1. Get high-quality photos with the 5 MP resolution for printing colorful 4 x 6 snapshots and enlargements
2. Easily frame and view images, even in direct sunlight, on the bright, 2.4 display
3. Zoom in from a distance with the precision lens with 3x optical zoom, 5x digital zoom
4. Get crisp photos that aren't blurred with the Steady Photo antishake mode
5. Choose from a variety of shooting modes, including automatic, burst, theatre, and sunset

Editorial Review :

What could be easier than HP's intuitive-to-use Photosmart M447 Digital Camera? Get ready to snap away with impressive results, courtesy of the 5-megapixel resolution and 5x digital zoom. This model also has Steady Photo, an antishake feature that helps eliminate motion blur, and a bright, 2.4" display for framing and reviewing shots.

Customer Review :

Defective within 90 days & Horrible Support

With solid reviews behind it I purchased the M447 for my teenage son as a Christmas present. After using it just a handful of times, in the house, the LCD screen became fuzzy with vertical lines. It was so bad you could not see through the LCD or even see the camera icons when pressing the menu button. Long story short - - after contacting HP support 6 times over a two week period and having to repeat my story each and every time, they finally agreed the lens mechanism was defective and they would replace the camera. Twice I was told my "case" would be escalated and I'd receive a call within 48 hours. Never happened! I was given an 1-800 fax number and was told to fax all the details and they would get back to me within 48 hours. Never happened. Lastly, trying to understand and communicate with the HP support reps was very frustrating. Out of six or so reps I could only understand one of them who ended up being the secondary escalation manager out of Canada. Prior to her all the support was obviously coming from overseas.

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Simple, Small Camera: Standard Batteries &Takes Hi Quality Pics

This was a gift for my dad, however my daughter owns the M447 as well, and I own the very similar M537. My dad took one look at how simple the camera is to operate and how great the pictures look and had to have one too.

Good features: Takes standard AA batteries, either alkaline or rechargeable. I can't tell you how frustrating non-standard battery cameras can be (Fuji is one). You're traveling someplace, your batteries run out, and you need hours to charge them or you're finished taking pictures. With the HP, just find any convenience store, even a hotel shop, buy a 2-pack of AAs and you're back in business.

Takes videos with audio; especially cool is if you have a nice big 1-2Gb memory card for storage, you can take some rather long videos without running out of memory.

Finally, in the good category, a good price point for the features.

Now the not so good: It is better than my old Kodak digital camera in terms of battery drain, but I average about 150 to 250 pictures per set depending on the number of flash pictures as the flash drains 'em much faster. TIP: Turn the brightness down on the screen display as low as possible to extend your battery life by about 10%.

The zoom is only 3x before the digital zoom kicks in. As you may know (for all cameras) the digital zoom reduces the resolution, so I find it's better to use only the optical zoom and then use a photo program to crop. But I digress... My other camera, Minolta, has a 10x zoom and I use this for serious closeups.

As with most cameras in this price range, you are unable to zoom the videos. That's OK--it's not my camcorder.

Finally, this camera has an anti-shake technology, but it is my contention that most people never use it (I didn't) because they assume it's always on. It's not. The camera is in Auto mode when you turn it on. You need to be sure the camera slide switch on the back is in the position to take pictures, press the Menu button, select the Shooting Mode options, then select Steady Picture. Now the camera is in steady mode. But here's the rub. When you shut the camera off, it forgets this setting and you'll have to repeat this process the next time you turn it on. Not great.

I give this camera 4 of 5 stars. Very reliable, convenient, easy, and great quality pictures.

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Not worth the money paid

I bought this camera January 30th for my sister who is a new mother. In mid April she was in the middle of taking a picture and the batteries died. She changed the batteries and when the camera turned back on, the lcd and all pictures taken looked fuzzy; like stalagmites, very pointed and out of focus. We tried everything to fix the camera to no avail. We called HP support, but of course it was just passed the 90 day warranty so they would not replace it.

