Canon PowerShot A590 IS

The PowerShot A590 IS will astound you with its power-packed performance and impressive value. It's got 8.0-megapixels, a 4x optical zoom, an Optical Image Stabilizer and a large 2.5-inch LCD. A range of shooting modes - from manual to automatic including Canon's new Easy Mode - make picture-taking carefree. A DIGIC III Image Processor with Enhanced Canon Face Detection assures natural-looking results, while Motion Detection Technology reduces blur. For added creativity, attach wide or telephoto converter lenses.

8.0 Megapixels with 4x Optical Zoom

With the PowerShot A590 IS, dramatic, personal pictures have never been easier to shoot and share. The 8.0-megapixel design lets you create impressive high resolution images of family and friends you'll be proud display. The genuine Canon 4x zoom lens moves you in for powerful close-ups-like a bird in flight or a child's winning goal-at the touch of a button. Plus, Canon's highly sophisticated Optical Image Stabilizer keeps every shot absolutely steady even when you're not.

2.5-inch LCD

The camera's 2.5-inch LCD screen gives you the big picture, whether you're shooting, reviewing or showing off your images. This high-resolution screen offers a crisp, clear and bright picture. It also features Night Display for easy viewing in low light.

Shooting Modes

With 19 Shooting Modes including 7 Special Scene Modes, you're ready for whatever shot comes your way.

Auto
The camera chooses all the settings so you can concentrate on your subject.
Easy
Even if you've never picked up a camera before, with Canon's new Easy Mode you can take inspiring, dramatic pictures that will impress everyone. Once you choose Easy Mode, the PowerShot A590 IS handles all the details automatically. It automatically sets every camera control including the flash to reduce blur and improve image quality. So you get pictures that are bright, clear and natural just by pushing a button. Best of all, you can relax and concentrate on what really counts-your subject.
P Program
Access advanced exposure compensation features while shooting mostly automatically.
Av Aperture-priority
You define the aperture to either isolate your subject or have clarity throughout the entire picture, and the camera will choose the corresponding shutter speed.
Tv Shutter-priority
You select the shutter speed to stop or blur action, and the camera finds the appropriate aperture. With slow exposure times, Canon's noise reduction system activates to ensure low image noise.
Manual
The ultimate in creative control, you set both aperture and shutter speed manually.
Portrait
The camera sets a large aperture, focusing the subject and artistically blurring the background to make your subject "pop."
Landscape
For front to back sharpness, the camera sets a small aperture.
Indoor
Reduce blur and improve color accuracy when shooting handheld indoors.
Kids & Pets
Reduced focusing time for even faster shutter response, so you won't miss those special shots.
Night Snapshot
Get natural-looking pictures with brighter backgrounds and subjects lit by flash.
Movie
Shoot in VGA (640 x 480 at 20 fps/20 fps LP), QVGA (320 x 240 at 30 fps) for up to 1 hour or 4GB), or QQVGA (160 x 120 at 15 fps) for up to 3 minutes.
Special Scene Mode
Foliage
Capture brilliant shots of autumn foliage, greenery and blossoms.
Snow
Shoot clear snow scenes without darkened subjects or an unnatural bluish tint.
Beach
Get clear shots of people at a sunny beach without darkened faces.
Sunset
Capture stunning sunsets with all the dazzle and impact.
Fireworks
Grab brilliant images of skyrocketing fireworks.
Night Scene
For impressive nightlife shots, the camera properly exposes the background and uses slow-sync flash for the subject.
Aquarium
Achieve proper flash-free exposure and natural hues at indoor aquariums.

DIGIC III Image Processor

With DIGIC III, your images boast superior quality, the camera operates at top efficiency and battery life is enhanced. What's more, DIGIC III enables Canon's Face Detection Technology and Red-eye Correction to give you better, more true-to-life people shots. Simply press the Shutter Button halfway down, and the camera automatically pinpoints the faces in the scene and chooses the ideal focus point. The camera controls exposure settings and flash to keep every face looking bright and natural. Red-eye Correction can be handled in-camera, in two ways. The entirely new Red-eye Correction during shooting uses the Face Detection Technology to recognize and remove red-eye from flash images as they're taken, before the file is written to the memory card. It's also possible to correct red-eye during image playback, using simple settings in the A590 IS's menu.

iSAPS Technology is an entirely original scene-recognition technology developed for digital cameras by Canon. Using an internal database of thousands of different photos, iSAPS works with the fast DIGIC III Image Processor to improve focus speed and accuracy, as well as exposure and white balance.

