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Canon A590 IS

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	8.00 Megapixels
	4.00x zoom
	2.5 inch LCD

Canon A590 IS Intro

Positioned in upper-middle tier of the PowerShot A-series and replacing the A570 IS, the Canon PowerShot A590 IS offers a number of enhancements and advancements at a savings of about $100 over the previous model's list price.

Canon A590 IS Features

The Canon PowerShot A590 IS has an eight megapixel CCD imager coupled with a Canon-branded 4x optical zoom lens which is optically stabilized. Images are framed on the 115,000 pixel 2.5-inch LCD display, or using the optical viewfinder. The A590 IS offers users the option of 19 shooting modes, including aperture- and shutter-priority modes plus fully manual shooting, and an "Easy" mode which reduces complexity of the on-screen information overlay and disables all external controls except for the shutter button, flash button and zoom lever. Images and movies are stored on SD / MMC cards, including the newer SDHC, MMC+ and HC MMC+ types. The PowerShot A590 IS does not contain internal storage memory, but a 32MB MMC card is included in the product bundle. The A590 IS derives its power from two AA batteries, with single-use alkalines included.

The A590 IS includes some of Canon's latest technology enhancements (adapted from the press release):

• Revised Face Detection. The Canon A590 IS automatically detects, tracks, focuses and optimizes the exposure on up-to nine forward looking human faces in the frame or can lock onto a specific face in the crowd, ensuring that all (or one) are in focus and properly exposed, with or without flash. While the Face Detection algorithm automatically prioritizes up to 9 human faces in a scene, it can also be instructed via the Face Select and Track function to lock on to a single face in the crowd, ensuring that the chosen countenance is finely focused, no matter where it appears in the frame. In addition to focus and exposure control, the new A-series cameras now use Face Detection Technology to improve white balance, providing more consistent color accuracy than earlier models.
• Canon’s innovative and exclusive Motion Detection technology consolidates motion information for both the camera and the photographic subject and determines whether the subject has moved and what if any adjustments to focus or exposure needs to be made. It will even detect and assess subject movement between each frame, making it quicker and easier to capture a series of images. Additionally, when paired with Canon’s Optical Image Stabilization system – offered on the PowerShot A590 IS camera among other PowerShot models – the motion detection system’s onboard vibration-detecting gyro senses and compensates for movement due to camera shake, even if the subject remains still.
• The Canon A590 IS's new Hi-ISO Auto function works together with Motion Detection Technology to reduces the effect of blur in low light shooting situations by automatically changing and balancing the ISO sensitivity along with the shutter speed.
• A new AF-Point Zoom feature that works together with the A590 IS's advanced Face Detection Technology to enable users to double check facial expressions before snapping photos. Once it has been enabled in the recording menu, AF-Point Zoom can be engaged when photographing people simply by pressing the shutter button halfway.
• Canon's newly developed Automatic Red Eye Correction, an optional feature that engages while shooting, minimizes the need for correction before printing or sharing your A590 IS images. A more aggressive red eye correction function is available during playback.

Canon A590 IS Pricing and Availability

The Canon A590 IS begins shipping March 2008, and is priced at about US$180.