I have just bought a HP Camera. Its the Photosmart M737 model and finished in a lovely silver colour. The casing itself is hard plastic but also very lightweight to carry. One thing you will notice thats different is that it lacks an optical viewfinder. Therefore when you are framing pictures, you will need to rely on the bright, clear and very large 2.5 inch colour screen on the rear. It does have a finger lip on the front for steadying pictures and holding the camera. It also has a small but strong carry strap. It takes 2 AA type batteries which means they dont recharge internally as a lot of modern cameras do. A set of batteries seem to last around 100 average type pictures. I do like the high range optical zoom that is able to focus in on very close objects as well as distant objects. The resolution does not seem to drop off. My husband has a similar camera with identical Megapixels (8 on both cameras) yet this seems to zoom much smoother and able to focus on much closer items. The pictures it takes are very clear with bright colours and sharp images. Reviewing images is also very easy by using the screen on the rear. Selecting taking pictures, recording video and reviewing pictures is easy using the slide switch. The video also seems clear and also includes sound although this cannot be heard on the camera. Sound is only audible when played back on a computer. Pictures can be either exported via an included USB cable or you can insert and remove SD cards for storing pictures.
I really like my camera and its relatively cheap at £110
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The HP Photosmart M737 Digital Camera series is designed for peoplelooking for a slim ... more
easy-to-use 8 MP camera with 3x zoom and theability to capture high-quality photos using features such asanti-shake mode subject slimming and red-eye removal.
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Feb 20th, 2008
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