Canon PowerShot A550 7.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom

List Price: $249.99 Discount Price: $146.45

Features:

• 7.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints
• 4x optical zoom; 2.0-inch LCD display
• 16:9 Widescreen mode for full-screen viewing on widescreen TVs and computer monitors
• Three movie modes including 30 fps VGA and 60 fps Fast Frame Rate
• Stores images on SD, SDHC, or MMC memory cards (16MB MMC card included); powered by 2 AA-size batteries (2 alkaline batteries included)

Accessories:
SanDisk SDSDB-128-A10 Secure Digital 128MB (Retail Package)	Lexar Media 128 MB Secure Digital Card	Canon ACK-800 AC Adapter for A310, A430, A520, A530, A540, A700, A710, A720IS & SX100IS ISDigital Cameras	Lexar Media 256 MB Secure Digital Card (Retail Package)	SanDisk SDSDB-256-A10 256 MB Secure Digital Card (Retail Package)

Customer Reviews:

I love this camera [Posted on 2008-04-27]
This is the best little camera! The pictures are great and I was really suprised at what cute little videos this thing can take.(I have had it for almost a year)

I would caution about developing the pictures as I found a significant difference in quality between local and online. I use snapfish and they have the best printing. The local drugstores...are terrible. I sent the same photos to four different places including Sony, Snapfish, CVS and Rite Aid. Sony was okay. CVS and Rite Aid were terrible and Snapfish was the best.

Loved it until it got dropped :( [Posted on 2008-06-17]
This is a great camera.... I love love love it. But dropped it only once...and that's all she wrote. Seriously.

GREAT CAMERA [Posted on 2008-06-27]
OWNED 1 BEFORE. COULDN'T FIND IT FOR MY VACATION. SO I WANTED 1 JUST LIKE IT AND FOUND IT ON AMAZON.COM .
IT'S A GREAT CAMERA, TAKES GREAT PICTURES. MY FAMILY WAS AMAZED AT THE CLARITY. AND HAVING AN HP PORTABLE PRINTER BOTH COMBINED WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN MAKING GOOD PIXS.
I HAVE RECOMMEND THIS A550 TO ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
I'M VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

A great point and shoot camera [Posted on 2008-07-04]
I have always owned Canon cameras. I own 4 cameras from the A series.
A520, A530, A540 and A550 and I am happy with all these cameras and here are the reasons why.

1. Value for Money, I bought all these under $200.
2. 4x Optical zoom is a plus and sufficient for a point and shoot camera.
3. Delivers fairly good quality pictures. I have printed poster size pictures and have been very happy with the results.
4. All these have better manual controls than most of the ELP series point and shoots canon has made.

Cons:
one thing to keep in mind is that these cameras are point and shoot and the lower end models that canon has made, so anyone buying these should not have high expectations with these cameras.

1. Delay between two shots when flash used. Again this is marginal and I really do not think of this as a major -ve point, at least not for the money spent on these.
2. The ELPHs have made them look bulkier :) again not a biggie. The ELPHs are really compact. So even though these are not as big, they look big in front of elphs.

I would not recommend A550 to anyone only because they are old models, not because they are not good. Instead I would recommend the latest A series models that Canon has come out with. A720 IS, A570IS, A590IS. These are all great cameras with Image Stabilization built into them.

NIce Canon  [Posted on 2008-07-08]
Nice camera. The only problem is that Canon won't back up their products. The zoom doesn't work all the time after less than a years use. Canon said send it back but we'll charge you to check it...not very impressive!

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