Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom: Customer Reviews & Product Details

I am an independent insurance adjuster and while I use this camera for personal photography I mostly use it in my work. I had the Power Shot A 630 before and while it was good, it is bulky and hard to fit into your pants pocket. The big plus with it was the flip view finder that was most handy. There are other cameras that are more compact than this one but most of them do not have a viewfinder. I find a viewfinder most helpful when you are out on a sunny day with the sun on your screen.

If you use the camera to transfer your photos from camera to your PC you are going to find that it has a hearty appetite for batteries so I suggest you invest in a card reader. If you take a lot of photos, a card reader will pay for itself in short order.

My biggest complaint about the camera is it is easy to change the settings on it and not know it. When climbing ladders, I put it in my pocket so it sometimes changes to another setting without me knowing it. For its size the zoom is good but you always would like more. I would prefer if it had a little more wide angle setting for some of the shots I have to take. The flash is OK and does a pretty good job eliminating redeye and I suspect does just as well as its competition in terms of effect distance, harshness and redeye reduction.

The quality appears to be excellent. I have not had one performance problem with it even though I have dropped it a couple of times. By the way, the A630 is still going strong too. When you are out on a claim you can't afford for your camera to quit on you so the A630 goes along as a back up. The only time I sue it is when I need the flip view finder.

Let's face it, since the coming of the digital age, Canon has been the number 1 seller and there is a reason for that. I also have a Canon Rebel SLR that I bought right after I retired from professional photography and it has also held up well and provides excellent exposures.

For the money, this is a decent little camera.
Style and color is great. Am very happy/satisfied
with this product. MC

This camera is a perfect camera for those who like to take a lot of pictures, but don't have the time and/or resources to get all fancy with their pics. Great price and easy to use too!

takes great pictures but it eats batteries very quickly. rechargable batteries do not last but 10 min.

This is a great camera for the everyday person. It's lightweight and simple to use. The zoom features are great. The only downfall is the delay it sometimes has when trying to take multiple pictures. Perhaps there are other features that I could use to change that, but I don't feel like taking the time to try. Asides from that it takes great pictures.