Title : HP PS320 2MP Digital Camera
Author : Hewlett Packard
Release Date : 20021026
Binding : Electronics
Regular Price : $182.00
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Editorial Reviews : Get the perfect digital camera for sharing photos through e-mail and printing quality 8''x 10'' photos. This 2.1 gross megapixel resolution digital camera is easy to use. Record motion, get creative with the included software, and choose the right shooting mode for any situation. 8MB of internal memory saves images, but the SD memory card slot lets you add space for more memories.
Buyer Reviews : I got this camera for my 13 year old daughter for Christmas and I am simply amazed by the quality of pictures she takes with it! It was only a little more expensive than a cheap 35mm film camera but I figured the extra cost of film for the 35mm cam might outweigh the additional up front cost of the digital. What an understimation on my part! My daughter has taken at least five hundred pictures already with this little wonder and is still going strong! The flash has proven to be strong enough for almost every shot and it does a pretty good job reducing or eliminating red eye most of the time. (When it doesn't work we use i-photo on the Mac to remove the red eye) While the flash is not perfect, it's more than adequate for most shots. The original alk. batteries lasted through probably the first 200 photo's or so and we got another 100 out of them after a re-charge. It's on the second set of 4 now so the camera doesn't seem to go through them quite as quickly as other reviewers have stated with other models of cameras. The camera uses a 'star rating system' for its three levels of photo quality. One star for 'economy', two for 'good' and three for 'fine'. Rotating through the choices is very easily accomplished by pushing the star button on the camera back. The display on the back of the camera is not very big and is a little on the dark side but the nice thing is that the actual photo's always look far better than what you saw in the display. The fact that it has an SD (Secure Digital) media slot is probably the reason I initially chose this particular camera. My Panasonic DV cam also uses SD cards for its built in still camera. Getting this HP with SD capability means I don't have competing digital media with different media readers around the house. It also meant that I could give my no-longer-used 16MB card to my daughter and did not have to buy another one for her! The camera also can take 'movies' of limited length...maybe 20 seconds or so. I don't find this feature to be too useful though since no sound gets recorded. I suppose it could be used to capture a specific moment that might happen too fast to catch with a still photo but you'd have to use some software to select out the frame you wanted. While not a bad thing, it's just not a feature that played into my purchase decision. 2.0MP resolution was impressive just a short time ago on high-end cameras and it is still very good for digital albums or sharing photo's via email. If you're a 'pro' or a 'pro-am' at photography, pass this one up and spend the $$ for a 4MP+ camera that has interchangeable lenses etc. If you're looking for a very easy to use, relatively in expensive point and shoot digital camera that takes impressive pic's you will probably be happy with this one.
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Features/Technical Specs : * 2.0 megapixel sensor creates 1,600 x 1,200 images for prints at sizes up to 8 x 10 inches * Fixed 38 mm lens with 4x digital zoom * 8 MB internal memory with Secure Digital card slot * Connects to Macs and PCs via USB port * Powered by 4 AA batteries; NiHM rechargeables recommended
