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Summary: New digital photographer
Review: This is my first digital camera. I've had the camera for approximately 8 months. I have used it on two vacations and for family photo opportunities. So far I am very pleased with the camera and it's many functions. I could go on about all the good things but you, reading this, expect those things.
I have four things that I am having trouble adapting to after using a 35mm film camera for years.
1 - The screen going black and the delay in the shutter action really makes it difficult or almost impossible to take action shots. Even taking a standing animal or bird becomes hard because they move unpredictably. You can anticipate, and I'm getting better at that, but to visually follow a subject and take action pictures is impossible.
2 - The lense is super untill you get to the digital only point and then things get grainy. I now never use the digital section of the lense.
3 - It would really be nice to be able to manually focus. You can't.
4 - I would really like to put a polarizing lense on the camera but this is not easy to do and keep the "camera off" dimensions of the camera. Maybe HP has an adapter that will allow me to do this but "Camera World" in Portland did not know of any.
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Summary: Very good camera
Review: This is my first digital camera. So far performs well with still photos and I was amazed by the quality of the night pictures (including storm pictures with lightnings, where it performed excellent). It has the versatility needed when you want to under/overexpose. It does have some inertia and is hard to manipulate with dynamic subjects (action/sports/pets/children), where my 35 mm is still better. The lens with the 8x zoom is very good. I am not using the HP craddle - a spare charger for rechargeable batteries and an SD card reader are more effective, cheaper and less bulky.
Overall very good value for the price.
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Summary: The best & worst digital camera...
Review: This is the perfect digital camera -- but only if you're using a tripod to photograph still life scenes! The 4.1 resolution is amazing, the exterior screen is big & bright, and the menu system is easy to follow. However, AVIOD THIS CAMERA if you want to photograph anything that is moving or even alive and standing still! Press the shutter, and the camera screen goes black for 2-3 seconds BEFORE recording the image. If your subject moves, or if your hands move slightly while holding the black screen to your face for the next several seconds, you won't get the image you wanted. You will miss "the moment" and your careful composition will probably move one direction or the other. We tried taking pictures of family members opening Christmas presents, but the camera didn't actually record an image until people were reaching for their next gift. We're going to Hawaii and hope to photograph whales, but with this camera we would have to press the shutter before the whale even got to the water's surface, and then point in the right direction while looking at black screen!! Incredibly frustrating to return a camera that had such promise!
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Summary: Quality, Price, Value, Features!
Review: Used my Uncle's HP PS850 and fell in love with it. The zoom is amazing, quality of photo's and ease of use make this the best 4MP camera I have seen at a great price. Focus is sometimes slow between shots, but overall, compared with high end $1000+, this is a great value. Hope to be getting mine in a few weeks.
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Summary: The excellent camera!
Review: Very quality and clear of pictures on this camera .Greet zoom .
I love it, but lens, filters and adapter are not easily available.
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Summary: Nothing like it at the price
Review: You will not find a better feature camera at this price. The only reason to spend more is if you need to take larger photos or higher quality SLR type shots. The camera is very easy to use, quick to figure out, and the zooms are very good. Everyone that has seen a photo I have taken at full zoom is amazed. I have not had the camera too long. So I still have more to test, like outdoor shots of landscapes and the like. The camera is larger than others, but what do you expect with the zooms? You need the optics plus it has a nice size lcd on the back. I dont consider it to be that much larger than the others, except for the micro sized models out there. It did eat thru batteries, but I spent a little more and got rechargeable batteries and a charger and they work well and longer than regular batteries. I found nothing less in price worthy of comparison and I think you need to spend more than a 1k to get something better in photo quality (slr type).
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Summary: Nothing like it at the price
Review: You will not find a better feature camera at this price. The only reason to spend more is if you need to take larger photos or higher quality SLR type shots. The camera is very easy to use, quick to figure out, and the zooms are very good. Everyone that has seen a photo I have taken at full zoom is amazed. I have not had the camera too long. So I still have more to test, like outdoor shots of landscapes and the like. The camera is larger than others, but what do you expect with the zooms? You need the optics plus it has a nice size lcd on the back. I dont consider it to be that much larger than the others, except for the micro sized models out there. It did eat thru batteries, but I spent a little more and got rechargeable batteries and a charger and they work well and longer than regular batteries. I found nothing less in price worthy of comparison and I think you need to spend more than a 1k to get something better in photo quality (slr type).
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