I just purchased the SP-550UZ new for under $300.00 at a Sam's club and loving it. I am using a 2G XD card (over 400 photos at max. quality). I am just getting into amateur photography so I can't talk a lot of shop talk or about high end cameras but I believe that for someone like me it is a great buy. I am looking into additional aftermarket lens and filters now which more are becoming available every day. I’m going to knock the dust off my tripod from my 35mm and will be strapping an additional 3.2X telephoto lens on it just to see what the baby can do. The camera is easy to use and produces great photos. I have not had a large print made yet but from viewing the photos I have made at full 18X zoom on my wide screen TV they look to be perfect to me for this use. By no means will this camera rival some of the more expensive setups out there and its not intended to but what its doing is bring me the enjoyment and understanding of amateur photography equipment and usage at an affordable price. I can move up later but now I am happy with my SP-550UZ.
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I just purchased the SP-550UZ new for under $300.00 at a Sam's club and loving it. I am using a 2G XD card (over 400 photos at max. quality). I am just getting into amateur photography so I can't talk a lot of shop talk or about high end cameras but I believe that for someone like me it is a great buy. I am looking into additional aftermarket lens and filters now which more are becoming available every day. I’m going to knock the dust off my tripod from my 35mm and will be strapping an additional 3.2X telephoto lens on it just to see what the baby can do. The camera is easy to use and produces great photos. I have not had a large print made yet but from viewing the photos I have made at full 18X zoom on my wide screen TV they look to be perfect to me for this use. By no means will this camera rival some of the more expensive setups out there and its not intended to but what its doing is bring me the enjoyment and understanding of amateur photography equipment and usage at an affordable price. I can move up later but now I am happy with my SP-550UZ.