Canon PowerShot A550
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Canon PowerShot A550

Digital camera - Viewfinder: Optical Viewfinder - LCD display - 2 in - 7.1 Megapixel

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Fun, cheap and good quality
Review of Canon PowerShot A550 by iwanttobeadragon

Advantages: Small, portable, easy to use, good image quality
Disadvantages: Lens cover flimsy

This is one of Canon's budget range of digital cameras, one of the better ones, 7.1 mega pixels and 4x optical zoom all for around £150-£200 depending where you go. The photo quality is good for the price, it is a basic outfit, there arent many extra functions and its far from top of the range, but it is a nice family camera and definatley does the job. It is a really good size, chunky enough that you can always find it and it is easy to hold steady, ...
...coat pocket; it wouldn't fit in your jeans. The lcd display on the small side, but I think it does the job, any bigger and they tend to use a lot of battery and it does have the added bonus of a view finder which is always useful in dim light. The only problems I have found with the general 'construction' of the camera are firstly that if you hold the button down to take a photograph in slightly the wrong way it can activate the zoom and secondly, ... Read review

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Quick review of Canon PowerShot A550
Review of Canon PowerShot A550 by ciao_boy

this is the best camera of my live I have been looking for a camera since 2005 and at last i found the one i wanted .

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Canon PowerShot A550

General

MPN: 1775B008AA, 1775B023AA, 1775B010

Product Type: Digital camera - compact

Width: 9.1 cm

Depth: 4.3 cm

Height: 6.4 cm

Weight: 160 g

Bundled with: Canon SELPHY CP720 Compact Photo Printer

Main features

Resolution: 7.1 Megapixel

Colour Support: Colour

Optical Sensor Type: CCD

Total Pixels: 7,400,000 pixels

Effective Sensor Resolution: 7,100,000 pixels

Optical Sensor Size: 1/2.5"

Light Sensitivity: ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 80, ISO auto

Digital Zoom: 4 x

Shooting Modes: Frame movie mode, Portrait mode, macro, fireworks, indoor, foliage, beach, kids & pets, snow

Shooting Modes: Portrait mode, macro, fireworks, indoor, foliage, beach, kids & pets, snow

Special Effects: Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, Custom Effect

Max Shutter Speed: 1/2000 sec

Min Shutter Speed: 15 sec

X-sync Speed: 1/500 sec

Exposure Metering: Evaluative, centre-weighted, spot

Exposure Modes: Programme, automatic, manual

Exposure Compensation: ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps

White Balance: Custom, automatic, presets

White Balance Presets: Fluorescent, cloudy, tungsten light, daylight, fluorescent light (daylight)

Digital Video Format: AVI

Still Image Format: JPEG

Continuous Shooting Speed: 1.7 frames per second

Video Capture:

  • AVI - 640 x 480 - 30 fps - 7 sec - with 16MB card
  • AVI - 640 x 480 - 15 fps - 11 sec - with 16MB card
  • AVI - 320 x 240 - 30 fps - 22 sec - with 16MB card
  • AVI - 320 x 240 - 15 fps - 43 sec - with 16MB card
  • AVI - 160 x 120 - 15 fps - 107 sec - with 16MB card

Memory / storage

Flash Memory: 16 MB Flash

Supported Flash Memory: MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card

Image Storage:

  • Super-fine JPEG 3072 x 1728 : 6 - with 16MB card
  • Fine JPEG 3072 x 1728 : 10 - with 16MB card
  • Normal JPEG 3072 x 1728 : 21 - with 16MB card
  • Super-fine JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 4 - with 16MB card
  • Fine JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 7 - with 16MB card
  • Normal JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 16 - with 16MB card
  • Super-fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 5 - with 16MB card
  • Fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 10 - with 16MB card
  • Normal JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 21 - with 16MB card
  • Super-fine JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 9 - with 16MB card
  • Fine JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 16 - with 16MB card
  • Normal JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 33 - with 16MB card
  • Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 14 - with 16MB card
  • Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 26 - with 16MB card
  • Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 50 - with 16MB card
  • Super-fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 56 - with 16MB card
  • Fine JPEG 640 x 480 : 88 - with 16MB card
  • Normal JPEG 640 x 480 : 138 - with 16MB card

Camera flash

Camera Flash: Built-in flash

Flash Modes: Fill-in mode, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction

Red Eye Reduction: Built-in

Effective Flash Range: 0.3 m - 3.5 m

Features: AF illuminator

Manufacturer's product description

Easy-to-use and easy-to-hold, the PowerShot A550 gives you 7.1 Megapixels, a 4x optical zoom lens, an ISO 800 feature for expanded low-light shooting and a DIGIC II Image Processor with iSAPS technology for beautiful pictures and great performance. Plus, there's even a Fast Frame Rate Movie Mode. Power is never a problem, because the A550 uses standard "AA" batteries. Great features at a great price - it's what makes the A550 such an amazing camera.

Lens system

Type: Zoom lens - 5.8 mm - 23.2 mm - f/2.6-5.5

Focal Length: 5.8 mm - 23.2 mm

Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera: 35 - 140mm

Focus Adjustment: Automatic

Auto Focus: TTL contrast detection

Auto Focus Points (Zones): 5

Min Focus Range: 45 cm

Macro Focus Range: 5-45cm

Lens Aperture: F/2.6-5.5

Optical Zoom: 4 x

Zoom Adjustment: Motorised drive

Lens Construction: 5 group(s) / 7 element(s)

Features: Built-in lens shield, aspherical lens

Additional features

Self Timer: Yes

Self Timer Delay: 10 sec, 2sec

Additional Features: Audio recording, direct print, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, DPOF support, digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, PictBridge support, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, 16:9 widescreen mode, digital tele-converter, safety zoom

Viewfinder

Viewfinder Type: Optical - real-image zoom

Display

Type: LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2" - colour

Display Form Factor: Built-in

Display Format: 86,000 pixels

Microphone

Type: Microphone - built-in

Connections

Connector Type:

  • 1 x USB
  • 1 x composite video/audio output

Expansion Slot(s): 1 x SD Memory Card

Software

Software: Drivers & Utilities, Canon ZoomBrowser EX, Canon ImageBrowser

System requirements for pc connection

Operating System Support: MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 98 SE, Apple Mac OS X 10.2 - 10.4

Peripheral Devices: USB port, SVGA monitor, CD-ROM Drive

Miscellaneous

Included Accessories: Wrist strap

Cables Included:

  • A/V cable
  • USB cable

Battery

Supported Battery: AA

Supported Battery Details: 2 x AA alkaline battery ( included )

Environmental parameters

Min Operating Temperature: 0 °C

Max Operating Temperature: 40 °C

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