HP M737 Photosmart Digital Camera | List Price: $215.00
Discount Price: $114.99
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Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Snaps Photos at 8 MP for Beautiful Prints
- Pentax Lens with 3x Optical Zoom and 8x Digital Zoom
- 2.5 Inch Auto Bright Display
- 16 MB of Internal Memory/ SD and SDHC Card Slot
- 0.40 Lbs (WxLxH) 3.83" x 2.47" x 1.11"
Value for your money is what you get with the HP M737 [Posted on 2007-12-22]
Getting an 8 megapixel camera for between $100 and $150 is a deal. This is not a Leica. But it has a Pentax lens, is easy to use, has many shooting modes, and Lo! it stitches photos together to create panoramas! The videos are fine VGA quality with sound. Join the youtube generation. The HP photo software that is included is good, but you might want to download Google's Picassa program for its many spiffy abilities (which do not include photo stitching for panoramas - use the HP program for that).
This is a splendid first camera. But I should talk. This is my fifth digital camera, which includes some Lumix Leica lens models. I bought this to carry with me (it is light and small enough) to get those shots that won't wait. I think this is the sweetest camera in this price range.
HP's site has more info on the camera than Amazon for you tekkies.
For a glimpse of what the panorama feature will do - try here if the Amazon servers haven't deleted the reference:
flickr dot com/groups/640266@N24/pool/
Least Durable Camera Out There [Posted on 2008-02-27]
We bought this camera for Christmas. We found it took nice pictures and was easy to use; however, it has a major design flaw. The memory card slot is inside the battery compartment which is extremely difficult to open and easily broken. Within 10 days the battery compartment door was broken because those little tabs that hold it closed are tiny and weak. HP replaced the camera. Now the new camera has the same problem and now a new problem. Another tab holding the battery compartment has broken. It's a different one from the one that broke on the first camera but they are all made the same; tiny and too weak to withstand the regular opening required to retrieve the memory card. The new problem is that the slot that holds the memory card will no longer release the card. When you push down on it, it is suppose to pop up; it doesn't. The camera has suffered no abuse beyond regular, responsible use. I would not recommend buying this camera no matter what the cost.
Excellent Camera for the Price! [Posted on 2008-02-28]
This camera is great. I am a huge HP Camera fan. This is my 3rd one (I upgrade every 3 Megapixels once they go on sale). It is easy to use and makes beautiful pictures.
I am a picture a holic. I constantly take pics of my niece and nephews. This camera has held up with the excessive use and pics are as beautiful now as before. The different shoot modes allow you to get just the right lighting and exposure for any situation. The fact that you can edit the photos directly in the camera is great. Especially if you are using one of the gogo HP printers.
The manual recommends lithium batteries and they work the best. I got about 4 hours of heavy picture taking out of the alkaline and about 7 out of rechargable. The lithium last about 3 days of very heavy picture taking.
I would recommend this camera to anyone. It has been nothing but a pleasure for me.
Loved It !! [Posted on 2008-02-29]
When I bought this camera I hadn't been looking for a new digital camera for very long, my old one was really nice but it was bulky and outdated...I liked that this camera was small but not too tiny, it was a really good value...an 8mp w/ lots of extras for under $130!! ( even the HP home site couldn't compare with Amazon's deal + free shipping )and overall it seemed pretty idiot proof... ( I am completely challenged when it comes to electronics ) When I got it I was so excited to try it out...I took it to my daughter's dance watch night and with the video feature recorded her dance numbers ( with the extra SD memory card I bought ) It was very easy to upload the video and pictures I took onto the computer using the software it came with...I even figured out how to email all of it to out of town realatives without being reduced to tears! I would absolutely buy this camera again and would recommend it to anyone, the only suggestion that I have would be to get either a set of good rechargable batteries or lithium ion batteries...they may cost more now but they are well worth it...also, investing in an extra memory card or two is probably a good idea if you plan to use your camera a lot...I got a 2GB memory card on Amazon for $5 !! You won't find a better deal then that anywhere !!
Behind the clunkines lay....great pictures! [Posted on 2008-06-05]
I gave this camera a 1-day trial. Fair or not, here are my impressions.
The good: It really took some great pictures. Also for a camera that takes AA batteries it has a small form factor almost in the subcompact category. Delete button is handy for deleting unwanted pictures. Flash button is handy for turning flash on/off or to red-eye flash. Cool Panorama feature although you might need a tripod for it to really work seamlessly. Menus are straightforward.
The bad: Battery compartment door is hard to shut and it feels like it would break over time. The tiny slider that switches from camera to movie mode to display mode is flimsy and clumsy to use especially if you want to stop in movie mode. Movie mode is only 320x240 at 24fps. Limited options. Flash recharge time is long. Sometimes focuses on things other than your subject. Size. IT's not big, but not as nice and sexy as a true subcompact.
the ugly: The USB port is on the bottom of the camera which means you either have to lay the camera on its front or back when hooking the camera up to your pc. In other words you get to choose whether you would like to scratch the front of your camera or the back. (Ok you can buy a tiny soft pillow to lay your camera on.) The lcd display gets a nod here as well. It's just not that good. It doesn't do a good job of communicating whether or not you took a great photo. I felt the Canons that I previously used were much better in this regard. And another annoying thing was the camera seems to take a picture a half-second after you want it to even if you halfway hold down the shutter button to charge up the flash. It's also not a winner in the looks department. IT looks clunky. Last the zoom is not that good. The buttons don't feel that great and the zoom sorta "skips" rather than zooms in/out.
All in all this camera is a great value if you want pictures equal to the top point and shoot cameras and you want AA batteries and yet are willing to put up with its clunkiness. To be fair I am used to Canon cameras and so some of the clunkiness may be interpreted (perhaps) as just "not Canon."
For $93 now it's hard to beat in terms of money spent to get a great picture. Still I decided to return it and get a Canon SD1000is instead. IN a few weeks I'll see if it was worth it.
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