Pictures of the kids, vacation photos, and shots for on-line auctions are a snap with the HP PhotoSmart 612 digital camera. The 2x optical and 2x digital zoom features let you get... more
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other electronic appliances. The interchangeable DC plugs included are for center plus and polarity protection. Any setting of the output voltage selector switch is protected against unintentional change of voltage. A power on LED and 2 rubber grips for easy handling rounds off the high specification of a neat, compact and easy to carry power supply for worldwide use. Output voltage in 6 fixed steps 2.4v, 3v, 4.2v, 5v, 6v, 6.5v, 7v, 8.4V to match the voltage specifically needed for most digital cameras. 5 inter changeable centre plus and polarity protected DC plugs included. (Plug dimensions 1.7 x 4.75 / 1.7 x 4 / 1.4 x 3.5 / 0.75 x 2.4 / 5.5 x 2.1 all right angled plugs).
A review by BahdKo on HP PhotoSmart 612 December 11th, 2004
Author's product rating:
Picture Quality
Good
Range & Quality of Features
Average
Ease of Use
Easy
Durability
Very Poor
Overall Look & Design
Satisfactory
Value for Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Nice camera with good features for the price
Disadvantages:
Serious durability issues, I would not buy it again
Recommend to potential buyers:
no
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While this camera worked, I was really happy with it. It took good quality pictures, the focus was usually exactly right, and it did well in a variety of light levels. The optical zoom was exactly what I had been looking for, and it had enough memory so that it wasn't inconvenient to take on trips. It also had a good price for all of its features, that was the original reason I bought it. I really liked this camera, was very happy with it, and would have used it forever, except....
This camera's got what I would call serious durability problems, and you can see evidence of this problem if you check Ebay or any other place on the 'net where people who have had HP612's for a few years are active (The HP support forum at forums1.itrc.hp.com has a really long thread about this camera, with many disappointed owners). My first one simply died, wouldn't turn on or anything. HP replaced that one. The replacement camera had a weird problem where you had to work the zoom in order to get it to begin focusing, but I could use it so I didn't haggle. Then, the big problem came: three colorbars on the screen, and no more working camera. It appears to be a problem with either crashed software on the camera, or damaged firmware, we're not exactly sure yet. LOTS AND LOTS of these cameras are doing this, it usually happens after the warranty has expired, and in this event, HP does absolutely nothing for you except offer to sell you a refurb. Knowing what I know now, I would not have bought my HP612 because they come from the factory with this wide-impacting (although time delayed onset) problem. No one expects to buy a digital camera and have it die two years later, all of my friends who have (other) digital cameras are happily taking pictures. I wish HP would do more to help us.
Despite the fact that I really liked this camera while it worked, I have to rate this camera as "very poor" because this problem from the factory 100% disables the camera. This software or firmware problem is widespread and HP doesn't really help you with it once the camera happens to be out of warranty. I cannot recommend that anyone buy one with the expectation that it will last for what you would expect to be a normal digital camera lifetime.
Advantages: It is small and takes really great pictures. Disadvantages: The batteries do not last long enough.
...know that I wanted an HP because I trust their products and have had good luck with them.
I lucked out and had the help of a good salesperson who knew what he was talking about.I always buy my electronic equipment at Comp-USA, so this is where I decided to buy my camera.
The salesperson helped me to decide which one would be a good camera, plus not break my budget. The information that came with this camera was extremely helpful. I chose this camera ... ...and the price of 259.00 was too good to be true. If I can use this camera, anyone can.
It comes with the cable you need to transfer pictures to your computer plus the software for your computer.I like the image display window, you can see the picture as you take it. You can also
press the control dial and scroll through your pictures.You can view them one at a time or see all your prints thumbnail size.With this control dial you can also delete ...
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Advantages: high quality pictures Disadvantages: very high battery usage
found this camera to be easy to use though the instruction booklet could be a little overwhelming for a novice user. the high quality of the pictures was good even suprisingly when set at low resoulution. this has the disadvantage of needing a memory card if you wish to take more than 7 pictures when the camera is set at its highest resoulution but it will quite comfatably take 100 + pics on its lowest setting. it has a auto focus zoom lens plus ... ...lcd screen does not do any of your photos justice. has the feature to print out direct from the camera with any compatible printer without the need for a pc. the biggest dissapointment however is the battery usage. tried rechargables and duracel as well as other brands and got on average 35 pics using the flash on all of them before they where flat. all said and done not a bad camera for the price. i got mine for £50.00 from a major office supply ...
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Advantages: see report Disadvantages: bad accumulator
...better digital cameras like the HP PhotoSmart C618 in the meantime, but it is them/her/it little about a fully equipped and powerful digital seeker camera for a hobby photographer for itself wishes frankly leaves. Also for a beginner, this camera is practically and intuitively compact to serve. With your dissolution, one really gets an outstanding picture quality of 2,1 mega pixels, and that of DIN A4 themselves in a format. Especially well, I find ... ...Delivery capacity of the HP C618 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The corresponding software is important to the picture treatment. Here, one gets 4 different programs in the package. 1, HP photo Imaging software for Windows 2, picture treatment software Adobe PhotoDeluxe, 3, business Edition for Windows, 4, ArcSoft photo impression upon Windows and for Macintosh 5, ArcSoft photo montages for Windows and for Macintosh That really is very ...
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Advantages: Lots of features Disadvantages: Not much...
...I finally stumbled upon a HP one.
I read the specs:
2.11 MP with HP imaging technology instantly optimizes every photo and adjusts for difficult lighting conditions. Pentax precision lens with 3x optical and 2x digital zoom and 30-bit color depth save photos to 8 MB internal flash memory or store more photos with optional CompactFlash(TM) memory card
HP Photosmart 315 digital camera, 8 MB CompactFlash memory card, 4 AA Alkaline batteries (not ... ...catalog, 315 Quick Start guide, 315 basic manual, Arcsoft PhotoMontage (PC/Mac), Arcsoft PhotoImpression 2000 (PC/Mac)
Compatible Operating Systems Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 Supported via card reader.
Then looked at the price: 95 pounds.
I thought it was a good deal, by the specs it looked top class. So I decided to buy it. After getting it home and opening the box i had endless fun. A very good camera with good quality. ...
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Pictures of the kids, vacation photos, and shots for on-line auctions are a snap with the HP PhotoSmart 612 digital camera. The 2x optical and 2x digital zoom features let you get close to the action. You can preview photos on color LCD with 3x and 6x magnification. User-friendly features like auto exposure, red-eye reduction and auto flash make it easy to get great results.
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