The camera took very nice pictures for the short time that it worked, but now it is just a tacky $100 paperweight. I do not recommend this camera to anyone looking for something to last longer than 90 days.

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HP Photosmart M447 %MP Digital Camera with 3x Zoom

This is such an easy camera to use. The first day I got It I was going to a concert of one of my favorite artists. I took the "How to Operate" this camera... read it while I was trying to figure out how to take a picture (this is my FIRST digital camera) and the pictures were amazing!! This camera is idiot proof. I love it.

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Very good for the price

I purchased this camera for my very technology challenged sister. She managed to break 2.5 cameras in 1 year. The 0.5 because the same camera broke twice under the same conditions. Anyway, I researched about this camera and decided it was cheap enough if she breaks it again, it would be OK. This is what I found out about the camera hope it will help you in deciding if this is the camera for you:

--easy to use right out of the box
--big enough to hold and grab on
--too big to put in pant pockets
--uses rechargable battery, I believe she used Li battery for this camera
--uses SD cards, I believe she has used different memory sized cards and different brands as well, they all worked
--there is no zoom when using video
--when playing video on the camera itself, no sound, but there is sound when played on the computer
--if you zoom in while in the camera mode, then change to video mode, then your video footage will be in the zoomed in mode
--the camera is very cheap
--the footage isn't perfect especially under low light
--I believe the longest video footage you can take on the camera is around 20 minutes
--when you upload the videos onto the computer, the camera doesn't put them in the order you take the videos rather the length of the videos
--it is slow when you take photos, so does take a few seconds after pressing down on the button
--the sound is very clear in video mode

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1. Features 5 MP resolution for poster-sized prints and 4x digital zoom
2. Large, bright 1.8-inch display
3. 16 MB internal memory plus SD/MMC card slot
4. Plug-and-play USB connection for easy file transfers
5. Includes Photosmart software for editing, organizing, printing and sharing

Customer Review :

How can they sell a bad camera like this one?!

Fortunately this camera was a prize... not a penny wasted on it
I do not believe hot today can be sold a camera with fixed focus (maybe you think that with no focusing, your picture is taken just when you push the button - but that is not the case of this camera, that takes somewhat a second to shoot, even with no flash!!!), a sensor that seems to need a whole sun of ligth to produce a non grainy picture, an interface that because of it lack of buttons requires a lot of navigation even for simple and common adjusts. Not to mention its hungry of batteries, even alkaline or good NiMH ... is hp making batteries??? seems that they want to make money on bunchs of batteries sold to camera owners.
Please stay away of this camera, unless you want to have something that deserves your angry and a your hammer!
Pros: Lens cover.
Cons: Too many for this space!



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Silently Erased ALL My Pictures :-(

We have had this camera for a couple of years. Bought for our 9 year old to use. Overpriced for what it does, especially in 2010. However, the user interface in this camera has one HUGE fatal flaw - it will silently erase all pictures stored on the memory card without telling you. If you connect the camera to a computer to download pictures with it still in camera (verses picture viewing) mode it will erase ALL photos in the camera without asking or confirming. You must turn on the camera, switch to viewing mode, then connect to the computer via USB. If you forget to switch to view mode before connecting to the computer, you will lose all your photos. And you will forget, and make this mistake. More than once. And really really regret buying a product that should never have been released. This really shows how far HP has fallen in product quality. Amazing that a company would have the nerve (or stupidity) to sell a product with such a bad user interaction flaw.

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Don't waste your money

Used this camera for 2 months and it quit working. Don't bother calling HP they don't care.

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Not to shabby.

I think one of the major things I disliked about the camera was its speed. When there is something important going on that I want to snap a quick photo of, it takes 10 seconds for the flash to load. Also, it eats through double A's. It is a relativly good camera for just like little still shots of your dog.

