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The Canon Powershot SD550 Digital Camera is the top of the range in the Digital ELPH line. This camera was released in August 2005. With the Canon WP-DC80 Housing it can be taken Scuba Diving upto 130 feet (39 metres). The SD550 goes by the names of Digital Ixus 750 in Europe and IXY DIGITAL 700 in Japan. The SD550 is a fairly minor upgrade to the SD500 (Ixus 700). It has a larger screen – 2.5 inch instead of 2.0 inch) and a slight redesign of the body and controls. The majority of the changes are tweaking of the user interface. DPReview gives the Key specifications of the Canon Digital Powershot SD550

Chris Pirillo is really excited about his Canon Powershot SD550……

The SD550 is a different kind of digital camera. For one, the SD550 is the smallest digicam I’ve ever owned. There are times when I want a picture perfect image, and I have all the time in the world to set up the shot. Then, there are times I just want to point and shoot – no questions asked. I needed a pocket camera, and was a few days away from getting the SD500 (which is the SD550′s predecessor). I learned that Canon was going to release the new revision soon, with a much bigger LCD and updated feature set.

I’m not insane – the Canon PowerShot SD550 was worth waiting for! They’ve gone as far as to call it The Ultimate Digital ELPH. With 7.1 megapixels, what’s not to like? It does just about everything I want a digital camera to do, and it fits perfectly into my pocket (which is the true reason I was drawn to the SD550). In many ways, the SD550 reminds me a lot of my S2 IS; both cameras are at the top of their class. I’m taking the SD550 with me wherever I go. Move over, cell phone!

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any reviews from a Scuba Diver. I’ll look out for some and post them here when I have them.