Canon A550 Digital Camera 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.

• VGA movies with sound

• 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.