Olympus D-550 Zoom

Reviewed by: jjv43

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Strengths: Excellent picture quality. Simple process to transfer pictures from the camera to the computer. Multitude of quality options for pictures.

Weaknesses: The shutter delay from pressing the button to when the flash happens can be annoying when trying to capture a picture of a baby who moves a lot.

Overall Evaluation: Overall, this camera takes excellent pictures. I process them using a Canon color printer and am very satisfied with the resulting pictures even when using different size prints as small as 2" X 3". One of the features I find remarkable and haven't read in any other review is the ability to crop a picture right on the camera. You can take a picture from a distance and then crop it on the camera without losing the original picture. The camera crops it at the same quality level as the original, then creates the cropped picture as a separate picture on the memory card. You can use the original to crop it again in a different way or re-do the cropping until you're satisfied. The quality of the print of the cropped picture is as high as the original. Also, the ability to copy the picture on the camera and reduce the pixel size for e-mailing is a great feature. I would highly recommend the camera.