HP PhotoSmart 935 5.3MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

HP PhotoSmart 935 5.3MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Get picture perfect photos using the HP photosmart 935 digital camera with HP instant share. With 5.3 MP total resolution and up to 21x total zoom (Pentax 3x optical lens, 7x digital) your photos will be extremely sharp - delivering beautiful enlargements up to 20 x 30 inches. And with HP instant share you can select on your camera where photos will go the next time you dock or connect to your PC - like e-mail addresses or printers! Automatic or manual controls ensure you get the results you want - with the assistance of on-camera help wizards. You can even record memories in motion and sound using the video-clip with audio feature. Plus, check out the optional HP photosmart 8886 camera dock (not included, please purchase separately) that connects easily to your PC or TV, includes a remote control for viewing photos, and recharges your camera batteries. exceptional photo quality 5.3 MP total resolution and 21x total zoom (Pentax 3x optical lens, 7x digital) delivers photo-quality enlargements up to 20 x 30 inches HP instant share - select on your camera where photos will go the next time you dock or connect to your PC - e-mail addresses, printers and more Create the results you want - use the automatic or manual controls for ISO, exposure, white balance and more with on-camera help wizards capture sound and motion Record memories using video-clip feature with audio capture with still photographs Save battery power with optional A

Average customer rating:

Pictures are ok, but EATS AA Batteries by the dozens.
HP 935 Experiences
The Great and the bad
Worst digital camera.... ever
I own TWO of these

HP PhotoSmart 935 5.3MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

5.3 megapixel sensor for enlargements up to 20 x 30 inches
Pentax 3x optical zoom lens with 7x digital zoom (21x total)
1.5-inch LCD; movie mode with sound
Compatible with Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMedia (MMC) cards--32 MB SD card included
Powered by 2 AA batteries (alkalines included); connects with Macs and PCs via USB port

ASIN: B00008KIVO
Release Date: 2003-04-16

Product Description

Get picture perfect photos using the HP Photosmart 935 digital camera with HP instant share. With 5.3 MP total resolution and up to 21x total zoom (Pentax 3x optical lens, 7x digital) your photos will be extremely sharp - delivering beautiful enlargements up to 20 x 30 inches. And with HP instant share you can select on your camera where photos will go the next time you dock or connect to your PC - like e-mail addresses or printers! Automatic or manual controls ensure you get the results you want - with the assistance of on-camera help wizards. You can even record memories in motion and sound using the video-clip with audio feature.

Customer Reviews:

Pictures are ok, but EATS AA Batteries by the dozens........2007-03-08

While HP did a pretty good job with this camera, someone forgot to figure out how much power it takes to run it. If you have this camera, buy stock in a battery company just so that you can get some of your money back over the next few years. I have gotten as little as a dozen pictures out of a fresh set of batteries, to as many as 25 pictures using high end batteries 2800 mAh batteries.
Rechargeable batteries are a mixed blessing. The hp photosmart 8886 docking station will recharge your rechargeable batteries when you put the camera in, but there is no trickle charger feature built into the docking station. This means that your batteries will charge up, but then sit without any maintenance cycle to keep them topped off for you. So, your batteries may well be dead in a week or two even though the camera was on the docking station.
Not very well thought out at all.
Optical zoom provides good pictures.
Digital zoom starts going down hill very quickly to the point of not usable.
The video clip feature is very choppy, so not that great compared with other cameras in this price range.

All in all, I'd pass on this camera if I were to buy another one. The battery eating power needs are just too great to make this a user friendly battery.

HP 935 Experiences.......2006-05-18

I have owned this camera for approximately 2 1/2 years, and my experience has been very frustrating. Rarely do I get a good picture when using the zoom (very noisy). I have also experienced many problems with taking pictures indoors, and in low light. The most frustrating problem is that I can take multiple photos of the same scene with the same settings and get different results (some light, some dark, contrast inconsistencies, color inconsistencies). I have also experienced the battery drain problems that other reviewers have reported, but have had great results using Lithium batteries. About have the time, the camera gods smile, and the camera takes a great picture, but I've lossed two many precious moments to take another chance. Time to get a new camera.

The Great and the bad.......2006-05-11

I really love this camera. I got it two years ago for christmas, and I can't explain how much I love this thing! The only problems I have are that its impossible to take pictures indoors. Like at a concert or graduation or something like that. And the battery life sucks. But if you purchase rechargable batteries, it works much better.

Worst digital camera.... ever.......2006-02-25

I bought this camera at Sears about a year ago. It was origionally listed as $353 but I ended up getting it for only $118. This camera has MANY cons and hardly any pros.

-->The audio is junk.
Anything above a whisper makes the audio clip so you just get this annoying loud ticking as audio (in videos and audio comments). It makes the video mode completely useless.

-->Picture quality isn't all too good.
I expected much more from a 5.3MP camera than this one offers. The picture quality on it's highest setting is all but decent. It's barely acceptable in any other condition than high light outdoors photography.

-->The flash is HORRIBLE!
There is absolutely no happy medium with it. it either over exposes the picture, or underexposes it. Any low light situation results in pictures with alot of noise and blurryness.

