Damion Chaplin
03-27-2007, 09:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_a550-review/index.shtml' target='_blank'>http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_a550-review/index.shtml</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The Canon PowerShot A550 is a very good entry-level digital camera, and one that I can recommend easily. I'm going to do something a little unusual, though: I'm going to recommend that you pay $30 more for its big brother, the PowerShot A560. Why? For the speed and improved photo quality of the DIGIC III processor, a larger/sharper LCD, longer movie record times, and a tool that ends the annoying redeye problem that has plagued the A-series cameras for some time. Whichever camera you end up choosing, you'll get a well designed body, good photo quality, and plenty of point-and-shoot features (with a few manual controls thrown in for good measure)... If you want a compact, easy to use camera with a little more zoom than usual, then I'd definitely recommend that you take a look at the PowerShot A550. If you want an even better camera (for reasons I just described), spend the $30 and upgrade to the PowerShot A560 -- you'll thank me for it."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/CanonA550.JPG" /> <br /><br />Well, that just about says it all I think. While DCRP finds the A550 to be a quality camera, it's still an entry-level camera, which means you can expect there to be fewer features than others in the line. However, if you really can't bring yourself to spend more than $200, you could sure do worse than the A550.