Post by ebolton on Dec 31, 2010 15:30:52 GMT -5
...is one of my favorite digital cameras.
My boss at work has one. He's not a photoenthusiast (that I know of) but he is a smart guy and a cancer survivor. His A590 lives in our lab at work, and is basically the office camera. Having used it a lot, and come to like it, I bought my own (new) for around $150. It became my carry-around camera, displacing the film cameras (especially my Canonet GIII 17) I had used for that previously. Last year, I gave it to my son to take to college, and I have missed it greatly. I had a much better digicam (Canon G11), but the G11 just a little too big and heavy to replace the A590. So I bought a used A590 on ebay, which just arrived in good order, and now I'm pretty happy.
What I like:
-full manual controls
-full auto controls
-everything in between the above
-reasonably small, light
-8MP, image stabilisation, very good IQ especially at low ISO
-CHDK is available to get RAW and more high-end performace out of it
-AA batteries. I'm rarely outside of walking distance for repowering the camera.
-Optical viewfinder. Not a stellar one, but it is there and it helps.
I'm just an occasional lurker here, but I'm happy and I felt like crowing to guys who would understand.
As far as collector value- probably not that much, though I think the A590IS was the last A series with an optical viewfinder and manual mode. Maybe that counts.
Regards and happy holidays!
My boss at work has one. He's not a photoenthusiast (that I know of) but he is a smart guy and a cancer survivor. His A590 lives in our lab at work, and is basically the office camera. Having used it a lot, and come to like it, I bought my own (new) for around $150. It became my carry-around camera, displacing the film cameras (especially my Canonet GIII 17) I had used for that previously. Last year, I gave it to my son to take to college, and I have missed it greatly. I had a much better digicam (Canon G11), but the G11 just a little too big and heavy to replace the A590. So I bought a used A590 on ebay, which just arrived in good order, and now I'm pretty happy.
What I like:
-full manual controls
-full auto controls
-everything in between the above
-reasonably small, light
-8MP, image stabilisation, very good IQ especially at low ISO
-CHDK is available to get RAW and more high-end performace out of it
-AA batteries. I'm rarely outside of walking distance for repowering the camera.
-Optical viewfinder. Not a stellar one, but it is there and it helps.
I'm just an occasional lurker here, but I'm happy and I felt like crowing to guys who would understand.
As far as collector value- probably not that much, though I think the A590IS was the last A series with an optical viewfinder and manual mode. Maybe that counts.
Regards and happy holidays!
