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HP (Hewlett-Packard) Photosmart M517 5.2 Megapixel Compact Camera

(2" LCD - 3x Optical Zoom - 2620 x 1984 Image - 320 x 240 Video - PictBridge - MPN: L1901A)
Description: Optical Zoom 3x Digital Zoom 8x 2-inch color active matrix TFT LTPS 3x magnification, without diopter adjust Optical real image zoom type viewfinder In-camera red-eye removal 7 shooting modes HP Instant Share

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Date Reviewed:  Dec 21, 2005
  • wheelep
  • Member Since:
    Dec 2005

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    Product Experience:
    2 Months
Strengths: Price, features
Weaknesses: Large LCD screen, battery type
Summary: This is one of the best buys for a 5+ megapixel camera. I paid $199 (cdn). The resolution standards are higher than most as are the built in features. I am a lithium battery advocate, but am doing just fine with the NiMH batteries that it came with. Nice size as well. USB 2.0 output makes for quick downloads compared to most others at 1.0. A feature most people overlook!

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Date Reviewed:  Nov 19, 2006
  • amrit189
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    Oct 2006

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    Product Experience:
    10 Days
Strengths: Price, big LCD, Lightweight, rechargable batteries
Weaknesses: Little bit big in size,no case, long charging time for flash
Summary: I liked this camera basically for its price. For less than $100 You get 5.2MP 3X optical with rechargable batteries and adaptor.

It takes pretty good pics in the day and not bad in the night too.

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Date Reviewed:  Jan 4, 2006
  • abogler612
  • from NY
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    Dec 2005

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    Product Experience:
    3 Days
Strengths: great picture quality. easy to use. good software
Weaknesses: low internal memory
Summary: this camera is great. it is very easy to use and the picture quality is great. it has a lot of fetures allowing you to customize things such as background color lighting, shutter speed, red eye deletion and picture quality. the video recording quality is ok at best, but lets remember this is a camera not a camcorder. overall i am very happy with my purchase and by shopping arround was able to get the camera for arround $100 after several rebates.

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Date Reviewed:  Jun 7, 2006
  • Toys N Tech
  • from PA
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    Sep 2001

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2 Star ReviewDecent digital camera
Strengths: 5MP camera
Weaknesses: Subpar picture quality, not too many features
Summary: This is a great digital camera for a person who loves everything HP, for everyone else - stay away. While the camera has 5 megapixel CCD, the resulting pictures don't look impressive at all. 3x zoom is standard, nothing to write home about on the feature front either. There are many better options out there in this price range, such as Canon A430 and others.

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Date Reviewed:  Nov 27, 2005
  • INelectronics
  • from FL
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    Aug 2005

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Strengths: NA
Weaknesses: NA
Summary: 2005-12-23 16:04:18 The camera is beautifully styled and ergonomic design, . With 32 MB of internal memory, you can increase capacity with an optional SD/MMC memory card.

Take photos at 5 MP resolution for beautiful 10 x 15 cm prints and enlargements. Automatically brighten dark areas in high contrast shots to reveal details normally lost in shadows with HP adaptive lighting.

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Date Reviewed:  Mar 14, 2006
  • marvin4
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    Mar 2006

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1 Star ReviewModel Q2210a / 735
Strengths: Not Too Small and has a lot of nice Fixtures and ease of use, good Resulation
Weaknesses: Is VERY tempermental as the New Batterys ware out, no more than a Dozen pictures per set of Batterys , be sure to remove after each use.
Summary: I bought what I thought was the Best only to find that some of my friends could take Twice as many pictures as I could with out all the bells and Wistles.

Last the cards only work for a Short time. then you have to rely on the enturnal Memory.

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Date Reviewed:  Mar 22, 2006
  • elizabeth_s
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    Mar 2006

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    Product Experience:
    2 Weeks
Strengths: zoom qualities, video capability, red eye features
Weaknesses: Records sound, but not for video, cant figure out how to play sound.
Summary: After doing lots of comparisons, I chose this camera as the best value, even compared to other name brands. I read a bit of the manual, but found the camera buttons and features to be easy to use and mostly self-explanitory. The zoom feature is premium for its class, and the red eye flash and red eye removal feature are amazing! Ive had trouble uploading pics to the computer, but only tried it once.

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Date Reviewed:  Mar 3, 2006
  • 123kristen
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    Feb 2006

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    Product Experience:
    20 Days
Strengths: ease of use, features, software
Weaknesses: NA
Summary: I really love this camera. It comes with many cool features, such as adaptive lighting which makes every picture come out great. It also has a video feature, which is fun to use. It is a good value, I bought it about $175. which is a better buy than most other cameras out there.

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