I was trying to find the spec. differences between an a590 and an a590IS. I can't find the difference.
What is the difference, and is it important?
Michael
Canon a590IS ?
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Re: Canon a590IS ?
"IS" means image stabilization. So the a590IS presumably compensates for camera shake when shooting at "low shutter speeds". For fixed camera positioning, as in book scanning, I doubt that the "IS" would be all that useful particularly if you shoot with a lot of light.
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Re: Canon a590IS ?
yep, tosborn has it. also the A490 and A495 are more modern cameras that may work for you.
Re: Canon a590IS ?
If I recall, image stabilization can actually make results worse. It's usually better to turn it off with fixed camera positioning.tosborn wrote:"IS" means image stabilization. So the a590IS presumably compensates for camera shake when shooting at "low shutter speeds". For fixed camera positioning, as in book scanning, I doubt that the "IS" would be all that useful particularly if you shoot with a lot of light.
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Re: Canon a590IS ?
It all depends. But I can tell you that there is no option to have IS on the low-end canons. There isn't an A590 and A590IS, only an A590IS. Anything you see to the contrary is just lazy typing, probably from me.