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PowerShot A590 IS
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PowerShot A590 IS

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FEATURES



Compact and Stylish Design
Packed with advanced processing power, this compact and ergonomically designed camera is easy to use and swift to operate
2.5" LCD screen with wide viewing angle

Superb Image Quality
Powered by Canon's proprietary advanced DIGIC III Imaging Processor
Benefits:
- Multiple-face detection
- High speed ISO 1600 shooting
- Red-eye correction
- Low power consumption

Crystal Clear Images
Advanced Face Detection Technology is a complete system that captures perfect people picture
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Multiple Face Detection intellectually detects and priorities faces in the scene to give you stunningly photograph of subjects' faces with sharpness and the right exposure
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Face Select and Tracking allows users to prioritize an individual's face from up to 35 detected faces
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AF-point Zoom lets you see your subject's expression close-up before capturing them in their best smiles
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Face Detection AE cleverly adjusts to the ideal exposure setting for that perfectly lit face
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Face Detection FE captures your main subject in the most flattering light during flash photography
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Face Detection WB (NEW) optimizes white balance for the face under any shooting conditions
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Corrects and eliminates Red-Eye on your subject during flash photography and playback

Intelligent Blur Control
Hi-ISO Auto with Motion Detection Technology detects if the subject is stationary or moving and automatically adjusts to the optimum ISO levels to compensate

Campture Moving Footages
Long Play (LP) Movie function allows you to record longer footages with lesser memory consumption
Ease of operations
Reduce the size of the photographs, which you have just taken instantly with Resize on Playback
Enjoy the flexibility of viewing your footages and images upright no matter if you turn your camera horizontally or vertically

Unlimited Creativity Possibilities
NEW Easy mode is even easier to operate than the Auto mode and offers worry-free pure photography pleasure
Mode dial provides easy access to a variety of shooting modes
- Manual: P, Tv, Av and M
- Point-and-shoot Automatic: Auto and Easy (NEW)
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Preprogrammed scenes: Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids and Pets, Indoor, SCN* (Special Scene) and Movie
* Special Scene Mode: Night Scene, Sunset (NEW), Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, and Aqusarium

My Colors Mode: Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black and White and Custom Color*
* Adjustment of contrast, sharpness and saturation are available

Shoot and Print Direct
Print up to A2 size directly from Canon direct photo printers and any PictBridge compliant printer without PC
Easy print and transfer of images with just a simple touch of the Print/Share button. Plan what you want to print before you reached home, using the print reservation function
Exif 2.2 compliant for greater colour fidelity when printing to EXIF compatible printers

Connectivity
High speed USB 2.0 transfer rate
Direct connectivity and transfer to both Windows (Window 2000 and above) and Mac computers (Mac OSX c10.1.5 and above)


 

SPECIFICATIONS



Image Sensor (CCD)  
Camera Effective Pixels Approx 8.0 Million pixels, 1/2.5-inch type
Lens  
Focal Length (35mm film equivalent) 4x zoom: 35(W) - 140(T)mm
Focusing Range Normal: 45cm(1.5ft. - infinity)
Marco: 5 - 45cm(W), 30 - 45cm(T) (2.0in. - 1.5ft(W), 12in. - 1.5ft(T))
Image stablilizer (IS) system Lens-shift type
Imaging Processor DIGIC III
Viewfinder Real-image optical zoom viewfinder
LCD Monitor  
Type 2.5-inch type,colour LCD (Effective dots: Approx 115,000 pixels)
Focus AF (Face Detect * 1 * 2 / AiAF (9-points), centre)
* 1 AF frame can be moved and fixed to specified face
* 2 If no face is detected, AiAF(9-points) are used
Metering System Evaluation * 1, Center-weighted average, Spot* 2
* 1 Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect AF
* 2 Fixed to center
ISO Speed (Standard Output Sensitivity, Rcomended Exposure Index) Auto, High ISO Auto,
ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600
White Balance Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
* The colours of faces are evaluated in Face Detect AF
Shutter  
Type Mechanical shutter and electronic shutter
Speed 1/60 - 1/2000sec.
15 - 1/2000sec. (Shutter speed range throughout all shooting modes)
Aperture  
Type Iris Type
f/number f/2.6 - f/8.0 (W), f/5.5 - f/8.0 (T)
Flash  
Range 30cm - 3.5m (W), 30cm - 2.2m (T)
(12in. - 11ft. (W), 12in. - 7.2ft. (T))
Shooting Specifications  
Shooting Modes Auto, Easy, P, Tv, Av, M, Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, SCN*, Movie
* Night Scene, Sunset, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium
Digital Zoom Still images/Movies: Approx. 4.0x (up to approx. 16x in combination with the optical zoom), Safety Zoom, Digital Tele-converter
Main features Auto Category, Auto red-eye correction, AF-Point Zoom
Continuous Shooting Approx. 1.4 shots/sec.
Number of Images shot (CIPA) Approx. 200 images (alkaline), Approx. 450 images (NiMH)
Recording Specifications  
Recording Media SD memory card, SDHC memory card,
MultiMediaCard, MMC plus card, HC MMC plus card
File Format Design rule for camera file system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
Data Type Still Images: Exif2.2 (JPEG)
Movies: AVI type [Image data: Motion JPEG, Audio data: WAVE (monaural)]
Sound memos: WAVE (monaural)
Number of Recording Pixels Still Images: Large: 3264 x 2448,
Medium 1: 2592 x 1944,
Medium 2: 2048 x 1536,
Medium 3: 1600 x 1200,
Small: 640 x 480,
Date stamp:1600 x 1200,
Widescreen:3264 x 1832
Movies: Standard: 640 x 480 (20fps/20fps LP)/320 x 240 (30fps) Compact: 160 x 120 (15fps)
Playback Specifications  
Main Features Still Images: My category, resize, Image Inspection Tool, Overexposure warning, Slide Show (limited type), transition effects
Movies: Auto rotate, resume
Direct Print PictBridge, Canon Direct Print, Bubble Jet Direct
Display Languages 25 languages
Interface Hi-Speed USB* (mini B), Audio/Video Output
* MTP, PTP supported
Power Source AA Alkaline batteries x2
AA rechargeable NiMH batteries x2 (NB-3AH*)
*Pack of 4: NBA-300
AC Adapter Kit ACK800
Dimensions (excluding protrusions) 94.3 x 64.7 x 40.8mm (3.71 x 2.55 x 1.61in.)
Weight (camera body only) Approx. 175g (6.17oz.)


 

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ACCESSORIES



Accessories
Tele-converter Lens TC-DC52A*
Wide converter WC-DC52*
Close-Up Lens 250D (52mm)
High Power Flash HF-DC1
* Conversion Lens Adapter LA-DC52G required

 

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