Canon PowerShot A590IS

I have had the Canon PowerShot A590IS since January 2008.  It is an 8 MP point and shoot, and the two things that attracted me to it were the manual controls, and that the power source is 2 AA batteries.  I have used NiMH's in it, but for the last year, the thing simply eats batteries.

After a full charge, the thing goes dead in a few hours- at best.  There are fixes out that that may have helped some folks, by adjusting the contacts, but no such luck for me.  It is annoying that this seems to be effecting the majority of users, yet Canon did not recall this camera.

I probably held on too long, as I did like the quality of the images for the size of the device.  I don't necessarily find point & shoots all that exciting, and was willing to put up with the issue, and supplement with the consistently mediocre smartphone pics.

At any rate, enough is enough, and to the trash it will go.  So long Canon A590IS, and guess what camera brand I won't be buying again...