-->Battery life is NONEXISTANT!!!
This is the absolutely worst feature of the camera. It takes about 5-10 pictures on a brand new set of duracell photo batteries (the kind that cost almost $10 for a pack of two). Recently I was taking pictures of my girlfriend and I went through 22 Duracel AA batteries.

The only pros of this camera is that it's digital and not film, and that it boasts a SD card that my laptop has a built-in reader for. I was much happier with my Cannon Powershot S10 2.1MP camera.

I own a nice 35mm SLR camera with many differnet lenses and accessories, and I now use that camera more than the digital becuase of all the cons this camera has. I would rather pay to get my film devoloped and have decent picture quality than use this digital camera.

Overall rating: 1/10
Would be good for a novice user looking to make printouts from a photo center or computer, but for anyone that has a slight interest in photography, you definately need to look elsewhere.

I own TWO of these.......2005-12-30

Being very careful about my investments, I researched digital cameras in my price range ($200-$300) for a long time before committing to the HP 935. I went to several on-line review sites that had side-by-side comparisons, and one even offered image tests against the comparable Canon. I like color. Real life vibrant color. In all the tests, the HP beat the Canon. I bought it and haven't regretted it yet.

My entire online gallery is filled with examples and I have won awards at a national web site (33 times) against thousands and thousands of other images. Some people complain about the HP 935 image quality in low light settings. ANY camera in low light will have it's difficulties without the use of a tripod or manual settings if you wish to avoid flash. By using a tripod, and manually setting the HP 935 to aperature priority, 100 iso, turning off the flash and triggering it with the built in timer, the camera then automatically determines the length of exposure and is usually VERY accurate. I wish I could provide a link to some subground level images I took - the colors are vibrant, true and virtually noisefree.

If you follow the instruction manual, this camera will do everything PLUS....EXCEPT for produce speed shots. Sorry. That is where it falls down. It can not compete with the rapid shots of the cameras out there that cost 3 to 4 times as much. It is just SLOW in comparison. And I mean SLOOOOW. If I could change ANY thing about this camera, it would be to speed it up. But I like to think that the reason it is slow is that it has to take it's time to give me those great shots. Quality over quantity. ;)

Battery issues? Well - okay. But remember it takes a lot of power to make those great shots. lol Also, when the camera shows the batteries are drained, power down. Count to ten. Power back up. Instant battery life. BOTH of my HP's do this and reading other's feedback, I see this is common. You can do this sometimes for an entire day in the field but you still need to keep spares on hand. Eventually the batteries really are drained. (My Olympus drained batteries far worse)

Macro - once you learn the tricks of using this function, it is very handy!!! Until then, it might drive you batty. My Nikon and Pentax film cameras do the same thing this does, so I was prepared.

Telephoto - I rarely use it. less noise that way. This camera takes such large sharp images, I just normally shoot and crop what I need.

Not a perfect camera - just perfect for it's price range. That is why I bought a second one. Buy a tripod, rechargeable batteries and you will be set.

Average customer rating:

HP Photosmart 935 5.3MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

Lexar Media USB 2.0 6-in-1 High Speed Reader
Body Glove Multi-purpose Camera Case Black
Body Glove Large Multi-Purpose Camera Case (Black)
"Body Glove 74946 Multipurpose Camera Cases (Large, Blue)"
Lexar Media SD512-32-231 512 MB 32x Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card

ASIN: B0000A1VUH

Product Description

Get picture perfect photos using the HP PhotoSmart 935xi digital camera with HP instant share. With 5.3 MP total resolution and up to 21x total zoom (Pentax 3x optical lens, 7x digital) your photos will be extremely sharp - delivering beautiful enlargements up to 20 x 30 inches. And with HP instant share you can select on your camera where photos will go the next time you dock or connect to your PC - like e-mail addresses or printers! Automatic or manual controls ensure you get the results you want - with the assistance of on-camera help wizards. You can even record memories in motion and sound using the video-clip with audio feature. The optional HP PhotoSmart 8886 camera dock that connects easily to your PC or TV, includes a remote control for viewing photos, and recharges your camera batteries.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Hewlett-Packard Photosmart 935 digital camera features 5.3 MP total resolution and a Pentax lens that offers up to 21x zoom power (3x optical and 7x digital). Your photographs will be extremely sharp, and with the high 5.3 MP resolution, the Photosmart 935 can deliver beautiful enlargements up to 20 x 30 inches. Hewlett-Packard makes it easy to download and save your images with its HP instant share feature. This function allows you make selections on your camera that direct your photographs to a location the next time you dock and connect your camera to your PC. You can use the HP instant share to preset your camera to instantly send the photographs to a folder, email addresses, or even printers -- sharing photographs has never been easier.

Designed with both automatic and manual controls, the Photosmart 935 is equipped with the tools you need to ensure you get the results you want. And with the assistance of on-camera wizards, even a photographic rookie can take advantage of all the great features packed into this compact digital camera. You can even record memories in motion and sound using the video-clip with audio feature. Plus, this handy camera fits perfectly with the optional HP Photosmart 8886 camera dock (not included) that connects to your PC or TV for super-fast, easy sharing. In fact, the camera dock includes a remote control that makes browsing photos a snap and will even recharge your camera's batteries.

What's in the box
Hewlett-Packard Photosmart 935 digital camera, USB cable, 32 MB memory card, software, hand strap, and two AA batteries.

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