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Pentax Optio 550
The Pentax Optio 550 is an excellent camera which is sure to impress.
European Readers buy the Pentax Optio 550 here
It has a 5 megapixel sensor with 5x Optical zoom lens. The battery will allow users to take up to 400 shots per charege and many of its buttons and menus are customisable allowing for the camera to be set up the way its owner desires.
The Optio 550 is not light on in features – Pentax has included an array of filters, preset modes (including ‘fireworks’ and ‘snow’), panoramic mode, super macro mode and an interesting 3D function.
As with the Optio 450 one of the downsides of this camera is its sluggishness – it struggles to write to its SD card quickly. Also a downside is a below average viewfinder (although most users prefer to use the LCD in these types of cameras anyway).
The Optio 550 weighs only 250g fully loaded and is only 100 x 59 x 39.5mm in dimension.
The Pentax Optio 550 is a good solid little camera that should produce quality images – apart from its slowness it is an excellent buy and to be seriously considered. Digital Camera HQ give the Optio 550 a rating of 4.47 out of 5.
DC Resource is impressed with the Optio 550 writing - 'I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the Pentax Optio 550. I really enjoyed using it. It's pretty much the ultra-compact camera out there with a "big zoom" lens on it (though it's only 5X). The photo quality was impressive, as were the performance, full manual controls, build quality, and battery life.'
Read more reviews of the Pentax Optio 550 at:
- DP Review - Pentax Optio 550
- Megapixel - Pentax Optio 550 Review
Posted by Darren in our Pentax category on January 21, 2004