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

HP M517

Strengths: Price, features

Weakness: Large LCD screen, battery type

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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Great camera for the Price

Strengths: Price, big LCD, Lightweight, rechargable batteries

Weakness: Little bit big in size,no case, long charging time for flash

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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great camera

Strengths: great picture quality. easy to use. good software

Weakness: low internal memory

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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Decent digital camera

Strengths: 5MP camera

Weakness: Subpar picture quality, not too many features

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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HP M517

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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Model Q2210a / 735

Strengths: Not Too Small and has a lot of nice Fixtures and ease of use, good Resulation

Weakness: 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.

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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M517

Strengths: zoom qualities, video capability, red eye features

Weakness: Records sound, but not for video, cant figure out how to play sound.

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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HP 517

Strengths: ease of use, features, software

Weakness: NA

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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HP Photosmart M517

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