Canon PowerShot A590 IS User Opinions

Canon PowerShot A590 IS

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Pros

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

Cons

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

100.0% of Users Would Recommend this Digital Camera

0.0% of Users Would Not Recommend this Digital Camera

TOTAL USER RATINGS: 7

This is my first excursion into the realm of digital photography and can witout hesitation say that this A590IS is everything and more that an amateur could wish for . Value for money without question

Submitted by Neville P Naude on 1/18/2009 6:04:49 AM

PROS: Value for money. ease of use. Fantastic range of features. Advanced level of features.

CONS: It is difficult for a first time user to find fault.

OVERALL SCORE:8/10

Twice the goodies, a third the price...

Submitted by Noni Mausa on 12/25/2008 12:07:54 PM

PROS: My last Canon, an A70, gave up the ghost last summer -- this is my Christmas replacement. Very easy to use, great big view screen allows sharing pix and video with nearsighted friends (grin) all the benefits of the A series Canons. It is much easier to use than the other, and I can see it has other benefits I have yet to discover. Good clearly written manual. Overall, a very good value for the money.

CONS: The battery / flash card hatch feels flimsy, a little difficult to close. Also, my camera arrived with the lithium battery (for preserving settings and dates) run down already, but I assume my warranty will cover replacing this. The flap on the USB port was a little difficult to open -- not a big deal, but a stubborn person opening it the wrong way might tear or break it, I suspect. However, it is more substantial than the same flap on the A70, and that lasted more than 4 years of continuous use. I would prefer this camera slightly heavier and larger, but that's just me. I'm sure I will get used to it.

OVERALL SCORE:8/10

FINE ENTRY LEVEL CAMERA-EXCELLENT IMAGE QUALITY

Submitted by pixman on 9/19/2008 7:24:34 PM

PROS: EASY...EASY...EASY... GREAT PICTURES I. S. IS OUTSTANDING POINT AND SHOOT..IT'S THAT EASY

CONS: STILL DO NOT LIKE THE ZOOM LOCATION..

OVERALL SCORE:8/10

Feature packed camera that's very fun and easy to use

Submitted by sjones on 9/10/2008 11:31:41 AM

PROS: There's manual modes like aperture and shutter priority. At this price range that's rare. I like the ability to use rechargeable AA batteries. Autofocus is surprisingly quick and accurate for a budget camera. Has great feel and button layout makes sense. Attractive looking in duo-tone gunmetal gray. The images have pleasing colors and noise levels are controlled nicely up to 400. Even 800 is usable for small 4x6 prints. The software is excellent and practical to use. Excellent battery life using rechargeable NiMH AA batteries.

CONS: The screen resolution is not as high resolution as I would like. Optical viewfinder is tiny and difficult to see through. Video recording is choppy at 20fps at the highest resolution. The camera is more bulky than other compacts, and hard to fit in pant pockets. Doesn't have a panorama stitch assist mode like other PowerShot cameras. Slow flash recycle time from two AA batteries.

OVERALL SCORE:8/10

Well thought out camera, it does work with Linux.

Submitted by barlennan on 9/1/2008 7:54:08 PM

PROS: Fairly compact, but with a large display and a real optical viewfinder. Many different exposure modes are built in and easy to get at. I particularly like that the timer can take more than one shot. The photos and movies can be downloaded in Linux using gphoto2.

CONS: I could not find an automatic exposure bracketing mode, or get at RAW images, making this camera inconvenient for HDR fans. It does not focus on anything closer than 20cm from the lens. (The manual claims 5cm!) Focusing in macro mode is unnecessarily difficult in general. The tripod mount is in the (wrong) corner, but unfortunately that seems to be common. Canon could easily make the USB connection appear as a standard mass storage device to Linux.

OVERALL SCORE:8/10

Great camera with easy to use and fantastic software drivers

Submitted by wow on 7/29/2008 4:38:10 PM

PROS: couldn't think of anything with this price range. Software is easy to use even in win2000.

CONS: I wish canon wold consider a Linux software package since developing nations are gradually moving toward affordable Linux OS. Canon could simply upload the Linux version to Open sources or remain on canon support download site as alternative would be great. That would be the 1st big camera company to do that.

OVERALL SCORE:9/10

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Submitted by Di on 7/8/2008 3:14:12 PM

PROS: As an novice with digital cameras, I looked up other reviews & the A590IS had the best result... now I know why! Just started to play with features with great results. Night shots are great (heard a few saying it was awful), I took a pic with nothing but TV light with night display & it turned out so good! For a beginner this camera is definitely the way to go - easy but you can still be creative.

CONS: Pro's & beginners agree.... why, oh, why have a seperate 'advanced' section? I ended up using little sticky tabs to mark pages with features I will likely use often, some in the basic, some in advanced so it a bit of a pain. But as for camera, it's all good!

OVERALL SCORE:7/10

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This is my first excursion into the realm of digital photography and can witout hesitation say that this A590IS is everything and more that an amateur could wish for . Value for money without question

Twice the goodies, a third the price...

FINE ENTRY LEVEL CAMERA-EXCELLENT IMAGE QUALITY

Feature packed camera that's very fun and easy to use

Well thought out camera, it does work with Linux.

Great camera with easy to use and fantastic software drivers

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