Canon A590 IS

Pros: Excellent Image Quality, Battery Life, DIGIC III Image Processor, Face Detection, AA Batteries

Cons: Flash Recharge Time Could Be Improved

The Bottom Line: Excellent digicam choice with image quality and features that are difficult to beat in this price range.  It's hard not to recommend a great product offering like this.

Review: Introduction Let me start by providing some background on my experience with digital cameras. I bought my first 1.3 Megapixel digicam back in 1999 for $219.99 when digital cameras were just starting to gain popularity in the marketplace. ...

Pros: great image quality, excellent color rendition, easy to use, uses AA batteries

Cons: choppy fps in video mode, low resolution screen, no panorama assist

The Bottom Line: I'd recommended this camera because of its great value, features, and ease of use.

Review: I own several cameras (digital and film) and this is by far the most fun of all to use. The reason is quite simple; it's a small camera that is easy to use, and takes great pictures. It allows me to concentrate on taking pictures instead of worrying ...

Pros: Versatile unit with lots of bells and whistles for the price

Cons: Bulky, flash recycle times a bit long

The Bottom Line: Great point-and-shoot and simple to use but also gives the option to control nearly every advanced feature if desired.

Review: I upgraded to this camera from the Canon A95 that I bought several years ago. What a difference 2-3 years makes with digital cameras! This is an 8 megapixel unit with a 4x optical zoom. The digital zoom can take you up to 16x, but I generally disable ...

Pros: Tons of settings, great pics, videos, large LCD monitor

Cons: Some settings for advanced users

The Bottom Line: A great camera for casual users or for folks looking for more advanced settings. I recommend it!

Review: I purchased this camera about a month ago when my other digital camera (reviewed in my Epinions page) finally gave up the ghost. After reading reviews of cameras on Amazon.com, this particular camera stuck out for the features it had, with a reasonable ...

Pros: AA batteries, long battery life, many useful settings and options.

Cons: Long camera lag, especially with flash.

The Bottom Line: Highly recommend this camer.  It is very easy to use.  It has great settings for the beginner photographer.  It takes great pictures in different settings and light.

Review: This is a great camera.  It fits well in the hand and has a lot of wonderful features.  My first shots were taken of flowers in Florida using different settings to experiment with them and took professional level photos.  It is easy to use ...

Pros: easy to use, night shot, large display window

Cons: uses AA batteries, upgrade to rechargeable batteries

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this to anyone, whether you are a beginner or an advanced user. Very easy to use!

Review: I personal think this camera is great, especially for a beginner in digital photography. It takes great pictures with a lot of different settings. The night shot is terrific. it turns out crystal clear even in the dark. The only down side to that is you ...

Pros: manual features, image stabilizer, face detection, motion sensor

Cons: the flash recycle time is a little bit on the slow side

The Bottom Line: Buy it! You will not regret it!

Review: This camera has all the bells and whistles that you need in a small compact point and shoot. For the more technical ones: it has M, AV, TV and P modes to help you set your own settings. Images are incredibly crisp up to 200 ISO. This camera can go all ...

Pros: Has over 15 shooting modes, great resolution. clarity after 10x zoom! Produces macro pictures!

Cons: No B&W mode, slow flash recycle, Doesn't have sepia mode as well. No internal memory.

Review: Fun camera with over 15 shooting modes, has a great resolution and is fairly priced. Great price for what you are getting. It has a great macro function, image stabilizer. You can take pictures with the 10x zoom and the picture is still completely clear! ...

Pros: Easy to set up and learn to use. Alkaline batteries last a long time.

Cons: To0 many manual photo options for the average person to use.

Review: The Canon A 590 does everything more expensive cameras do and does it easier and more intuitely. The viewfinder is large and bright. The controls and camera settings are easy to use. The body is sturdy and lightweight. I paid $160 for my A ...

Pros: Cheap, IS, 8 megapixels, 4X optical zoom, and uses available anywhere AA batteries

Cons: Redeye, some corner softness and minor chromatic aberration (purple fringing), slow flash re-charge

The Bottom Line: The Powershot A590 IS is Canon's P&S digicam value champ

Review: At the end of the 19th century most photographers still captured images with large, unwieldy glass plates loaded into very slow tripod mounted view cameras, but the introduction in 1888 of the boxy little Kodak "Brownie" roll film camera changed all ...