HP PhotoSmart C500

Advantages: Takes great photos
Disadvantages: Batteries

...I have had this camera for a little over a year. This wasn't my first digital camera, but was my first with an optical zoom. I don't claim to be much of a whiz with using different settings, but over the past couple of months I have tried the various different techniques and setting the camera has to offer. I bought this for around £150 and it was bundled with the associated printer which I thought was a pretty descent price at the time. You don't get a lot of paper with the package, which is a shame because to get the best quality prints you really do need to use the HP photo paper, and that can be anything from £7.99, depending on the quality you buy. For the most part I went with a cheaper option, you can get some very good printer paper from pound shops, etc and the quality is just as good. Hardware: The camera itself is small... Read review

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Advantages: Low cost, Easy to use
Disadvantages: Bad styling

...This camera is low cost, and easy to use, but it suffers from poor exterior looks. This is a good buy for those on a low budget. The Hewlett Packard photosmart series of cameras are all high quality, but its certainly worth getting one of the cameras at the higher end of the price range if you can afford the extra cash in my opinion. The more expensive HP cameras offer brilliant LCD screens, sleek metal finishes and higher resolution pictures. When looking for a digital camera you should have your eye on cameras with a rear screen of around 1.5-2" in size, cameras which come with rechargeable batteries and chargers (check other internet reviews for cameras with good battery life), around six megapixel resolution and a good brand (the brand will affect the interface of the camera, its compatibilty to various software... Read review

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Advantages: simple easy to use camera, good quality pictures
Disadvantages: the camera could be lighter in weight and easily damaged if dropped

...' burden carrying it around with me all the time and at the same time trying to be careful with it not to drop it. However after a few months of having my camera it broke, the screen was the problem. I took the camera back to Boots where i had bought it with receipt and it was no problem to exchange. Overall i thought my HP camera was great in terms of the quality of the pictures and simple functionality however a little too heavy and was easily damaged.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful