Kodak EASYSHARE M550 review

YOUR ANALOGY WAS VERY INTERESTING BUT I HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED ANY OF THE PROBLEMS YOU MENTIONED AFTER CAPTURING ABOUT 700 PICTURES WITH THIS CAMERA. iT HAS A GREAT IMAGE SENSOR AND LENS AND THE AUTO FOCUS AND SHUTTER SPEED ARE MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR ITS PRICE RANGE. DOES IT HAVE THE FEATURE SET OF AN SLR? NO AND IT ALWAYS BAFFLES ME HOW COME MANY OF US COMPARE OR REFER TO FEATURES THAT A PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW THOUGH. I HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.

I bought this camera for my son's birthday. In reference to the first commenter - how are they comparing this camera to an SLR? I am also a professional photographer and I cannot understand your statement at all. Nor why a professional photographer would be using this type of camera. I should have done some research before I bought this but as I said; it's a little boy's first camera. I still have time to take it back. No matter your age or ability - image quality is important.

i am a smart person and am reading the manual over and over but I find all the options and symbols hard to use and many of these are for features I don't need. My old Nikon CoolPix made much clearer pictures that I could blow up with great clarity. I think I will try another kind of camera at this point

Nikon is the world's greatest dealer for the digital camera and its true that no other cam could compete with Nikon. But, if you compare cam within good price range, image quality and other options, i found it very user friendly and even the image clarity is quite good. As a whole, its a good cam, with great options.

Very poor quality pictures. I've never taken so many blurry photos. Very smudgy images when lots of light. Disappointed in this camera.

In absence of image stabilization, average user will not be able to get blurr free images