For me, the main thing that makes this camera unique is the “handgun” style of taking pictures. It is actually quite comfortable in general use and the buttons are all within reach of your thumb, which naturally falls over the button positions.

Before I go on, here are some of the main features:

• 7.0 megapixels
• 3840 x 2880 max picture resolution
• 720 x 480 max video resolution
• 3.0 inch screen

Besides the “handgun” style of the camera, another feature that stand out is the standby feature. When the camera is on and the viewer is open (it folds in the rest of the time) then it’s ready to take pictures or videos. When the camera is one, but the viewer is folded in, it enters a standby mode. The standby mode uses a lot less power, mostly because the viewer screen is off. It takes only a moment to open the viewer and camera is ready to take pictures again. For extended non-use, just turn the camera off with the power button.

The maximum resolution is enough for 8 x 10 prints from the camera store, and more than enough for the Internet. The movie feature can take movies that are slightly wider than usual at 3:2. This is wider than 4:3, but not as wide as 16:9 or 16:10, so its a little strange, but the normal options are also available. One downside with the video is the use of MPEG-4. In fact, this should be an upside because of quality, but with much lower adoption compared to AVI, there is a good chance you will need to download updated video software to playback the videos.

For the price I love Vivitar digital camera, the design is good and the placement of buttons is comfortable.

Canon digital cameras are well know and the Powershot range gets a lot of good press. Canon digital cameras tend to place the Powershot strictly in the consumer range, offering the standard features expected. The Powershot A590 Canon digital camera gives a little extra with more zoom, higher resolution and more solid look and shaping.

Here are the main features of this Canon digital camera.

• 8.0 megapixels
• 4x optical zoom
• 4x digital zoom
• 16x zoom (total)
• 2.5″ LCD screen
• Flash
• 3264 x 2448 maximum picture resolution
• 640 x 480 maximum movie resolution
• ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600

The extra zoom will come in handy for taking long shots on the Canon digital camera. Most Canon digital cameras tend to have up to 3x optical zoom and the 4x zoom will give that little bit extra closeup.

8.0 megapixels gives plenty of resolution, especially for pictures that are going to be printed. At maximum resolution you can safely print up to 8.2″ x 10.9″.

The wide range of automatic settings allow very easy point-and-shoot pictures with this Canon digital camera. To get the best shots however, take some time to get used to the manual settings.

Overall this is a good camera offering higher specs without giving up the usual consumer digital camera goodness.