Name: Canon PowerShot A590 IS
Brand: Canon
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Items marked with a_,, are lists or charts that summarize camera functions

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Please Read .................................... 6

Preparations ................................. 10

Shooting Still Images (l!_ Mode) .................. 15

Viewing Still Images ........................... 18

Erasing ...................................... 19

Printing ..................................... 20

Embedding the Date in the Image Data ........... 22

Shooting Movies (1_] Standard Mode) ............... 24

Viewing Movies ............................... 26

Downloading Images to a Computer ............. 27

System Map .................................. 34

Components Guide 40

Indicators ...................................... 43

Basic Operations 44

_'Menus and Settings .............................. 44

_lnformation Displayed on the LCD Monitor and Menus... 46

Using the LCD Monitor ............................ 54

Commonly Used Shooting Functions 56

[] E$3Using the Optical Zoom ...................... 56

Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tete-Converter ......... 56

_, Using the Flash ............................... 60

Shooting Close-ups (Macro) ..................... 61

Using the Self-Timer ............................. 62

Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images) .......... 64

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General

Megapixel	8 MP
Sensor type	CCD
Image stabilizer	Yes
Image sensor size	1/2.5 \
Maximum image resolution	3264 x 2448 pixels
Digital zoom	4 x
Combined zoom	16 x
Focal length range	5.8 - 23.2 mm
Interface	USB 2.0
Digital SLR	No
Camera shutter speed	15 - 1/2000 s
Compatible operating systems	Windows 2000 SP4 / XP SP2 / Vista Mac OS X v10.3 - 10.4
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)	35 - 140 mm
Focus	TTL
Closest focusing distance	0.05 m
Light metering	Centre-weighted, Spot
ISO sensitivity	80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, Auto
Flash modes	auto, Flash off, manual, Red-eye reduction
Flash range (tele)	0.30 - 2.2 m
Flash range (wide)	0.30 - 3.5 m
Internal memory	32 MB
Compatible memory cards	mmc, sd
Motion JPEG frame rate	30 fps
Video formats supported	avi
Maximum video resolution	640 x 480 pixels
Display diagonal	2.5 \
Display resolution (numeric)	115000 pixels
Product color	Black
Scene modes	beach, Children, Fireworks, Night, party (indoor), Portrait, Landscape (scenery)
Photo effects	black&white, Neutral, Sepia, Vivid
White balance	auto, Cloudy, daylight, Fluorescent, manual, Tungsten
Camera playback	Slide show
Battery type	2x AA / NiMH (NB4-300)
Bundled software	ZoomBrowser EX / ImageBrowser PhotoStitch TWAIN (2000)
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 90 %
Viewfinder type	Optical