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Summary: Did my research and I picked the right camera
Review: This is a pretty sexy-looking digital cam and feels great in your hand. The image LCD is larger than most. Agree with others that this camera is great for your first step into the digital world of photo-taking...Complaint is...the lag time. Yes, its "point and shoot", but after you "shoot" ...tick,tick,tick then,maybe you will (or maybe you won't) get the picture you were going for. I have not found an explanation within HPs website or their manual (which does not come in the box and must be found online). I also agree with others that the images are a bit off from what you see in the viewfinder.
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Summary: Lost point on lag time
Review: This is a pretty sexy-looking digital cam and feels great in your hand. The image LCD is larger than most. Agree with others that this camera is great for your first step into the digital world of photo-taking...Complaint is...the lag time. Yes, its "point and shoot", but after you "shoot" ...tick,tick,tick then,maybe you will (or maybe you won't) get the picture you were going for. I have not found an explanation within HPs website or their manual (which does not come in the box and must be found online). I also agree with others that the images are a bit off from what you see in the viewfinder.
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Summary: Excellent Camera
Review: This is my first Digital Camera and I am very impressed. I took the camera to Europe for 6 weeks. It was easy to upload the pictures to my Laptop and email them to friends. I took over 225 pictures and only changed the rechargeable batteries once. When I got home, I printed some of the pictures using an HP 1215 printer and as I was told "They look like a Postcard." The camera was easy to use and I used all of the default settings. The zoom was great and it work like a point and shoot.
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Summary: Excelent!!!
Review: This is the perfect Camera for the people who like the "Old Fashioned" camera style. Everybody will think that it is a regular film camera. Advantages: Strong construction, Friendly menus, Remote control, Software included and HP-Pentax combination. Weaknesses: Doesn't come with case, and that's it. Beside the camera you will need: Case, Battery charger and rechargeable batteries, memory card reader (I've got the CF-Adapt from Viking and it works perfect into my Dell Laptop PC-Card slot).Very good camera!!!
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Summary: The best camera for a beginner
Review: This past summer I studied in Cuba for a month. Of course this is once in a lifetime opportunity, so I had to get a camera and it HAD to be digital. I've never owned my own camera before and already too many moments in my lifetime have gone by without ever being recorded. I also have a problem with getting myself to the store and going through the tedious and costly process of developing film.
So I went ahead and purchased the HP C615 model and it was probably one of the best purchases I ever made. I also purchased the 96 MB memory card which holds up to 360 photos at the lowest quality (which is better than some film cameras). It was well worth it. All of the other American students whom I met in Cuba, were envious of the fact that I could selectively view and delete my pictures through the camera. In comparing film pictures with mine of the exact same images the HP 615 won out every single time. So that's not a bad large investment compared to buying film, lugging it around and then waiting for it to be developed. Now all I carry is the camera and an extra set of batteries.
Of course this review wouldn't be objective if I didn't put one complaint in. My only complaint is that the viewfinder is not very well lit. It's actually pretty dull compared to some other cameras that I've taken pictures with. It also does not provide a very accurate width of the actual photo that gets processed. But since I realize the fault of the camera, I know its OK to cut off people's arms straggling on the edges of the viewfinder because the photo comes out perfectly trimmed. This does cause a problem for those one or two occasions when you have to rely on a waiter or passerby to take your own photo. They usually include too much of the surrounding area. But I found a way to get around that too; now I set the zoom and area for the innocent bystander.
The pictures I take are breathtaking!! The colors are scintillating, and the lucid ambiance palpable. If you're just starting out this is a great choice. People who now view my photos assume that I have some kind of talent or training, but I am honest and admit to them that it's really the camera.
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Summary: The best camera for a beginner
Review: This past summer I studied in Cuba for a month. Of course this is once in a lifetime opportunity, so I had to get a camera and it HAD to be digital. I've never owned my own camera before and already too many moments in my lifetime have gone by without ever being recorded. I also have a problem with getting myself to the store and going through the tedious and costly process of developing film.
So I went ahead and purchased the HP C615 model and it was probably one of the best purchases I ever made. I also purchased the 96 MB memory card which holds up to 360 photos at the lowest quality (which is better than some film cameras). It was well worth it. All of the other American students whom I met in Cuba, were envious of the fact that I could selectively view and delete my pictures through the camera. In comparing film pictures with mine of the exact same images the HP 615 won out every single time. So that's not a bad large investment compared to buying film, lugging it around and then waiting for it to be developed. Now all I carry is the camera and an extra set of batteries.
Of course this review wouldn't be objective if I didn't put one complaint in. My only complaint is that the viewfinder is not very well lit. It's actually pretty dull compared to some other cameras that I've taken pictures with. It also does not provide a very accurate width of the actual photo that gets processed. But since I realize the fault of the camera, I know its OK to cut off people's arms straggling on the edges of the viewfinder because the photo comes out perfectly trimmed. This does cause a problem for those one or two occasions when you have to rely on a waiter or passerby to take your own photo. They usually include too much of the surrounding area. But I found a way to get around that too; now I set the zoom and area for the innocent bystander.
The pictures I take are breathtaking!! The colors are scintillating, and the lucid ambiance palpable. If you're just starting out this is a great choice. People who now view my photos assume that I have some kind of talent or training, but I am honest and admit to them that it's really the camera.
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