Canon A550

Pros: 7 megapixels, 4X optical zoom, and uses available anywhere AA batteries

Cons: Redeye, some corner softness and minor chromatic aberration (purple fringing)

The Bottom Line: The new Canon Powershot A550 Digital Camera provides an almost perfect balance of cost to performance, flexibility, and ease of use.

Review: Canon's "A" series digicams are famous for their practicality, flexibility, class leading performance, impressive build-quality, and amazing ease of use – that’s why they’ve been number one in U. S. sales for the past four years. "A" series ...

Pros: Price, resolution, uses 2 AA batteries, size, features, image quality, easy to use

Cons: Slow flash recycle, noise at highest ISO settings

The Bottom Line: If you need a compact, inexpensive, easy to use yet capable camera that produces excellent photos with print sizes of up 13x19 inches, has 4x...

Review: A 7.1-Megapixel Canon camera with 4x optical zoom that uses two AA batteries for less than $180? The Canon PowerShot A550 is exactly that and more: fast in operation (mostly) and is easy to use, it is a successor to the popular A530/A540. What is ...

Pros: Much Bang for your Buck!!!

Cons: Battery door build quality, batteries, 16MB memory card.

The Bottom Line: Fool Proof, Easy, Flexible, Solid it will do everything you can ask of it and more ~ so why spend more?

Review: I love this camera and highly recommend it to everyone all the time!!! You can't afford not to get one for the really nutty low prices these things are selling for. (Just a little over 10 years ago a camera with this much ability couldn't be made ...

Pros: Ease of use, high quality photos and an excellent zoom

Cons: 16 meg SD card is too small

Review: I wanted a good quality "point and shoot" camera that was easy to use. This camera was recommended by a representative from Ritz Camera. It is absolutely amazing! This little camera takes high quality photos that are comparable to an SLR that belongs to ...

Pros: Easy to use, portable, inexpensive 4x zoom lens, settings.

Cons: Some red eye

The Bottom Line: This is not a camera for a professional photographer it is perfect for the average person who is not to technical

Review: We have not had a lot of luck with Digital cameras in the past, they don’t seem to last and the ones we had were not all that cheap. Still there is no denying the convenience and ease of photo taking that a digital camera can provide, plus it is a ...

Pros: Excellent photos; many features and settings; easy for novice & advanced enough for others.

Cons: Included memory card too small; wrist strap too long.

The Bottom Line: This is an excellent camera for the novice who will grow with the features offered. No need to upgrade to a more sophisticated camera after the learning period.

Review: I had the Canon PowerShot A75 digital camera and decided to upgrade to the Canon PowerShot A550. This is one of Canon's newest entries in the PowerShot series. As of this writing it is difficult to find since it has not shipped yet to most vendors. I was ...

Pros: Price, picture quality, look of cam

Cons: delay in snap

The Bottom Line: The pics are great, the price is great!

Review: I bought this camera because my friend had it, and I always loved the pictures she took. she bought the camera for about $200 when it came out, but luckily when I bought it, it was on sale, and the case as well as rechargeable batteries came with it as ...

Pros: Easy to use, reliable, excellent for beginners.

Cons: Chunky, some blurriness in photos.

Review: My family's old camera was failing on us, so I researched a bit and decided to try out the Canon PowerShot A550 Digital Camera. My overall experience with this camera was very pleasant. This is a basic camera without any frills, and is a good buy for ...

Pros: Deleting is just two steps. So easy! There's no confusion here, nor complexity causing delays.

Cons: Shutter speed delay noticeable & annoying, preventing quick sequential shots. Downloading drains batteries.

Review: I chose this camera because it has 4x optical zoom and a reasonable price, and because it was the most user-friendly of those in store. The camera feels good to handle and the back is easy to read and manipulate. Both are things you want if ...

Pros: features, ease of use

Cons: eats batteries

Review: This was our third Canon digital camera. The other two were fantastic; one just plain wore out after years of use, and the other is going strong. With our success with Canons, we didn't even shop around, just got this one that was on sale at OfficeMax. ...