HP PhotoSmart E317 - Digital camera - 5.0 Mpix - supported memory: MMC, SD

HP PhotoSmart E317 - Digital camera - 5.0 Mpix - supported memory: MMC, SD
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Take photos at 5 MP resolution for beautiful 10 x 15 cm prints and enlargements up to poster size. Get closer with 4x digital zoom. Grab short video clips with sound. No complicated set up, just point and shoot and your camera does the rest.Find your way around in no time using the intuitive button layout. Frame and review your photos via the clear, bright 3.8 cm display. Store dozens of photos with 16 MB internal memory; choose optional SD/MMC card for extra capacity.Print with or without a computer - print to any PictBridge-enabled printer or via memory card. Send photos by e-mail without large attachments using HP Instant Share. Edit, organize, print and share photos using HP Image Zone software.

Average customer rating:

bad camera, bad cust service from HP
Dissapointed
don't waste your money
Great for novice
Not working after a short time use

HP PhotoSmart E317 - Digital camera - 5.0 Mpix - supported memory: MMC, SD

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Product Description

Take photos at 5 MP resolution for beautiful 10 x 15 cm prints and enlargements up to poster size. Get closer with 4x digital zoom. Grab short video clips with sound. No complicated set up, just point and shoot and your camera does the rest.Find your way around in no time using the intuitive button layout. Frame and review your photos via the clear, bright 3.8 cm display. Store dozens of photos with 16 MB internal memory; choose optional SD/MMC card for extra capacity.Print with or without a computer - print to any PictBridge-enabled printer or via memory card. Send photos by e-mail without large attachments using HP Instant Share. Edit, organize, print and share photos using HP Image Zone software.

Customer Reviews:

bad camera, bad cust service from HP.......2007-03-12

I used this camera while studying abroad. It lasted until the last day of my trip, then the memory card wouldn't stay in the slot. I'm careful with my equipment and never dropped the camera or anything like that.

However, I disliked the camera prior to it completely not working, as the view screen (there is no view finder) jerks around so that you cannot see what you're aiming at unless your hand is completely still. Also, the battery cover does not like to stay closed.

As I'm still under the mfr warranty, I faxed the receipt, model and serial nbrs, and my contact info several times and am still experiencing unresolved customer service issues with HP tech support. If you want to avoid the possibility of problems like the above and do not want to deal with a cust service headache, go with a decent camera for a little more money. Sony Cybershots have worked well for other people I know.

I should also add that I bought this camera even after reading all the reviews on Amazon about it, because it was the cheapest thing (about eighty bucks) available in the little town I'm from. I thought the worst reviews were maybe overrated, but just on the basis of the horrible customer service I've received so far I would not buy another HP camera again and likely will never buy another HP printer, either.

Dissapointed.......2006-12-26

Ok, I bought this for $103 for Christmas at the end of 2005. The second day I experienced problems, like it shutting off by itself. It also ate up all the batteries. Then I got rechargeable batteries, but those were "killed" by the camera within a few months. The camera's pictures can be good, ok, or HORRIBLE. The pictures are easily shaken and the video "sucks." You can't see a thing in a video unless you literally have a flashlight shining light behind you. It is also quite fat and may even loose pictures from the memory on its own. In October 2006 I also experienced a new problem: When taking pictures outdoors the pictures come out completely white. Now it is December 25, 2006, exactly one year after I opened the package, and the LCD screen turns black by itself after some while. The picture quality is horrible and so is everything else. You could say that it "literally" lasted me a year, but it lost all the pleasures (if there were any to begin with) within the first two months, or so. Please don't waste your money...this completely ruins my opinion on HP...get a nice Kodak or Nikon or anything else than the HPE317.

don't waste your money.......2006-11-01

Within a month of using this camera it went completely dead as previous posters have said. No matter what kind of battery you use, it just shuts off. I was still in warranty when this happened so HP sent me a replacement and a few months later the same thing happens. It really didn't last long at all and I was disappointed with the quality of the photos. Don't waste your time on this one.

Great for novice.......2006-07-26

I needed a small,simple and inexpensive digital immediately!With just a skim over the manual, I was able to take wonderful pictures of my friend's wedding. The point and shoot feature was great and just what I needed! ES

Not working after a short time use.......2006-03-14

We bought 3 of these cameras for christmas presents at the Walmart after Thanksgiving sale and thought they would be great gifts. 2 of the 3 are completely dead, they will not even turn on when you add brand new batteries. The third one will turn on with brand new batteries but the battery idicator slowly runs down to nothing and then the camera shuts off. It doesn't matter what type of batteries we put in the camera. DO NOT BUY!!! You will be very disappointed. We thought they were great when they worked asside from the red eye issue which could be photoshopped out. Now they are unusable. The 30 day warrenty is over for walmart so we are hunting for new cameras.

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