Canon's powerful Face Detection Technology delivers even better results with the new A590 IS. The Face Detection Technology continues to recognize faces in a scene, and concentrate exposure (daylight or flash) and focus upon them. But the A590 IS adds more: Face Detection WB means the camera concentrates upon faces when calculating white balance for the best possible skin tones. Face Select and Track lets the A590 IS user highlight one face among several in a scene, and the camera concentrates on that person, even as they move around the scene. Face Detection Technology is a powerful contributing factor in Canon's new Motion Detection Technology.

Red-eye Correction provides three options for removing red-eye from subjects in flash pictures.
1) The new Red-eye Correction during shooting actually identifies and corrects red-eye in human subjects as pictures are taken.
2) The A590 IS can be set to automatically detect and correct red-eye during image playback.
3) The user can manually locate any red eyes in a scene during image playback on the LCD screen, and command the camera to remove them.

The PowerShot A590 IS features ISO 1600 and High ISO Auto settings that reduce the effects of camera shake and sharpen subjects in low-light situations, giving you greater shooting flexibility.

Motion Detection Technology

Life doesn't stand still for picture-taking. That's why Canon included its advanced Motion Detection Technology in the PowerShot A590 IS. This sophisticated feature works in the background to instantly evaluate how fast your subject is moving. Then it automatically selects and sets the optimal exposure and ISO settings to keep everything looking sharp and clear. So whether you're shooting a bride walking down the aisle, a ballet recital or even a child's soccer game, you can relax and shoot with confidence knowing you've got the picture you intended.

Accepts Wide-Angle and Telephoto Converter Lenses

To expand your creativity, the PowerShot A590 IS is compatible with shooting accessories such as wide and tele converter lenses, High-Power Flash designed for all of the PowerShot models.

Print/Share Button

The PowerShot A590 IS's Print/Share button makes direct printing easier than ever. Simply connect the A590 IS to a Canon PIXMA Photo Printer or SELPHY Compact Photo Printer or any PictBridge compatible photo printer, press the lighted Print/Share button and print! Also use the Print/Share button to transfer images to a computer (Windows® and Macintosh®).

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Sensor • 1/2.5 " Type CCD
• 8.0 million effective pixels

Image Processor
DIGIC III with iSAPS technology

Image sizes • 3264 x 2448
• 3264 x 1832
• 2592 x 1944
• 2048 x 1536
• 1600 x 1200
• 640 x 480

Movie clips • 640 x 480 @ 20fps
• 320 x 240 @ 30fps
• 160 x 120 @ 15fps

File formats • JPEG (EXIF 2.2)
• AVI [Motion JPEG compression]
• WAVE audio (mono)

Lens
• 4x optical zoom
• 35– 140mm (35mm equivalent)
• 5.8 - 23.2 mm
• F2.6 - 5.5

Image stabilization Yes, Lens-shift

Conversion lenses • Tele-converter 1.75x TC-DC52A
• Wide-converter 0.7x WC-DC52
• Close-up Lens 250D (52mm)
• Conversion Lens Adapter LA-DC52G

Digital zoom Up to 4x

Focus TTL autofocus

AF area modes • AiAF (Face Detection/9-point)
• 1-point AF (fixed centre or Face Select and Track)

AF assist lamp Yes

Closest focus distance 5cm from front of lens
(Macro mode)

Metering • Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame)
• Centre-weighted average
• Spot (centre)

ISO sensitivity AUTO, High ISO Auto (incorporating Motion Detection Technology), 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600

Exposure compensation +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments

Exposure bracketing no

Shutter speed • 1/60 - 1/2000 sec (factory default)
• 15 - 1/2000 sec (total range - varies by shooting mode)

Aperture unspecified

Modes

Auto, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Easy, Movie, Special Scene

Scene modes Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Night Scene, Sunset, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium

White balance Auto (including Face Detection WB), Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom

White balance fine tune n/a

Self timer 2 or 10 sec, custom

Continuous shooting n/a

Image parameters My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Custom Color (limited))

Flash • Auto, Manual Flash On / Off, Slow sync, red eye reduction
• Range: 30cm - 3.5m (wide), 2.2m (tele)

Viewfinder n/a

LCD monitor • 2.5” TFT
• approx. 115,000 dots

Connectivity • USB 2.0 High Speed
• AV out (PAL/NTSC)

Print compliance • EXIF Print
• DPOF 1.1

Storage • SD, SDHC, MMC, MMCplus, HC MMCplus.
• 32MB memory card supplied

Power • 2x Size-AA Alkaline or NiMH Batteries (Alkalines supplied)
• AC Adapter Kit ACK800 (optional)

Weight (no batt) 175g (6.2 oz)

Dimensions 94.3 x 64.7 x 40.8mm
(3,7 x 2.5 x 1.6 in)