SlashScope

The Canon PowerShot A550 digital camera has been reviewed over at KenRockwell.com. 'The Canon A550 is photography's best buy as of February 2007. For $199.99 (list price) you get a camera capable of making excellent photos. It's got an excellent, sharp 4x optical zoom and 7.1 Megapixels, far more than enough for making great prints at least 12 x 18" (30 x 40 cm). You can pay more, but you won't get significantly better photos unless you're looking at science lab tests with a very powerful microscope. If you do use that microscope, the A550 is sharper than many more expensive cameras that compromise optical quality in favor of more compact size!'