 "It's very inexpensive" | 2007-12-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2ARUX4PYGCTNS |
After reading through a lot of the reviews here I have to chime in. I have owned this model now for 2 years, having said that I have taken hundreds of pictures with it, many of these were very good and will be cherished. This is a great little camera for still photo's, let me repeat STILL photo's. It does a fantastic job of it, if you want to take photo's quickly (as in turn on and take a pic) forget it, it takes as long to turn on as Martha Stuart on dirty sheets. The flash recharge time isn't good so if you plan on taking several pics indoors in short order... forget it.
As I have put here it looks like a mixed bag of feelings, on the one hand I have kept it and used it for hundreds of photo's, on the other I have missed/deleted hundreds because of the slightest movement on my part or the slightest movement of the object. I'm a patient man but I have steadily grown to hate this camera over 2 years. I have always had a higher priority than buying a new camera. As I get older I would rather not put up with some things and this is one I chose to put up with no longer.
I hope this helps someone see it for what it is, fantastic for shooting stills, yet terrible for all around use. And please these cameras are horrific with standard batteries, use energizer e2 lithium you will see an difference beyond belief in the number of pics you can take (and they are lighter). IMHO |
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 "Don't waste your money" | 2007-11-29 |
| - Reviewed By cjones@ci.orem.ut.us |
| Used this camera for 2 months and it quit working. Don't bother calling HP they don't care. |
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| "Not to shabby." | 2007-10-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2E99SVP2F6CJY |
| I think one of the major things I disliked about the camera was its speed. When there is something important going on that I want to snap a quick photo of, it takes 10 seconds for the flash to load. Also, it eats through double A's. It is a relativly good camera for just like little still shots of your dog. |
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 "cool cam!!!!!!" | 2007-06-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2W3FCR1PC1TAJ |
| this camera is very tuff in a good way its taken lots of hits and spills and 3 drops NOT FROM ME. iv taken it on 3 trips its done well intill my friend droped it on a root it still works but the sliding door broke its a very very very good camera you need to get it.(the screen dint bake at all!!!) |
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 "FIND ANOTHER CAMERA" | 2007-06-18 |
| - Reviewed By michelewilliams |
| I bought this camera around Christmas time, and haven't been happy with it. Although the pictures do come out some-what nicely the other features of this camera are horrible. First off, when you zoom the image doesn't appear on the screen, there is simply a orange line that appears around the image. Another thing that is not satisfactory, is the way it tuns on. Instead of having a button to turn it on it has a little sliding thing. The problem with this is that it is constantly turning on in my purse/pocket. Instead of spending your money on batteries, use that money to buy a better camera! |
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| "horrible" | 2007-01-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: ALBX84Q0O15L6 |
| I read the other reviews and the majority of people were satisfied with their camera, so I'm not sure if my camera in particular was just a dud.. but I extremely regret buying this camera. When they say it goes through batteries quick, thats no joke. In fact, I've never been able to take a picture with my camera because 10 seconds after I put in brand new batteries, it gives me a message saying "not enough battery power to take a picture." I'v tried a few types of batteries too. The first time I turned it on, I went through the initial set up steps and set the date and time, and then got the message. There is a docking station that is available for the camera, but it costs just as much as the camera, which kind of ruins the point of buying an inexpensive camera. Well, I lost the receipt for it, so I guess I don't have much of a choice- I plan to buy the docking station and try rechargable batteries. Hopefully then I can see what the pictures actually look like. |
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 "Great brand" | 2007-01-13 |
| - Reviewed By skap234 |
| This was my first digital camera. I liked everything about it except the fact that it had no optical zoom, only used 2 AA batteries, and had a small screen. You could barely see the pictures. Sometimes the screen would slid open and my camera would be on for a while, but I liked that it was "one hand operation." It's a good starter camera. 5 megapixels is good, but if you zoom, the MPs go down, and pics can get blurry. It was really easy to operate though. |
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| "Easy to use" | 2007-01-09 |
| - Reviewed By eric_albright |
Purchased for my 10 YO and she finds it very easy to use and take great pictures. The only drawback so far is that if you use the flash often it really drains the batteries quickly
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| "A GREAT CAMERA" | 2006-08-25 |
| - Reviewed By vealeyje |
| I have to say this is a great camera with beautiful prints every single time you snap a picture. I have had this camera for almost 9 months and I have not had one single complaint scince I got this. It's extremly simple to operate with not that many buttons or meconisims to use to get confused with. I recomend this to every one and you wont even know that you paid so little for this camera once you see the beautiful prints it delivers. |
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| "Nifty starter camera" | 2006-07-10 |
| - Reviewed By eileansiar |
| Right away I was surprised how high the quality of the images was with this camera. I had expected the lens quality to be the limiting factor, but the photos were tack sharp. This is a basic camera so you have to make sure it has enough light for a photo (flash won't illuminate everything), make sure the ISO speed is set as high as possible, e.g. 400 (scroll through the menu to set that so it will use a higher shutter speed in poor light), hold the camera very steady, and don't try to phograph moving subjects. Phew! sounds like a lot of caveats, but the truth is a microchip won't do everything for you. You have to know a tiny bit about 'real' photography - buy a book on it. This camera will produce great prints in the hands of someone who does not expect it to do miracles on low lignt, wobbly, moving, backlit, too far away, mirror in the background, impossible to focus shots. I think this is a great buy in cameras. |
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