Canon PowerShot A550 prices and specs
The Canon PowerShot A550 was released on Jan 18, 2007 and is on sale in USA for 209.99
The Canon PowerShot A550 belongs to the category of point and shoot cameras. Its main advantage is a small size: the photographer can even put it in the pocket. The PowerShot A550 is equipped with various automatic modes but you won't take photos of the same perfect quality in comparison to large sensor compact cameras.
The Canon PowerShot A550 can take pictures at 7 megapixels max resolution. But for better picture quality the more important specification is a sensor size. This camera has a 1/2.5' (5.744 x 4.308 mm) sensor which means that the model will shoot pictures with a lower quality than cameras with larger sensors but instead it has smaller dimensions and weight. But if you want to take pictures of the professional quality check Sony Alpha a99 II.
The PowerShot A550 has max shutter speed of 1/2000 sec. It is an average shutter speed that is rather good for making action pictures of a satisfactory quality. The Canon PowerShot A550 can even produce videos but the max resolution is not too high - 640 x 480 @ 30/15 fps.
The lens is fixed and you can't switch it. The lens has 4x optical zoom.
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GPS
- Jan 18, 2007
- Compact
- 7 megapixels
- 3072 x 2304
- 1/2.5" (5.744 x 4.308 mm)
- CCD
- 4:3, 3:2
- 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480
- 7 megapixels
- Auto, 80 ,100, 200, 400, 800,1600
- 5
- Yes
- No
- No
- Super-Fine, Fine, Normal
- 15 sec
- 1/2000 sec
- No
- No
- Yes
- 3.50 m
- No
- Auto, On, Off, Manual (Red Eye, Slow Sync)
- 1.4 fps
- Yes (2 or 10 sec)
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- No
- 2″
- 86,000
- No
- Yes
- Optical (tunnel)
- 640 x 480 @ 30/15 fps, 320 x 240 @ 60/30/15 fps
- None
- None
- 35–140 mm
- 4×
- F2.6–5.5
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Multi-area
- Center
- Single
- Live View
- Yes (4x)
- Yes
- 45 cm (17.72″)
- 5 cm (1.97″)
- 9
- 210 g (0.46 lb / 7.41 oz)
- 91 x 64 x 43 mm (3.58 x 2.52 x 1.69″)
- No
- AA
- AA (2) batteries (NiMH recommended)
- SD/SDHC card
- 16 MB SD card
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- No
- No
- Yes
- No
- None
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