Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Canon's Powershot A550 Reviewed
Posted by Damion Chaplin in "HARDWARE" @ 01:00 PM
"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."
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.
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.
