with 2 rechargeable batteries.
I am happy with my purchase. When I compared photos that I took with my camera with the same photos my relatives took with their digital cameras, many of them much more expensive than my A590, I generally preferred my photos, and at the very least my photos were equally as good. As I mentioned above, the only photos that weren't as good was when there was bright light from a window or lamp near (though not necessarily behind) the subject.
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