(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)
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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 Image Stabilizer and a large 2.5-inch LCD. A range of shooting modes - from manual to automatic including Canon’s new Easy Mode - make picture-taking carefree. A DIGIC III Image Processor with Enhanced Canon Face Detection assures natural-looking results, while Motion Detection Technology reduces blur. For added creativity, attach wide or telephoto converter lenses.
Canon PowerShot A590 is Compact, stylish and smaller than older Powershots, and the dark grey color gives it a seriousness compared to the typical bright silver finish.
Image stabilization works very well, it allows to take blur-free photos 2-3 stops below the recommended shutter speed, that means at 35-50mm f2.8 1/10 sec shots are consistently possible indoors without using flash.
The PowerShot A590 having Good image quality. Expected from Canon, but even better is adjustable contrast, saturation, and sharpness settings, along with the typical JPG compression and resolution sizes.
It is Fast and responsive. Its Shutter lag is very low for a compact digicam, and when you pre-focus with manual focus, it’s even faster.
Aperture priority and shutter priority are great, the M mode is even better than other A Powershots such as the A720 because now there’s a light meter on the right side that adjusts live based on what the camera thinks is the optimal exposure setting. And you can adjust aperture/shutter speed and see how it affects the final exposure. Ideally a live histogram would be even better, but this is very handy.
Although the LCD resolution is not good enough, even with the point zoom option, manual focus helps in close-up work and pre-focusing for action or creative photography.
In addition to automatic flash. The manual flash allows me to adjust the flash power in 3 levels, and prevents a pre-flash. This last part is important for using a remote optical slave flash.
Battery performance seems improved over previous A powershots too. The official specs give it 220 shots on regular alkaline and 500 on rechargeable NiMHs. They use common AA batteries that you can buy anywhere instead of proprietary models with specific chargers.
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