Get all you need to take and print photos without a PC a 5MP camera with 3x optical zoom ... more
plus a printer dock. Just dockselect and edit on the 6 cm display and print lab-quality 10 x 15cm photos while recharging your batteries. HP Photosmart A444
Postage & Packaging: £2.50 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
(+) Ultra-compact dimensions, fun automatic tools, good performance for the asking price (-) Cluttered menu layout, camera buttons are scarce, specs are almost identical to the Samsung ES15
Advantages: Easy to use. Good colour reproduction. Easy to change inkjets. Disadvantages: Must use 100 gsm paper or else printer constantly jams or damages output
I bought this printer because I was fed up forking out lots of money for ink jet cartridges which would run out of one colour and mean that the rest of the ink was unused.
So in December 2007 I purchased the HPPhotoSmart D7160. This printer has individual inkjet cartridges for each colour. However in January 2008 the printer just packed up and would not work. I contacted Hewlett Packard and explained that I had no idea why it would not work. They were very helpful, non-judgemental and identified the problem (technical and beyond my ken) and arranged for me to send the printer back.
The carrier collected it and replaced it with a brand new printer. It worked like a dream. The aftersales service cannot be faulted.
I use the printer for making leaflets and printing photgraphs. This means I tend to use a lot of blue and black ...
Advantages: Sooo Many Features Disadvantages: Battery problems
I was so scared to get this camera because I thought that I would never get used to it so I hung on to my HP 3.2 MP for such a long time until it died on me. I needed a new and dependable digital camera with more mega pixels. I decided to go with another HP because I was so familiar with my old HP 3.2 that I thought it couldn't be that much different. It is very different and I was nervous using it for the first month but now I know this camera backwards and it really isn't that complicated. It does So many cool things most of which are probably unnecessary. Everyone who sees it wants one and I get asked about it a lot. The screen is huge. This camera has 10 MP which at the time was a huge selling point but I have since learned that no normal person needs that many mega pixels.
You will have to get used to taking pictures ...
Advantages: Excellent Quality and Very Fast in Draft Mode Disadvantages: Slightly heavy on Ink
managed to understand what the eMail button on the control panel is capable of (auto attaching a photo from a card into your eMail program, or office document, of your choice)
Other features of note are -
the 6x4" photo paper input tray (so far unused by ourselves) We have printed on A4 photo paper -a small supply being included in the box we purchased.
and a small LCD screen that lets you manage your photos directly on the printer via one of the 4* integrated digital camera card readers, or the data port to which the camera can be connected directly.
* The following cards are supported -
Compact Flash/IBM Microdrive
SmartMedia /xD-Picture Card
MultiMediaCard / Secure Digital and
Sony Memory Stick
Unlucky not to have one of those?!! then connect via the Direct input port.
Performance is splendid with print quality being ...
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Product Information for "HP PhotoSmart A444" »
Main features
Resolution
5.0 Megapixel
Colour Support
Colour
Optical Sensor Type
CCD
Total Pixels
5,054,400 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution
5,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size
1/2.5", 1/2.6"
Light Sensitivity
ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO auto
Digital Zoom
5 x
Shooting Modes
Frame movie mode
Shooting Programs
Landscape, portrait mode, action, close-up, night portrait, sunset, theatre, anti shake
Max Shutter Speed
1/1500 sec
Min Shutter Speed
2 sec
Exposure Metering
Centre-weighted
Exposure Modes
Programme, automatic
Exposure Compensation
±2 EV range, in 1/2 EV steps
White Balance
Automatic
Digital Video Format
MJPEG
Still Image Format
JPEG
Continuous Shooting Speed
2 frames per second
Video Capture
MPEG - 320 x 240 - 24 fps, 320 x 240 - 24 fps
Image Stabiliser
Electronic
Camera flash
Camera Flash
Built-in flash
Flash Modes
Fill-in mode, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red Eye Reduction
Built-in
Effective Flash Range
3.6 m
Lens system
Type
Zoom lens - 5.9 mm - 17.7 mm - f/2.7-4.8
Focal Length
5.9 mm - 17.7 mm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera
36 - 108mm
Focus Adjustment
Automatic
Auto Focus
TTL contrast detection
Min Focus Range
20 cm
Macro Focus Range
0.1-1.2m, 10-80cm
Lens Aperture
F/2.7-4.8
Optical Zoom
3 x
Zoom Adjustment
Motorised drive
Features
Built-in lens shield
Additional features
Self Timer
Built-in
Self Timer Delay
10 sec
Additional Features
Audio recording, direct print, USB 2.0 compatibility, date/time stamp, DPOF support, PictBridge support, in-camera red-eye removal
Microphone
Type
Microphone - built-in
Microphone Technology
Electret condenser
Microphone Operation Mode
Mono
Connections
Connector Type
1 x USB
Expansion Slot(s)
1 x SD Memory Card
Software
Software
Drivers & Utilities, HP PhotoSmart, Drivers & Utilities
System requirements for pc connection
Operating System Support
MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, Apple MacOS X 10.4 or later, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP Home Edition, MS Windows XP Professional
Peripheral Devices
USB port, SVGA monitor, CD-ROM Drive
Manufacturer's product description
Get what you need to snap and print high-quality photos without a PC - a 5 MP camera with 3x optical, 5x digital zoom and a printer dock. Just dock the camera, edit photos on the camera's bright, 2.4-inch display and print, all while charging camera batteries.
Lightweight, easy to use, good shortcut buttons 
