Canon Powershot A580.

Bought a new camera Canon powershot A580 from Challenger.



The Canon Powershot A580 is a new 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 Technology, Face Detection White Balance, Face Select & Track for tracking moving subjects, and Auto Red-Eye Correction when taking a picture and wide selection of ISO sensitivities, white-balance control. Shooting in auto and manual mode, also with movie shooting.

The A580 has a impressive look for a camera of its size and weight, not so much bulky as it is stocky and substantial, though still compact. It feels like a camera that won't fall apart with use. It's lightweight and reasonably small, though the body itself feels unduly thick and the grip along the right-front contrarily shallow. Batteries and the memory card are readily accessible and A/V connections are easy to find.



The LCD screen is clear and large, essentially as large as possible within the confines of the body, which contrasts heavily with the pointlessly tiny, optical viewfinder centered above it. We might not be in use and couldn't help but will much convenience to look at the LCD as focus.

The A580 fits the mold of a standard design: an invariable zoom control surrounds the front-right shutter release; on top the camera is a standard mode wheel; and along the right are various menu controls and a selector to choose between camera and playback mode. Said buttons on the back are a bit small but as long its quite handy. The bundle includes a USB cable, an A/V cable, 2 gb SD memory card, batteries and charger and the original software CD and card reader.

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The powershot A580's menu is intuitive and easily navigable, and all of the camera's settings are accessible within a few button-presses. It also comes with a few programs to facilitate uploading, editing, printing and emailing photos off of the camera's USB connection, and all work as they should via clean, easy to understand interfaces. Camera features soon trying out more of its result.