Canon PowerShot A590 IS - Expert Reviews

Review summary: canon powershot a590 is review: The Canon PowerShot A590 IS's manual exposure controls and surprisingly sharp pictures make it a great choice for almost anyone looking for a sub-AU$300 shooter.

Pros: Great picture quality, Fast shutter speed, Broad manual feature set

Cons: Chunky appearance, Slow shot-to-shot time with onboard flash enabled

Verdict: The Canon PowerShot A590 IS's manual exposure controls and surprisingly sharp pictures make it a great choice for almost anyone looking for a sub-AU$300 shooter.

Review summary: Shots taken outdoors were very solid with accurate colors in the natural Canon style I ve always liked..

Pros: Affordable 8MP digicam with OIS; solid and accurate colors

Cons: Poor movie mode; mediocre LCD quality

Pros: Great picture quality; fast shutter speed; broad manual feature set

Cons: Chunky appearance; slow shot-to-shot time with the onboard flash enabled

Verdict: The Canon PowerShot A590 IS's manual exposure controls and surprisingly sharp pictures make it a great choice for almost anyone looking for a sub-$200 shooter.

Review summary: Canon put substance over style when it designed the PowerShot A590 IS, and in doing so it made a great camera. While the clunky-looking 8-megapixel shooter looks bland when compared with colorful, ultraslim, style-minded cameras, its impressive insides he

Pros: Great picture quality; fast shutter speed; broad manual feature set.

Cons: Chunky appearance; slow shot-to-shot time with the onboard flash enabled.

Verdict: The Canon PowerShot A590 IS's manual exposure controls and surprisingly sharp pictures make it a great choice for almost anyone looking for a sub-$200 shooter.

Review summary: It's a common sense principle that a successful performance is often a hard act to follow. Following up on Canon's highly successful performance with the A570 and building on a long line of well-regarded, moderately priced Canon A models, the Canon PowerS

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