Customer Reviews

HP Photosmart M525 Digital Camera

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I was quite surprised by the outcome of this v. cheap camera- pix in the sunlight were crisp and gr8.

Indoor, with flash, there was a bit bluriness. But, with flash off, the pix weren;t half as bad.

Only con in my opinion so far is that it drains batteries very very fast.

I bought this camera for a good price, but I'm disappointed. I really expected a better product from HP. This is what I don't like in this camera:
-Video resolution is only 320x240
-Sometimes it takes too long for the camera to save pictures in my SD card
-No optical viewfinder
-You have to download your videos to the computer to hear audio, since there's no built-in speaker
-On/off button is poorly designed (I have to press it several times to turn the camera on/off)

I have a 2-year-old Kodak Easyshare camera, and it's far superior to this product.

Buy it at your own risk. In my case, I'll return this product to the store. HP cameras disappointed me.

My daughter uses this camera all the top. Does a decent job taking pictures with good resolution and downloads pictures to computer without trouble. Overall, a decent, basic digital camera for the kids just starting out.

I bought this camera the day after Thanksgiving in 2006, and have loved everything about it (no worse on batteries than any other digital camera I have used). I have taken it around the world, and have not once had a problem. It holds over 1900 photos with a 2 gig card, and downloading to the computer or printer is a breeze. If you are looking for a good camera at 6 mega pixels, you can not go wrong with the HP 525.

Camera works great! Picture quality is wonderful. Camera is very easy to use. The zoom is very good, except with the digital part, gets real grainy. I use a Lexmark picture printer and the prints are superb. The camera's special features are easy to figure out and use.

I have DSLR for my own use, still bought this for my little son. Surprisingly the picture quality is great! In normal day light it delivers great picture, in all other situation also is delivers good quality picture. I am happy with this camera specially at this price.

This was my first purchase of a used item on Amazon. I needed to know the
procedure and it was clearly explained by Amazon. I was looking for a
Hewlett Packard digital camera that would be compatibale with my HP dock.
I preferred to purchase a "used" camera if possible. I checked to see
what HP camera would be compatiable to my docket and the Photosmart
M525 was. I was impressed that the seller had been rated by Amazon and
a rating that indicatad that I would get what was represented. I purchased
the camera and it arrived in a few days. I have taken many great pictures
and transferred them to my computer for printing. Good job Amazon.

I was completely fooled. Twice. My fiancee had told me she was getting me socks and underwear for Christmas. So as I slowly open the box, I see a pair of socks on top. There was more underneath, so I start opening it further and there is a camera case, a memory card and then finally at the bottom of the box, the HP Photosmart M525 Digital Camera! I was overjoyed at finally getting a digital camera of my own. No more borrowing from my sister when I needed to snap a few pictures. I put the memory card and batteries in and began taking some pictures. To put it bluntly, UGH!!! The first thing that I noticed is that, even in best picture mode, the pictures were a little blurry/grainy even in the best of lighting conditions. The second thing that I noticed is that the pictures are distorted. There's a slight fisheye effect (Imagine looking through a peep-hole on a door.) which is quite annoying. I talked to HP Support (Someone who spoke very poor english I might add. What is the deal with that?) and after about 45 minutes of discussion it was determined that the easiest thing for me to do was to go back to the store and exchange it for the same model. Guess what? Same problem! So after talking to HP once again, I am returning this one and getting a different brand. This is a horrible product. My sisters Kodak that I bought 3 years ago is a far superior product. I am very disappointed. HP needs to put out a better product, and have some customer support reps that speak better english. It gets frustrating repeating yourself over and over again to be understood.

This was a great value. I purchased this for my husband for Christmas and he was using it that same day. It takes great pictures and the instructions were very easy to follow. We're never disappointed with HP products!

I totally love this camera. Very easy to use and beautiful pictures. Perfect for scrapbook and give away to grandparent pictures!