Canon has embedded substance over style while designing the PowerShot A590 IS, thus making it a great camera. Though the chunky looks of 8-megapixel shooter appear bland against the style-minded, ultraslim, colourful cameras, it holds impressive insides resulting to produce some of the finest photos that you will shoot for less than $200. The practical, chunky design offers the A590 IS an easy to handle and functional feel at the cost of aesthetics. A large protrusion holds the two AA batteries of the camera on the right side of body as well as offers steady grip. Moreover, the 2.5 inch LCD display gives sufficient space for optical viewfinder, several large and responsive buttons and convenient sliding mode key. Even if your A590 IS does not fit in your camera and will not attract looks and gasps from your friends, the PowerShot feels just comfortable to use.
Features and configuration
As compared to former PowerShot A- cameras, the A590 IS comes with a large flexible, bright lens. The f/2.6-to-f/5.5, 35-to-140mm equivalent lens offers a little longer ability and wider aperture in contrast to the 3x, f/2.8 lenses that can be seen in many compact cameras. This camera also incorporates the Canon’s Optical Image Stabilization system, that intelligently shifts lens elements in order to reduce image shake. The A590 ID also supports conversion lenses accompanied with an optional adapter which fits to the base of original lens. Sadly, the adapter will cost you anywhere around $25 and the conversion lens for $100 or even more, thus adding accessories for your A590 IS will telephoto and/or wide conversion lenses will cost you nearly the cost of your camera itself. Professional photographers will value the camera’s myriad options and controls. Similar to other PowerShot A-series cameras, it has functions like full manual exposure, shutter priority, and aperture priority control modes. Obviously, if you do not wish to use any of the above features, you can still capture them in automatic mode, also with camera’s various scene presets. In addition to it, the camera offers an innovative “Easy” mode that further automates and simplifies the interface.
Performance
Only shot-to-shot speed hinders the speed of A590 IS, else offers a very quick performance. The camera can capture a new image in every 2.3 seconds without flash, whereas with flash it takes 5.2 seconds. The shutter performs fairly for high contrast target with 0.45 seconds and 0.7 seconds for low contrast target. Irrespective of broad sunny light or low light, the camera grabs a shot quickly. The A590 IS does a great job with automatic white balance and also performs well of neutralizing colours captured under incandescent light. The tungsten setting does a wonderful job with neutralizing the hot lights coming from yellow tungsten. Overall, the camera delivers very stunning images and you can avail usable prints for ISO 800 that makes it impressive in its class. Whether you are looking for a flexible, inexpensive camera or secondary shooter while you do not want to consider your SLR, the A690 IS is simply a great choice.
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