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 GREAT CAMERA / GREAT VALUE August 28, 2008
For the money I don't believe this camera can be beat. I could not be more satisfied with this camera. I have already taken about three hundred pictures just learning and playing with all the features. The picture quality is great. The photos I've taken look professional and this is quite an accomplishment since I have NEVER taken any good shots in my life. Easy mode produces great shots. Auto produces great shots. Now I'm exploring manual settings which I never thought I could do and am getting great shots.
If you want a GREAT CAMERA for VERY LITTLE MONEY, then look no farther because this is that camera! So you don't throw money away I would recommend re-chargeable batteries and a battery charger. Also spend a little time in the instruction manual if you are completely ignorant like I am about cameras, it will be time well spent and make your purchase more pleasurable.
Canon 8mp Camera August 27, 2008
I love this Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom! It is much lighter and somewhat smaller than my old 4mp Canon. So many new features and buttons to learn! I wonder if all the electronic geeks ever sleep at night, or are they always "dreaming" up new products. God bless them! I agree with all the other good reviews that have been made, as I am not too technical, but I know what I like. And I like this camera!
 Good Family Camera BUT !! August 27, 2008
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I purchased this camera, Canon A590IS, to replace a much older Sony Cyber-shot, which took great pictures for a 3.3MP, I just figured times have changed and it is time to purchase a new camera...
To make a long story short and get to the bottom line.. the Canon Camera is an OK camera, but not for me.. the picture quality was my complaint. I was expecting a wonderfully sharp / clear picture with 8MP.. not so... I realized that I wanted not more of a camera just more of a better picture.. I would recommend this camera to people who are not that particular and if that's the case why purchase something with all the bells & whistles this camera has..? Hope this helps anyone out there considering this camera.
Best digital camera ;) August 26, 2008
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
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.
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