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Note: This camera was first sold in Aug 2005. It has been replaced by the Canon SD850 IS.
Canon PowerShot SD550
Canon PowerShot SD550
C
HQ Grade: C
A is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of digital cameras.
B means they are good, with some standout features.
C means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth.
D & F mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs.
  • 4 out of 5
"Great Canon Product but fragile"
  • 4 out of 5
"Great little camera"
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Canon SD550 Reviews by DigitalCamera-HQ Users

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  • 5 out of 5
Great large prints for a little camera ( - 5/10/06)

After once owning my own photo business where I lugged two big film cameras through weddings, newspaper assignments, sports events and various other photographic efforts... read more

  • 5 out of 5
SD550 Fantastic ( - 5/10/06)

I've owned the camera for over 4 months and it's been fantastic for me. Compact enough for the pocket, quick action from off to snap... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Very Nice Quality Images ( - 2/15/06)

I believe that you can have a really nice camera and take mediocre photos or have a really mediocre camera and take breathtaking photos. It's... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Great sub-compt ( - 1/9/06)

Excellent pictures, enought manual control to keep me happy, 7 meg resolution is great for my canon I9900 for 13x19 prints. Simply georgeous pics with... read more

  • 5 out of 5
very good ( - 12/9/05)

buy it because its very very good excelant image quality battry life big screenread more

  • 5 out of 5
Love this camera so far ~ ( - 12/1/05)

I give this camera very high marks ... the picture quality for such a small camera is just incredible. I have used much larger, more... read more

  • 5 out of 5
BEST camera ever ( - 10/26/05)

This is an AWESOME camara. My advice: BUY IT. I bought about a month ago and it has been the best deal ever. It has... read more

  • 5 out of 5
Good Good Good but not Perfect ( - 10/17/05)

Very good pictures - 5 stars
Small and Strong
Good Flash
Zoom Adjuster is not that comfortableread more

  • 5 out of 5
great pictures ( - 9/12/05)

buy it, buy it, buy it.read more

  • 3 out of 5
Watch out for color discrepancies (Jack Michael - 10/23/08)

Overall, it's been a decent camera, but we found that the camera distorted the color purple and showed it as blue. Even sending the camera... read more

  • 3 out of 5
Camera is too fragile.. (Varun - 6/11/07)

I owned this camera about a year now... the camera is good... the pictures are great but the red eye reduction doesnt seems to work... read more

  • 3 out of 5
LCD Problem (Lena - 1/31/07)

You can take so nice pictures with this camera, but the LCD is really awful. After just one month I noticed the LCD to have... read more

  • 3 out of 5
Canon SD800 user review (R Borough - 12/4/06)

This camera takes great pics and works well, however,I have only had this SD800 for one week and I noticed that the LCD screen is... read more

  • 3 out of 5
Canon Powershot SD 550 ( - 4/27/06)

There is considerable red eye with this camera. Be aware of that problem before spending the money on this camera. I've owned a few Powershots... read more

  • 3 out of 5
Had to replace LCD screen ( - 4/7/06)

My first digital camera - I've been scanning 35 mm slides and negatives for years at ~ 8 megapixels.
Positives: Convenient, works well in low... read more

  • 3 out of 5
Bought SD550, used it and then returned it. ( - 2/27/06)

I thought I had bought a top-high-end digital
camera when I selected the SD550. I take a lot of flash pictures and soon found FAR... read more

  • 2 out of 5
LCD (sage - 5/6/07)

this camera is in great operating conditions, while the LCD isn't cracked. it cracks VERY easily. If you have a canon for more than a... read more

  • 2 out of 5
Another LCD Crack Complaint (jacqueline - 11/12/06)

I took this camera for the weekend of my brother's wedding and pulled the camera out going to the church to find a crack in... read more

  • 2 out of 5
Good camera but LCD broke! (Todd - 11/7/06)

Had this camera for a little less than 3 months. Bought it from Costco. The camera fell from a chair onto a carpeted floor and... read more

  • 2 out of 5
Another cracked screen! (Carol - 9/15/06)

I had this camera in a padded section of my purse during a one-hour flight from Athens to Santorini. When I landed and took the... read more

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