Canon PowerShot A580 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: THE Canon PowerShot A580 offers most of the features a beginner needs at an affordable price.

Pros: Sharp pictures, minimal chromatic aberration, motion detection, custom white balance

Cons: Some colour issues, noise a little higher than normal

Verdict: A solid entry-level camera, the Canon PowerShot A580 takes good shots and offers most of the features a beginner needs at an affordable price.

Review summary: Canon's innovative and exclusive Motion Detection technology consolidates motion information for both the camera and the photographic subject and determines whether the subject has moved and what if any adjustments to focus or exposure needs to be ...

Verdict: The "brain" in every new Canon digital camera from the PowerShot A-series to the EOS Pro models is the exclusive DIGIC III imaging processor. This proprietary chip is responsible for the cameras' higher performance levels including faster start up, ...

Review summary: Canon's PowerShot A580 is the middle model in a trio of similar digicams that are targeted at family snapshooters. Affordably priced, their RRPs go up in $50 steps, corresponding with increasing resolution, zoom range and associated functions. All ...

Verdict: Pictures taken with the test camera showed a slightly wider dynamic range than we normally see with small-sensor digicams. Although we found blown-out highlights in outdoor shots, shadows were captured with minimal noise and a fair amount of detail. ...

Review summary: The Canon PowerShot A580 undercuts the PowerShot 590 IS by $30 but lacks some key features. Is it a better deal?

Pros: good overall image quality, wide selection of ISO sensitivities, white-balance control.

Cons: Slow image-processing, tends to over-sharpen, some fringing issues, serious focus-inconsistency.

Pros: Sharp pictures, minimal chromatic aberration, motion detection, custom white balance

Cons: Some colour issues, noise a little higher than normal

Verdict: A solid entry-level camera, the Canon PowerShot A580 takes good shots and offers most of the features a beginner needs at an affordable price.