Hewlett Packard C500xi 2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

by HP

Product Details

Product Manual [6.49mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 2.7 x 6 x 3.4 inches ; 13.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004U30G
• Item model number: C500xi
• Batteries: 3 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,752 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Hewlett-Packard's PhotoSmart C500xi package combines their popular C500 digital camera with a pair of software packages: Adobe PhotoDeluxe and HP's Photo Imaging software.

The HP PhotoSmart C500 digital camera is a fully featured two-megapixel digital camera that offers 3x optical and 2x digital zoom (6x total zoom) and a maximum resolution of 1,600 x 1,200 pixels. The PhotoSmart C500 delivers outstanding photo-quality images at the push of a button and can use infrared JetSend technology for wireless printing. It instantly downloads your photos to your PC or Mac for easy viewing, e-mailing, storing, printing, and more.

In the box, you get everything you need, including camera, rechargeable batteries and charger, 16 MB CompactFlash card, PC (USB, serial) or Mac (USB) cable, video cable, Adobe's PhotoDeluxe image-manipulation software, and exclusive HP Photo Imaging software, which lets you index photos and create easy photo-album layouts. The HP PhotoSmart C500 also comes with a camera strap and a one-year warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great all around 2 megapixel Camera, October 5, 2000

By 

J. Lui "JHL" (Atwater Village, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hewlett Packard C500xi 2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I like the images, both resolution and quality-wise. It's a little boxier than I'd like, but then the price makes it a closer performer to the $700 cameras. Something not mentioned anywhere I've seen is that the lens used happens to accept standard 37mm filters - Tiffen and Sunpak have a pretty good selection available. Very capable flash unit despite the size, probably due to the pretty sensitive CCD (took some pictures inside the house with all the lights turned off - came out like daylight). Nice bright LCD with fine resolution. A little slow on picture-to-picture transitions when in Slideshow mode (initially resolves a 50% pixelated version, then slowly draws in the refinement over about 15 secs. per picture). TV Out seemed to take as much battery life as running the LCD (you get about 15 mins continuous life max out of the supplied 1400ma Ni-MH AA's.)