I am the disappointed owner of the optio 555, disappointed coz I have only had it 5 hours and it doesnt work properly.
It started off ok, as per instructions, then it froze. No buttons would work.
when I start it up, it goes to start up screen only. Unless I hold the display button, that way I get the menu options, everything seems ok, but it doesnt go into shooting mode. I can sometimes get voice recording mode, thats it. 5 hours old.
Bought it from Pixmania, where do I send it to? back to france? or to some Pentax outfit over here.
Any advice would be greatly welcomed.
Rob

I also read somewhere, there is a limit to the number of files or folders stored on CD individually , , quite a lot but you can save a number of individual jpegs and be well below the memory space (700Mb?) but still run out of room.
so my advice as Tony Blair says... (THE Tony Blair??) is to save 'em on hard disc, and when you have enough, burn em.

I bought the 555, and 5 hours after getting it out of the box (3 hours of that was charging the battery!!) same thing happened, screen came up, no buttons or lens operation. could only access menu by pressing playback mode.
Rob