Steves-Digicams reviews Canon PowerShot A580 8.0MP digital camera
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 fully automatic or semi-automatic settings and 12 easily selectable Scene shooting modes. Incorporating a virtually identical body design as its slightly more feature-rich A-series family member, the PowerShot A580 camera is easily distinguished by its silver durable shell and easy to hold grip.
Canon's innovative and exclusive Motion Detection technology consolidates motion information for both the camera and the photographic subject and determines whether the subject has moved and what if any adjustments to focus or exposure needs to be made. It will even detect and assess subject movement between each frame, making it quicker and easier to capture a series of images. Additionally, when paired with Canon's Optical Image Stabilization system - offered on the PowerShot A580 camera among other PowerShot models - the motion detection system's onboard vibration-detecting gyro senses and compensates for movement due to camera shake, even if the subject remains still...
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