Iam planning to buy a Digital Camera, what is the best brand to be choose? 1. Canon S3IS 2. Olympus SP-550UZ

Regarding Battery I want AA type not a Lithium Bat. in Digital Camera

Have you thought of Canon A710 IS. It is 7 MP, Image stabilized, 6x optical zoom, uses only 2 AA batteries and has excellent picture quality. Just a suggestion coz I just bought it after comparing it with Canon S3IS. It was a good choice for me and it is much compact than s3is. check this camera at

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canona71...

Canon has just announced Canon S5IS. Check that out too.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Ca...

Regards,
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No problem.. thanks for chosing my answer..and good luck.
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I would take the Olympus.
Review:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/SP...

Pricing:
http://www.thedigitalnerds.com/product.a...

My favourites have been Sony, I am on my 3rd Sony digital camera and all of them still work fine I just like to upgrade

I'm an Olympus fan from way back.

Check out this comparison page. Click on "In-depth review" and "Read Owner Opinions" for each camera. Be sure to note that the reviews are many pages long so you don't stop after page one. Check the sample images, also. You can enlarge these to full size images if you click on the file name shown below the picture. You will have to then put your cursor in the white space to the right of the picture and click once. After that, you can pass your cursor over the image and it will turn into a magnifier. Click it as a magnifier once and the image will go to full size and you can really examine the detail or look for artifacts like purple fringing around items in high contrast photos or noise in darker areas of the picture.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_...

Quoted from the Olympus review: "Ultimately however, after a lot of debate here, we decided that the SP-550UZ has just too many flaws where it matters (image quality and performance) for a $500 camera, and that (though a close call) it fell short of a Recommended rating. As always we'd recommend having a good look at all the sample images before deciding if you agree."

So, look at the sample images.