Canon USA Inc., shared its newest PowerShot Digital Camera, the A580 with unique features tCanon PowerShot A580 Digital Camervy of. The PowerShot employs a powerful 8.0 megapixel CCD-type image sensor with a fast 4X (35mm-140mm equivalent) optical zoom lens for supreme quality output. Canon's proprietary DIGIC III imaging processor boosts performance by improving response times producing sharper images.

The camera offers comprehensive control through 16 selection modes with fully or semi automatic options. With Face Detection technology, it bestows up to 9 faces with perfect exposure and uses special algorithm to automatically prioritize the Faces. However, the can be instructed to keep a track of a face through the Face Select and Track function regardless of its position in the frame.