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Award: Recommended!

Review summary: Announced August 2005 (only 6 months after its predecessor), the SD550 (which goes by the names of Digital Ixus 750 in Europe and IXY DIGITAL 700 in Japan) is the latest in a long line of ultra-compact 'ELPH' or 'IXUS' cameras stretching back to early ...

Pros: Excellent resolution, Very compact and pocketable, Beautifully built and all-metal construction, Excellent color and exposure, Manual (custom) white balance, Fast focus and very responsive performance overall, Good flash performance, High performance ...

Cons: Low contrast fine detail (such as foliage or hair) can look a little soft, AiAF focus unreliable - turn it off, Screen resolution not high enough for a 2.5-inch LCD, Some purple fringing, Slight corner softness at wide angle, Battery life when using ...

Verdict: Okay, so the SD550 hardly breaks new ground, and - coming only six or seven months after the SD500 it replaces - I'd have been surprised if it was.

Review summary: The Canon Digital IXUS 750 is a very well-designed, 7-megapixel snapshot camera. Just don't look for advanced controls.

Pros: Very well designed, The best start-up time in its class, Quick shot-to-shot performance, Novel fast frame-rate movie mode

Cons: More frequent than usual purple fringing, Longish flash shot-to-shot times.

Review summary: The Canon Digital IXUS 750 is a very well-designed, 7-megapixel snapshot camera. Just don't look for advanced controls.

Pros: Very well designed ; the best start-up time in its class ; quick shot-to-shot performance ; novel fast frame-rate movie mode

Cons: More frequent than usual purple fringing ; longish flash shot-to-shot times

Pros: Very well designed ; the best start-up time in its class ; quick shot-to-shot performance ; novel fast frame-rate movie mode

Cons: More frequent than usual purple fringing ; longish flash shot-to-shot times

Verdict: For an ultracompact camera, the SD550 produced some very sharp shots (top), as you can tell from the detail above (bottom).

Review summary: The pocket-sized 7.1 Megapixel PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH and 5.0 Megapixel PowerShot SD450 Digital ELPH cameras, join Canon's line-up between the SD500 and SD400 models which will continue to be available. The new PowerShot SD550 and 450 Digital ...