Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:32 am
I've had a 550, which probably isn't hugely different from the 555, for about six months. It's got a max ISO equivalent of only 400, which is a big problem for me. And the shutter lag, at least at the hi-quality jpeg setting, can be a problem for anything in motion. And, perhaps because it's a cheap zoom lens there's barrel or pincushion distortion in a substantial part of the edge area of the frame. Maybe all zoom lenses have that problem -- don't know. The automatic diaphragm-type lens cover bothers me a bit, but it's been a problem only once, when it snagged on something.
That said, it's a *very* compact little machine, *very* easy to use, and though I imagine there are much better lens-CCD combinations out there, the results aren't half bad.
How has the 555 changed from the 550?