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 - Canon goes cheap, in a bad way.Just a note to anyone consider the A590IS camera. I bought mine and tested for 3 hours. This is to replace my older 3.2 Megapixel Canon A510 (Which is not a perfect camera, but quite a good one!) Short story: Stay away from the A590IS, it is not better than the 3 year old A510! Very disappointed at Canon for putting out this subpar product. CONS: -Pictures are soft, almost out of focus. Compared A/B with the 510 on same shots identical settings at 3 Megapixels. 510 wins hands down. -Plastic case instead of metal. Cheap and light feel. If it falls, it is toast. -Screen is larger, but also are the pixels. So, same resolution at a larger screen = very poor poor LCD image quality. -Most of the advanced features, such as focus review etc, rely heavily on the LCD, which is of poor quality, so the new features are useless! -Uninmpressed by the Image Stabilization feature. But maybe I was expecting miracles here. -No Panorama mode. (510 had a stitch mode where you could panel Left to Right and overlap the pics). I used this a lot in the old camera. -Batteries and SD card in same compartment. When I take the SD card out, the batteries tend to fall out. Its just a cumbersome process! -The so called 8 megapixels in this CCD are a bit of a joke. There wasn't a huge difference between taking a 3 megapixel pic and stretching up in Photoshop, compared to the same pic at 8 Megapixel. Very soft! Rating:  - Good cameraIt's a point and shoot. As good or better than the competition. YOu're not going to do a National Geographic shoot with it but it's a handy little gadget to carry with. Rating:  - Very good CameraThis is a very good Camera and not very hard to use. It could have a neck or hand strap for safty. Over all I am very happy. Thanks to all. Rating: - Canon A590 is a great value.Not my first Canon. Liked my last PowerShot. Needed to upgrade to more mp, etc. Just as easy to use as my last one, but better pics. Rating: - Canon A590ISI was a little disappointed with the first one I received as I took it on vacation and noticed that there must have been internal defect that left a line on all of the photos with light blue and tan in the backgound ?! ... however, Amazon was great at exchanging it. I have nothing, but good things to say about the replacement. Overall, it's great value for the money and it takes much better photos than my old Fuji which is why I still give it a 4 of 5 despite my negative impressions of the first one.
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