Canon PowerShot A550
Let the Value Amaze You
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.
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.
Storage
- Compatible memory cards
- mmc, sd, sdhc
Video
- Maximum video resolution
- 640 x 480
- Video formats supported
- AVI
- Motion JPEG frame rate
- 30
Technical details
- Colour of product
- Silver
- Weight
- 160
- Camera playback
- single image
- Camera shutter speed
- 15 - 1/2000
- Viewfinder type
- optical
- Built-in flash
- Y
Power
- Battery technology
- Alkaline
- Number of batteries supported
- 2
Display
- Display
- LCD
Technical details
- Display diagonal
- 2
Audio
- Voice recording
- Y
Lens system
- Optical zoom
- 4
- Digital zoom
- 4
- Aperture range (F-F)
- 2.6 - 5.5
- Focal length range (f-f)
- 5.8 - 23.2
Camera
- Camera type
- Compact camera
- White balance
- auto, Cloudy, custom modes, daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten
- Scene modes
- beach, Fireworks, Landscape, Night, Night portrait, Portrait
- Photo effects
- black&white, Neutral, Sepia, Vivid
- Playback zoom (max)
- 2
- Histogram
- Y
Focusing
- Closest focusing distance
- 0.05
- Auto Focus (AF) assist beam
- Y
- Auto Focus (AF) lock
- Y
Light exposure
- ISO sensitivity
- 80, 100, 200, 400, 800
- Light metering
- Centre-weighted, Spot
Flash
- Flash modes
- auto, Flash off, manual, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
- Flash exposure lock
- Y
- Flash range (tele)
- 0.45 - 2.2
- Flash range (wide)
- 0.45 - 3.5
Picture quality
- Megapixel
- 7.1
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Image sensor size
- 1/2.5
- Image stabilizer
- Y
- Still image resolution(s)
- 640 x 480, 1600 x 1200, 2048 x 1536, 2592 x 1944, 3072 x 1728, 3072 x 2304
Weight & dimensions
- Width
- 91.2
- Depth
- 43.1
- Height
- 64
Other features
- Video capability
- Y
- Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
- 35 - 140
- Digital SLR
- N
