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This budget digicam feels anything but cheap and offers solid performance.

Optical viewfinder, Fast 4X zoom lens, Good ergonomics...

Settings can be confusing, Low-resolution LCD viewfinder, No built-in memory...

Canon has assembled a good mix of ergonomics, features, and image quality, at an affordable price with the A580. And it looks, feels, and shoots like a camera that costs more than $149.
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The Canon Powershot A580 is a new entry-level, point-and-shoot digital camera offering an 8 megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom lens (35-140mm), 2.5 inch LCD screen and an optical viewfinder. New features for 2008 include blur-reducing Motion Detection...

The Canon PowerShot A580 is a worthy successor to an entire line of moderately priced, yet capable compact cameras marketed by Canon over the past couple of years. In two weeks of use, I have found basic operation to be highly intuitive, with the cont...
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No entry-level bargain camera is going to score highly on our comprehensive tests, but the Canon PowerShot A580 proved to be pretty scrappy. Thanks to its DIGIC III processor, its performance was nothing to sneeze at. And the same imaging engine gave i...

DIGIC III image processor just like the big boys, Motion detection to adjust ISO for best exposure, Facial detection for portraits and to confirm those smiles afterwards, Good body design, easy to hold and lightweight, Good color saturation, Good indoo...

Difficult battery/card compartment latch, Burned out highlights with blooming, Poor digital zoom, Flash washes out extreme Macro shots, High barrel distortion, High chromatic aberration at wide angle, Soft corners at wide angle, High contrast in harsh...

No entry-level bargain camera is going to score highly on our comprehensive tests, but the Canon PowerShot A580 proved to be pretty scrappy. Thanks to its DIGIC III processor, its performance was nothing to sneeze at. And the same imaging engine gave i...
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Canons A-series entry-level point-and-shoot cameras are high-quality, easy-to-use, and very affordable—in short, theyre a terrific value. Case in point: We were impressed with the PowerShot A590 ISs advanced features and sweet sub-$200 price. The...

Inexpensive, even for an entry-level camera. Face detection.

Fewer features than the $179.99 PowerShot A590 IS. Bulky, boring design.

The Canon PowerShot A580 is a fine entry-level point-and-shooter, but for $30 more you can get the nearly identical A590 IS, which adds image stabilization and manual controls...
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Sharing most of the features and visual virtues of its image stabilized sibling, the PowerShot A590 IS, including a fast 4X (35mm-140mm equivalent) optical zoom lens, the PowerShot A580 camera features an 8-megapixel CCD image sensor, the option of ful...
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infosyncworld.com Updated: 2011-08-17 06:10:49
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The Canon PowerShot A580 undercuts the PowerShot 590 IS by $30 but lacks some key features. Is it a better deal?...

good overall image quality, wide selection of ISO sensitivities, white-balance control.

Slow image-processing, tends to over-sharpen, some fringing issues, serious focus-inconsistency.

Ignoring the existence of the PowerShot A590 IS, the Canon PowerShot A580 would be a great point-and-shoot for the money. Unfortunately, for our recommendation, the A590 IS does exist, it offers optical image-stabilization and possibly superior focus...
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