Product ReviewDigital Camera - Canon PowerShot A590IS
Key Features - 8 mega-pixels
- Image format: JPEG
- Image resolution: 3264 x 2448
- Image stabilisation: Yes
- LCD screen: 2.5 inch TFT Colour
- Flash range: 30cm - 3.5m
- Supported memory card: Secure Digital (SD), Multimedia Card (MMC)
- Battery: 2 x AA-sized Alkaline or Rechargeable NiMH batteries
- Weight: 175g (camera body only)
ReviewsReviewer
| Date of Review | Review Summary
| Cnet
cnet.com.au
| 4 March 2008 | 7.8 out of 10 PROs: - Great picture quality
- Fast shutter speed
- Broad manual feature set
CONs:
- Chunky appearance
- Slow shot-to-shot time with onboard flash enabled
[Read full review] | PhotoReview
photoreview.com.au | March 2008 | 8.8 out of 10 Affordable, easy-to-use digicam that offers good performance and useful functions for family snapshooters. [Read full review] | | | | |
Technical Specifications|
Type of Camera
| Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 4x Optical/4x Digital/16x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer System
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Type
| 8.0 Megapixel, 1/2.5-inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
| Total Pixels
| Approx. 8.3 Megapixels
| Effective Pixels
| Approx. 8.0 Megapixels
| Focal Length
| 5.8-23.2mm f/2.6-5.5 (35mm film equivalent: 35-140mm)
| Digital Zoom
| 4x
| Focusing Range
| Normal: 1.5 ft./45cm-infinity
Macro: 2.0 in.-1.5 ft./5-45cm (W), 12 in.-1.5 ft./30-45cm (T)
| Autofocus System
| TTL Autofocus, Manual focus (shooting standby only in movie mode)
| Viewfinder
| Real image optical zoom viewfinder
| LCD Monitor
| 2.5-inch amorphous silicon TFT color LCD
| LCD Pixels
| Approx. 115,000 pixels
| LCD Coverage
| 100%
| Maximum Aperture
| f/2.6 (W) - f/5.5 (T)
| Shutter Speed
| 15-1/2000 sec. (settable in Tv and M)
| ISO Sensitivity
| Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent (Standard output sensitivity. Recommended exposure index)
| Light Metering Method
| Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
* Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection AF
** Metering frame is fixed to the center
| Exposure Control Method
| Program AE, Shutter Speed-Priority AE, Aperture-Priority AE; AE Lock
| Exposure Compensation
| +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
| White Balance Control
| Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H), Custom
| Built-in Flash
| Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Auto Red-eye Correction, Flash On, Flash Off; FE lock, Slow Synchro
| Flash Range
| 12 in.-11 ft./30cm-3.5m (W), 12 in.-7.2 ft./30cm-2.2m (T) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)
| Recycling Time
| 10 sec. or less (battery voltage=3.0V)
| Flash Exposure Compensation
| +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
| Shooting Modes
| Auto, Easy, P, Av, Tv, M, Portrait, Landscape, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Fireworks, Night Scene, Aquarium), Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Movie
| Photo Effects
| My Colors
Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Custom
| Self-Timer
| Activates shutter after an approx. 2-sec./10-sec. delay, Custom
| Wireless Control
| Not available
| Continuous Shooting
| Approx. 1.4 fps (Large/Fine)
|  | Storage Media
| SD/SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card
| File Format
| Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1
| Image Compression
| Normal, Fine, SuperFine
| JPEG Compression Mode
| Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Monaural))
| Number of Recording Pixels
| Still Image: 3,264 x 2,448 (Large), 2,592 x 1,944 (Medium 1), 2,048 x 1,536 (Medium 2), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 3,264 x 1,832 (Widescreen)
Movie: 640 x 480 (20 fps/20 fps LP), 320 x 240 (30 fps) available up to 4GB or 60 minutes, 160 x 120 (3 minutes at 15 fps) |
Playback Modes File
| Still Image: Single, Magnification (approx. 2x-10x), Jump, Auto Rotate, Rotate, Resume, My Category, Transition Effects, Histogram, Overexposure Warning, Index (9 thumbnails), Sound Memos, Slide Show, Red-eye Correction, RAW, Resize, Image Inspection Tool
Movie: Normal Playback, Special Playback, Auto Rotate, Resume
| Erase Modes
| Still Image: single image, all images
Movie: part of movie, all of movie
| Computer Interface
| USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mini-B jack)
| Video Out
| NTSC/PAL
| Audio Out
| Monaural
| Other
| Memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers and PictBridge-compatible printers via camera's USB 2.0 Hi-Speed cable
| Power Source
| 1. AA-size Alkaline Battery (x2)
2. Rechargeable AA-size Ni-MH Battery (x2)
3. AC Adapter Kit ACK800 (optional)
| Shooting Capacity
| Still Image: approx. 220 shots (AA-size Alkaline Battery), approx. 500 shots (AA-size Ni-MH Battery) *
| Playback Time
| Approx. 540 min. (AA-size Alkaline Battery), approx. 660 min. (AA-size Ni-MH Battery) * LCD screen on. The above figures comply with CIPA testing standards and apply when fully-charged batteries are used.
| Operating Temperature
| 32-104°F/0-40°C
| Operating Humidity
| 10-90%
| Dimensions (W x H x D)
| 3.71 x 2.55 x 1.61 in./94.3 x 64.7 x 40.8mm
| Weight
| Approx. 6.17 oz./175g (camera body only) |
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