Canon PowerShot A580 first look

In general, it's best not to expect too much from a budget camera: the 8-megapixel Canon PowerShot A580 exemplifies this philosophy. Sure, it's got a clunky design, feels cheap, and doesn't have all the latest features (in fact for about the same price or a little more you can get the A590 IS, which adds image stabilization). However, it does take great pictures for its class with minimal effort.

The A580 has a decent selection of Canon's shooting technologies. It offers no fewer than 16 shooting modes, including seven special scene modes such as Foliage, Fireworks, and Aquarium, the latter for capturing images of indoor aquariums without a flash. In Easy mode the camera makes all the decisions, Manual mode gives full access to all menu settings, exposure compensation, and white balance. But most important, the A580 has a face-detection-and-tracking system that worked as promised, keeping the selected face in focus even as the person moved among other people.

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[TheTeaguin]

wow, this guy is critisizing the camera yet the video quality of this video is terrible.. that camera has much better quality than this video.

[dreamstwice]

Most boring reviewer ever.... sounds like he's falling asleep, and he talks down every camera he "reviews"

[marianavalon]

there is a editing software for a580 . .? i dont know how to use my cam . .its a580 [canon] also. .

[Shadow4909]

try filming in the dark it seems like there are sparkles

[Stsmak]

i have the exact same camera

[Tomtanza]

SERIOUSLY!!! it seems like that

[chookandhook]

Everyone who works for cnet is a senior editor lol