From its elegantly curved profile to its superb functionality, the ultra-compact PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH rightfully owns the top spot in the Digital ELPH line. The camera's significant design achievement is matched by advanced imaging technology, for photography that makes as big an impact as the camera itself. Now equipped with an eye-opening 2.5 inch LCD screen.

Ultra-Compact 7.1 Megapixel Digital ELPH with 3x Optical Zoom and robust yet elegantly designed, curved body.
PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH offers renowned style while requiring no compromise in image quality. Within the ultra-compact perpetual curve design is a powerful 7.1 Megapixel CCD for stunningly detailed images. A 3x optical zoom puts Canon's renowned leadership in lens technology at your fingertips.

Large 2.5 inch LCD screen and optical viewfinder for easier on-camera viewing.
Though its body is superbly slim, the PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH has an oversized 2.5 inch LCD screen that makes it easy to frame and play back your scene. The SD550 Digital ELPH also has an optical viewfinder to enable you to capture your memories even in the sunniest of situations. And when you're shooting at dusk or at night, the Night Display function lets you see the display clearly. It brightens the object by reducing the frame rate on the LCD screen.

DIGIC II Image Processor for even faster processing speed, crisp vibrant colors and excellent image quality.
The PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH incorporates Canon's DIGIC II Image Processor. Designed to improve processing speed and image quality, the DIGIC II Image Processor provides markedly faster camera startup, autofocus and playback plus it assures that every image is more colorfully vibrant.

Shoot your own high-quality movies with Fast Frame Rate Movie Mode. Now you can reel them in at 60 fps (320 x 240) or 30 fps (640 x 480).
Fast Frame Rate Movie Mode allows you to record extremely smooth, full-motion movie clips up to 1 minute long in QVGA at 60 fps (320 x 240 pixels). The highly flexible movie mode lets you create the movie that's perfect for your application. Select from VGA (640 x 480 pixels) and QVGA (320 x 240 pixels), with frame rates of 30 fps and 15 fps, plus Compact Mode (QQVGA; 160 x 120 pixels) at 15 fps up to 3 minutes.

15 Shooting Modes to capture every situation, including Canon's original My Colors Mode for customization while shooting.
With the PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH, you can count on exact focus no matter where your subject is in the frame. You've got Shooting Modes including Special Scene Mode that give you breathtaking, exhilarating pictures even when shooting conditions are tough. And you can both customize color reproduction and "touch up" color while you're shooting! Lighten skin tones, make the sky a more vivid blue, emphasize a single color and much more, all in real time as you monitor results on the LCD screen.

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface for faster downloads and image transfers.
PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH supports the USB 2.0 Hi-Speed standard, so you'll enjoy the highest possible data transfer speeds when using a USB 2.0 compatible computer. The camera's performance level is high enough to take full advantage of super-high-speed SD memory cards as well.

Print/Share Button for easy direct printing and downloading plus ID Photo Print and Movie Print with Canon CP and SELPHY Photo Printers
The PowerShot SD550's Print/Share button makes direct printing easier than ever. Simply connect the SD550 to a Canon CP, SELPHY or PIXMA Photo Printer or any PictBridge compatible photo printer, press the lighted Print/Share button and print! Also use the Print/Share button to transfer images directly to a computer (Windows? and Macintosh?).