Updated 14 Feb, 2012, 6:01 pm IST

REVIEWS / POINT AND SHOOT / CANON INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Canon PowerShot A590

06 May, 2008, 2:43 pm IST | Laiq Qureshi | Point and Shoot

The A590 features 4x optical zoom while the megapixel count is 8.0. The optical image stabilizer makes shooting in full zoom fun; it also minimizes any blur caused by shaky hands.

One USP of this camera is that it allows full manual control, right down to manual focus (which is digital, but that’s okay). Apart from the usual scene mode, the A590 has included something called the 'easy' mode, where you need only worry about the flash.

The scene modes are a wonder to use, though we will concentrate on some of the manual traits of the camera. For starters, if you don’t want to get bogged down by all the manual controls, you have separate modes to control exposure compensation settings as well as the aperture priority mode. In each case, you get to control one while the other is accordingly calculated by the camera itself.

The scene modes on offer include Fireworks, Aquarium, Night Scene, Sunset, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Indoor, Kids and Pets, Night Snapshot, Landscape, and Portrait.

The lens offers a zoom range equivalent of 35-140mm, while the aperture ranges from f/2.6-f/5.5. White balance issues were noticeable, although not so much in auto mode. While tungsten imbued photos with some unneeded blue, the daylight mode had a touch of extra warmth. I would recommend using the auto mode, especially when indoors or under false lighting.

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