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

Ok so my title was dramatic, but I do love this camera.. It is easy to use, though I am still learning more about it's settings to really be able to use it to it's total potential..
This takes great pictures and has functions that you only find on much more expensive cameras ( though I have to say when I first looked online here a while back now this camera was under $120, glad I got it when I did)
When I say it's changed my life, it so easy to carry with me in my purse that I have captured some priceless pictures because I was prepared. It's changed how I look at things, I see seemingly random/ordinary things and makes me rethink them when snapping a pic..
I would suggest rechargeable batteries for it though as regular ones are short lived on here, also I would invest in a memory card I bought one here on amazon for $10 and it holds a ton of picture and is a great addition to my wonderful camera.

Really, love the camera worth even the price now for what is called a "point and shoot" this is an AMAZING product.. Highly suggested..

my quarrel with this product is that it is a fine camera, but it throws it away by emitimg a dumbed-down format like jpeg. This format is used to save memory stick space, but folks, memory is cheap! It locks you out of good computer processing of your images, something your grand-children might want to do with your images, even if you don't. Use of this format is unecessary for any camera over 2 megapixels. and harmful to your photographic health. You need "raw" a faithful image of what your camera sees.
THat's the bad news, but the good news is the camera mfrs are finally coming out with raw shooters in this price range. So wait. And also look for cams that do bracketed exposures automatically at different exposures, emiting raw. Then you've got the photographic world by the horns because you can do HDR, high dynamic range. It's actually easy.
I am looking for a small cam to compliment my $5,000 Nikon monster, but I won't settle for a jpeg-shooter.
What's that You say you just want to take a few snaps and dont care about this rocket-science? Let me tell you a story. A friend's wife sent me a pic of animals expressing friendship to each other, a real "aww shucks" photo that I loved and wanted to print out and process. But it was in low res jpeg. Useless. OK, hi res jpeg would have been better, BUT:
It won't cost you much more money to use raw. Why not get your money's worth? You have an advanced 10 megapixel range sensor in even the cheapest cam these days, why throw it away on jpeg when some engineer made the wrong design decision? It's yours for your money, free! Demand it! ANd you don't have to use raw all the time, a simple switch will set you to jpeg if you want throw-away pics...
Wait like a cat and pounce when the camera mfrs offer raw with bracketed exposure.
By the way, programs to process photos on your computer are often free. Photomatix is used for HDR, using raw. Gimp is a free photoshop clone. Now HDR will give you control over your exposure of dark and light areas of your photos. A crappy shot will be saved and maybe turned into a wow shot. It's hard to shoot perfect photos out in the field. I have spent hours getting the "right" shot. Then I saw what computer processing can do, and I instantly realized that it could make a pro photo from an inexpensive camera. Or a good phto from a lousy shot. And most of your shots will be lousy, trust me. Even the pros throw away 90% of their shots. Less work, wow quality, mmmmm. Come to mama...

Have had this camera since March, and I love it. I had a Digital Elph before this, so I was a little spoiled by how tiny they are and how easily they fit into a pocketbook, but this one can fit, too... just a little bulkier because of the "hump" for the batteries.

It takes clear pictures and video, has withstood my dropping it, and does a good job of focusing on faces.

Two negatives: first, the lag between photos can be unbearable, particularly when the flash has been discharged. I tried taking pictures in a theatre and had to wait literally about 30 seconds in between shots... which is terrible when you're trying to capture something as it's happening! When I loaned the camera to someone, she told me, "I'd return it if I were you. I have no idea how you stand that."

Thing is, I love just about everything else about it. If I had the money, I'd buy a different camera to use indoors and keep this one for the outdoors/good lighting shots.

The other negative is that it really isn't great with red eyes. My whole family is prone to red eyes, and haven't yet found a camera that reliably fixes that problem.

I'm still a fan.

Excellent deal regardless of the cost. Quality photos match that of any camera. Video is very exceptional.

For the price, this one is a steal. The manual settings give you a lot of control while the image stabilization works perfectly to give you great shots.
This is a great camera for a budding photographer to test his skills before jumping on to a SLR. After one gets a good grasp of the controls, the photos come out stunning.

One problem is that the time between shots is a bit high, and I have missed out some great moments because of this. Also the compartment for the battery and the SD card could have been improved upon