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Canon PowerShot A550 Digital Camera Review
by Emily Raymond
Published on May 24, 2007
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Specs Table
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Canon PowerShot A550 Specs
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Type
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Point-and-Shoot
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Price
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0.00
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Length
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1.70
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Width
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3.59
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Height
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2.52
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Weight
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5.64
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Pixels
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7.10 Megapixels
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Effective Pixels
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0.00
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Sensor Type
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1/2.5 inch CCD
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Image Size
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3072 x 2304
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IR Cut Low Pass Filter
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No
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Media
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SD, SDHC, MultiMedia memory cards
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Image Format
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JPEG (stills), AVI (video)
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Compression
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JPEG (stills), AVI (video)
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Lens
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4x (7 elements in 5 groups)
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LCD
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2.0
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Auto Focus Type
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Enhanced 9 point AiAF; Single AF point, AF Lock, and AF assit beam
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Detecting Range
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Wide: 1.5 feet; Wide Macro: 2 inches; Tele Macro: 1.1 feet
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Metering Modes
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Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot
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Shutter Speed
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15.00
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Self Timer
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2 second, 10 second, Custom Timer
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Modes
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Auto, Camera M, Portrait, Landscape, Night snapshot, Kids & pets, Indoor, and Movie
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Speed
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No
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Burst
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No
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Automatic Modes
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Night Scene, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks
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Exposure Compensation
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+/- up to 2 stops, 1/3-stop increments
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Built in Flash
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Automatic firing, Auto with red-eye reduction; Flash On with red-eye reduction; Flash ON; Flash OFF
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Flash Range
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Wide: 11 feet; Tele: 7.2 feet
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Settings
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Super Fine, Fine, Normal
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ISO Sensitivity
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Auto, High ISO Auto (up to 800); 80, 100, 200, 400, 800 (user-set)
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White Balance
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Auto, Pre-set White Balance (daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, fluoresecent H), Custom setting
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Direct Printing
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Yes
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Video Output
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No
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Battery Power Source
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2 AA Alkaline batteries or 2 AA rechargeable NiMH batteries
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Zoom Wide
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0
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Zoom Tele
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0
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fstop Max
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5.50
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fstop Min
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2.60
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Zoom Digi
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4.00
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Movie Mode
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640 x 480 at 30/15 fps; 320 x 240 at 30/15 fps
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Storage Type
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SD, SDHC, MultiMedia
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LCD Pixels
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86000
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Resolution Maximum
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3072 x 2304
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Resolution Minimum
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640 x 480
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External Flash
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0
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Color
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9.58
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2.75
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Resolution
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5.83
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2.5
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Noise Auto ISO
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1.40
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2
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Noise Manual ISO
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3.81
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3
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Model Design Appearance
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6.50
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1.25
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Low Light
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5.62
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2.25
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Size Portability
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5.50
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1.1
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Handling
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7.00
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1.5
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Control Button Positioning Size
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7.00
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0.85
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Front
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7.50
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0.6
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Back
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7.00
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0.6
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Left
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7.25
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0.5
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Right
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7.50
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0.5
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Top
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7.50
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0.6
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Menu
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7.00
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0.95
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Bottom
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3.25
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0.5
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Auto Mode
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7.50
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1.5
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Auto Focus
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7.50
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1.5
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Focus
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0.00
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1.25
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ISO
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7.00
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1.25
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White Balance
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7.50
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1.25
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Exposure
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7.00
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0.5
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Metering
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7.00
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1.1
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Shutter Speed
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0.00
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0.9
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Aperture
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0.00
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0.9
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Custom Image Presets
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7.50
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0.75
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Drive Mode
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6.00
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1
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Picture Qualit Options
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7.50
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0.5
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Picture Effects Mode
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7.75
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0.5
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Playback Mode
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6.50
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0.9
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Movie Mode
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7.00
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1
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Viewfinder
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3.50
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0.8
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LCD Screen
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4.00
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1.25
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Flash
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6.25
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1.25
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Zoom Lens
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7.25
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1.5
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Memory
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3.25
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0.5
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Startup 1st Shot
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8.20
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1.75
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Shot Shot
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9.40
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1.75
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Shutter Shot
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8.20
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1.75
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Software
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6.50
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0.5
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Jacks / Ports / Plugs
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6.25
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0.4
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Direct Print
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7.00
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0.65
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Ease of Use
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7.00
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0.95
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Battery
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6.25
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0.75
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Other Features
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2.00
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0.55
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Value
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7.00
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1.85
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Dynamic Range
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5.36
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2.5
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Video Performance
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3.91
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1.75
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Processing Speed
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8.40
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1.75
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White Balance Performance
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8.52
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1.8
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| Total (weighted) |
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370.42 |
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