Canon PowerShot A550

Canon PowerShot A550 7.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom

High Image Quality
7.1 megapixel CCD for high-resolution images.
Retractable 4x optical zoom with 4x digital zoom.
high ISO 800 reduces camera shake and blurring of fast-moving subjects even in low-light condition.

Powered by Canon proprietary DIGIC II Imaging Processor for high-definition images with natural colour reproduction and razor sharp clarity at accelerated processing speed, even under high ISO shooting.
Uses Optical Zoom Viewfinder to save battery life and help to focus better in dark condition and bright sunlight.

User Friendly Design
Attractive light gray silver color.
Large 2.0” LCD monitor with
- Night Display function which automatically brightens the subject on the LCD to improve visibility.

16:9 Widescreen Still Shooting
Shoot, view and print still images in 16:9 widescreen format.
Choose to view 16:9 widescreen format in LCD monitor and even on conventional 4:3 TV.
Print 16:9 widescreen format when connected to Canon Selphy Compact Photo Printers* using Canon’s wide size papers.

Point & Shoot Simplicity
9-point AiAF (auto-focusing) or single point AF (fixed to center) ensures the subject is sharply focused even if it is not in the center.
13 shooting modes including 5 special scene modes.
The Special Scene modes are pre programmed camera settings for specific shooting conditions: Fireworks, Snow, Beach, Indoor, Kids & Pets, Night Snapshot, Foliage.
Vertical/ Horizontal Gridline Display for easy photo composition and framing.

Smooth Continuous Shooting capability to shoot continuously at the same speed until the memory card is full.(Depends on the type of memory card/no of recording pixels/compression rate settings)
Self-timer function with Custom Timer, which can set a delay between 0-10secs, 15s, 20s and 30s and number of shots from 1-10.

Enhanced My Colors Function
Integrated with Photo Effect including:Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White

Movie Recording
5 Movie Modes: Compact/Standard/ Fast Frame Rate
Approx. 4x digital zooming while shooting of movies (only in Standard mode).
Record movies continuously up to a max. of 1 GB or 60mins. (Depends on the memory card capacity and data writing speed.)

Selectable Lens Retraction Timing
Choose to retract the camera lens at 1 min or even at 0 sec.
Protect the lens from being scratched when not in shooting mode.

Image Playback Modes
With Auto Rotate function, images will be displayed and oriented correctly during playback, regardless when taken with camera held vertically or horizontally.

Easy location and management of images through enhanced Jump function with jump searches:
- Jump 10 images: Shows every tenth image
- Jump 100 images: Shows every hundredth image
- Jump shot date: Shows image taken at shooting date.
- Jump to movie: Displays movie only.
- Jump to folder. Goes to folder where image is stored.

Connectivity
High speed USB 2.0 transfer rate
Direct connectivity and transfer to both Windows (Windows 98 SE and above) & Mac (Mac OS X v10.1.5 and above) computers.

Shoot and Print/Transfer Direct
Print photos directly from Canon direct photo printers and any PictBridge compliant printer without PC.
Easy print and transfer of images with just a touch of the Print/Share button.
Exif 2.2 compliant for greater colour fidelity when printing to EXIF compatible printers.

More Printing Options (to CP printers)
ID Photo Print - crop images to passport size for direct printing.
Movie Print - print a single or series of selected frames from movie footage.

- Movie Print – Single
Only a single selected frame is printed in a single sheet.
When connected to Canon Selphy Compact Photo Printer.
- Movie Print – Sequence
A sequence of selected images are printed in a single sheet.
- When connected to Canon Selphy Compact Photo Printer.