Customer Reviews

HP Photosmart E317 Digital Camera 5MP

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The camera takes very clear photos. It is very simple to use and takes no time to learn. However, the battery life with alkaline batteries is the worst I've ever seen, only about 15 - 20 photos when you use the flash. However, once I changed to Sony 2500 MaH rechargable NiMH batteries, I can take over 80 photos! Make sure to spend the extra money and purchase the 2500 MaH batteries and charger. It charges in 15 minutes as opposed to hours.

This is an ok camera, definetly a good deal money wise. The only problem I have with it is that the red eye in the pictures is HORRIBLE. It cannot be removed on half of the pictures. It does have a red eye reduction built into the camera, but I find that it takes to long to take the picture that way, and the multiple flashes for it is confusing, most people turn away thinking the picture is over before it actually is. I find it easier to just take the picture normally and fix the red eye on the computer. However, on more that half of the pictures I have taken with this camera, I cannot fix the red eye. The eyes either stay red, turn yellow/green, or turn a weird mixture of grey and who knows what else. It is the same no matter which program I try and I have tried about 6 or 7 different ones. I have never had this problem with any other digital camera.

Watch out for the red eye with this camera! If it doesn't bother you than buy this camera.

I got this camera as a gift and I love it. It cost under $100 and is by-far worth it. As stated by a previous rewiew, the image does move around a lot when trying to focus, however every single pic i have taken has been crystal clear...even if the image on the screen was not at the time i took the pic. I am going to have to invest in some rechargable batteries, becuase it eats through them, but that is the only drawback i have foud yet. Deffinately reccomend. I also picked up a 256mb memory card, and reccomend that as well, i can get nearly 300 pics on it. Love it!

This camera is a great one for the price. The only drawback is that it uses AA batteries rather than a LI one. But that problem can be solved with getting rechargable high end batteries.

The interface is extremely user friendly. My mother who knows nothing about electronics can work it. Very easy to scroll through pictures and delete unwanted ones.

Definately worth the $98.00 I paid for it.

My wife has had a digital camera for years now, will never go back to the old film type. We wanted to get one for my Mom and saw this one. We thought for the price it should be fine. I have to say we were greatly impressed. Simple to use, durable and packed with features. I know sometimes we are tempted to go with off-brands to save a little but with this you not only get a great camera at a great price you also get the HP name. You cannot go wrong with this one.

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.

I got this camera as a gift for Christmas last year and I was happy that i got it. the only thing that i have to complain about about this camera is the fact that it eats the battery up like there is no tomorrow. i can't tell you how many batteries i went through so that I can use the camera. and also the flash takes a long time to charge up and that really mad the people i was trying to take a picture of very irritated. Though it has its flaws, the camera is overall a good camera. it takes very good pictures and they are as clear as day. But I just feel this isn't the camera for me and that's why I'm about to buy another one.

My mother gave me this camera on a trip we took out of the country, this camera ate through batteries like nobodies business, also half my pictures would come out very grainy looking. then, if you don't use a case for this camera and just slip it in your purse the cover on the front will slide open in your bag and start eating batteries. and finally without me touching any of the settings the camera would decide to have a very long exposure time making it nearly impossible not to take blurry photos. in short save yourself a lot of trouble and find another camera.

I've had this HP Photosmart E317 for almost two years. Use it for taking still pictures of items I auction online. For this and for distance shots, it's alright. For close-ups, not so great...just can't get the nitty-gritty details. Like others have said, alkaline battery life is lousy though double when you're not using the flash. Display is clear; it's easy to use; settings are adequate; downloading easy; price was right. Don't expect professional grade pics from this. As a backup or for a camera you won't have to worry about, this will work.

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.