Customer Reviews

HP PS120 1.0MP Digital Camera

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This is the second inexpensive HP camera I have used.
For still shots, the image quality is adequate to make moderate enlargements. Color saturation and hue are natural. The controls are simple and, if not intuitive, easily mastered. The included software manipulates photos adequately, but buyers should not expect too much digital magic. I like the HP drag and drop folder that automatically loads images to any of several pre-specified Internet sites for album sharing or ordering prints.
I do have complaints, but they are minor considering the price of the camera:
The quality of the avi video clips is low. Do not expect anything like camcorder images...more like Thomas Edison's first attempt.
The flash is finicky about distance--9' is the recommended maximum, but it washes out images closer than about 4'.
There is no protective lens cap. Clear glass protects the actual lens, but that cover is flush with camera case--too easy to smudge or scratch.
The fixed focus lens does not allow anything like a closeup. Of course, in some cases adequate images can be obtained by photographing at a high quality setting and then cropping the image with software.
Overall, the camera delivers good value.

I dunno what kinda HP camera that other reviewer bought, but mine works like a dream. I had an old Argus [$$$] one and it basically is too picky on the lighting for my needs. I needed a flash, an inexpensive price, and optionally, an LCD. This camera gave me all of the above. The LCD is small, but it doesn't need to be all that big in the first place. It's USB 2.0 compatible, so you can plug it right to the computer. Another good thing about this camera and USB is the fact that the software included works directly with the camera to detect and automate the task of upload/view of images. Nice. Comes with ACDSee software for easy viewing/printing/sharing of images, plus gallery software if you do webpublishing. VERY nice. The digital zoom is nice, because you don't have to be close to an object to get a close representation. Quality is VERY good. Very little pixelation can be seen, and only if you scrutinize the picture.
With the base memory, you can get 54 pics at the lowest resolution which is still great quality. The LCD lets you zoom images, view up to 9 at once and pick one, and magnify. Also, you can take video VERY easily. With a 32 MB card, you can take up to 5 minutes of video. That is fantastic. This camera is a great value. Get it!

We got this 3 days before we left on our VC on our first cruise....so we had no idea how good it would do. We also took our regular camera along just incase....I bought a 32mb smartcard..so we could take lots of pixs...we were able to take over 100 pictures and we put batteries in the camera before we left home and never had to change the batteries our entire trip...the only problem was when out in the sunlight you could not see your LCD screen very well, so i just looked thru the view finder and snaped away...we really werent sure what we were getting.....but they are beautiful..all 100 turned out great....I was so happy with the results....best buy we have ever made and it was so easy to operate..I highly recommend this product....it was better then I ever could have hoped for , especailly for the price...thks Sheryl

I am spoiled by an Olympus that takes 3 megapixel images, but couldn't afford the price, so picked up this HP for about [money]. The images are ok. My biggest complaint is the total washout that happens with flash pictures. It is not good at all for anything closer than 10 feet. Total white out, as if the flash is too powerful, yet the images are dark at more than 15 feet.

Good for outdoors. The video clip is fun, but not very useful, and the image is pretty grainy.

Good for a beginner, or someone who doesn't know how good a digital camera CAN be.

I own several cameras and had been casually looking at digital cameras for some time. My sense was that they are all much too expensive for their performance and that anything on the market today will be obsolete in a month. I picked up this camera as a close-out floor model for a very, very low price--- less than a quarter of list. I have found it to be a nice, convenient email photo camera with simple, easy-to-master controls. It's great for all those casual photos I don't want to spend a lot of effort or any money on. Limitations: slow action, LCD very hard to see in sunlight, and closeups are pretty much impossible, which was the biggest disappointment but not a huge surprise. I am very pleased with the camera at the price I paid, but I will stick with my Nikon SLR for quality shots. Judging from the reviews I have seen of even very high end digital cameras, the technology has quite a ways to go before I'm willing to invest much money in it.

I bought this camera for 9 year old twin girls, Julia and Christine. It works well, took good pictures for the price and was easy to use. The software loaded easily and the usb port loaded pictures quickly. Julia figured out how to use the movie function, and took a nice 2 minute movie. This was purchased with extra memory, and will take 150 pictures with good quality. It is not a 300 dollar camera, but is more than enough for most situations, providing a reasonable quality for a reasonable price.

We received this camera free with our HP computer. We love this camera. It takes great pictures outside. I will agree with another reviewer the flash washes you out inside. I either turn it off or go farther back and hit the zoom button. I like the video feature, but there is no sound, the videos look like ones from the 50's. It's kinda cool, the old fashioned look. Just don't take too long of videos, then you can't email them. I bought the 128mb card, and can take 418 pictures. The only thing I would recommend is rechargable batteries. I bought the special batteries for high tech devices, we used the camera not even one whole day and the batteries were dead. We are so impressed every time we upload our pictures how nice they look. Since we are so addicted to using a digital camera and we love the HP, we're going to get the nicer model now and keep this one for the kids. It's so easy. Someone we knew let us use another digital camera, a Kodak, and the camera never worked right for us, it would never hold a charge, it was such a pain to learn how to use it. The HP you just point and shoot. I highly recommend this digital camera. The software you get with it is very easy to use as well.

Very nice digital camera for the price. Nice image quality (for under a hundred bucks). The user options are easy to use and it's easy to upload images to your computer.

However, like most digital cameras, it eats batteries like no other. Unless you want to buy new batteries every 30 pictures, rechargable batteries (four AAs) and a recharger are very much necessary. i got Quest batteries and a recharger for about fifteen bucks and have recharged them about 5 times already over about 3 months.

The flash is sometimes too bright- make sure you're standing at least arm's length if not more away from the subject or turn the flash off. The self-timer is also very nice for this if you are taking a self-photo with the flash, because simply holding the camera arms length away will wash out your face completely.

A memory card is also highly recommended- at the lowest quality only 54 images fit. Medium fits 19, and high 12.

However, i'm really being picky. This is a great camera for trips (with a recharger and a nearby computer to unload images if you run out of room), a webcam, beginner's photography, and even a family camera. If you're looking for your first digital camera or a webcam for a nice price, this one is what you're looking for.

The camera if held absolutely *still* can take a decent picture, but close ups, forget it. This is not a 'close-up-loving' digital. The flash washes out many pictures. It is VERY slow to take pictures. It has about a 5 second delay between pictures taken without a flash, and a 20 to 30 second delay between pictures taken with the flash. It sucks battery power like mad if you take any video (no sound) with it. The videos are extremly grain and small.

If you want a camera to play around with, to drag everywhere you go, like i do, then this isn't too bad, but it's slowness is fustrating. I use normal rechargable batteries in mine because I don't care if it fries it. The LCD screen is hard to see at times. My advice?: if someone gives it to you or you get a good deal on one and are desparate, take it. Otherwise, save your money and buy something that can take a close up, doesn't suck battery power like air, doesn't wash out your subject with the flash, and doesn't take a millenium to set back up again between shots. The fustration level at missing pix over and over again gets old fast.

I'm an experienced digital photographer with a Nikon 990 for my personal use. I bought two of these for my grandgirls and was amazed at the quality and ease of use.

1 megapixel quality is quite good for prints up to 5x7, and are great for monitor viewing and email. The camera is easy to use, the only problem the 10 year old had was accidentally pressing the "quick time record" button instead of the shutter release. Easy to do since they are close to each other. It doesn't have optical zoom, but hey it cost a hundred bucks. I added 10 meg of flash card memory which was a nice addition, particularly since I use a flash card reader. The included software seemed ok, with editing capability email sizing and easy install and photo downloading.