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It's very inexpensive

After reading through a lot of the reviews here I have to chime in. I have owned this model now for 2 years, having said that I have taken hundreds of pictures with it, many of these were very good and will be cherished. This is a great little camera for still photo's, let me repeat STILL photo's. It does a fantastic job of it, if you want to take photo's quickly (as in turn on and take a pic) forget it, it takes as long to turn on as Martha Stuart on dirty sheets. The flash recharge time isn't good so if you plan on taking several pics indoors in short order... forget it.
As I have put here it looks like a mixed bag of feelings, on the one hand I have kept it and used it for hundreds of photo's, on the other I have missed/deleted hundreds because of the slightest movement on my part or the slightest movement of the object. I'm a patient man but I have steadily grown to hate this camera over 2 years. I have always had a higher priority than buying a new camera. As I get older I would rather not put up with some things and this is one I chose to put up with no longer.

I hope this helps someone see it for what it is, fantastic for shooting stills, yet terrible for all around use. And please these cameras are horrific with standard batteries, use energizer e2 lithium you will see an difference beyond belief in the number of pics you can take (and they are lighter). IMHO

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1. Get crystal-clear shots with the 10-megapixel resolution
2. Capture just what you want with the 30x total zoom (3x optical, 10x digital)
3. Use HP's in-camera Design Gallery options to slim down your subjects, add borders, and more
4. Automatically remove red eye, right in the camera
5. Capture the action in high-quality VGA video with audio

Editorial Review :

HP R967 Photosmart Digital Camera. HPs Photosmart R967 Digital Camera has a spacious display on the back, and a perfect, snug fit in your hand. This durable, compact, metal-bodied wonder also boasts 24x total zoom, 3 x optical and 8x digital. Incredible photo quality and ease of use, all in one You can add on-camera creative touches to your photos with artistic effects, slimming, borders and more. Capture the action in high-quality VGA video, with audio, and save still shots for printing directly from the camera.

Customer Review :

HP R967 Digital Camera

I have a preference for HP Products and had been happy with my original HP photosmart 635 bought Nov-2003. Then, in Nov-2005, I upgraded to an HP photosmart R817 after seeing the awesome photos taken by a tour mate on our African Safari to Kenya, and simply LOVED it and the photos I took with it -- even bought one that Xmas for a gr-niece, who had taken a Photography class and admired mine! Then in Oct-2007, while traveling in Germany, I dropped the camera while touring a monastery in Corvey, and could no longer take outdoor photos... only inside with/without flash!! So, after finding that this version was no longer available, I opted to try the R967, since it was the closest to the 40X total zoom of the R817 and used the same type battery, instead of AAs; R967 has 30X total zoom. I'm still working to get all the features down, but I like it 'almost' as well as the R617!! I can highly recommend it to other amateur photographers!


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Perfect camera for me!

I had to duplicate this purchase when I lost the first. I was really hurt. It's perfect for me.

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piece of junk

I bought this camera less than six months ago, (from Best Buy, not in a big hurry to pay a restock fee) and I've already had to replace the battery twice and the charger once.

When it "worked" it was fine, but now HP's customer services answer to the fact the charger isn't charging the new battery is to buy a new battery.

It's ridiculous to have to buy a new battery for every day I use the camera. (which happened when I took it on vacation to Georgia. The battery died in one day.)

My recommendation? DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF JUNK. One of my family members works for HP and she recommends the same thing. I wish I would have known before I threw my money away on this item. I am now looking for a new digital camera and a friend has suggested Nikon. (he's a professional photographer, so I'm going to take his recommendation.)

I'm so disappointed in this product and more disappointed in the lack of customer service. Never again will I buy an HP product.

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Excellent Purchase

Bought this for my wife a couple of Christmas' ago and we love it. Easy to use, easy to hook into computer, and nice screen on the back to view the pictures or even when taking pictures. I would recommend this camera for a family anytime.

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Clyde's hp R967

HP Photosmart R967 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
I've several digital cameras including hp 945. Hp has a way to go on service. I bought this camera becuase I like it's features and easy to use menu. The price is excellent
for this much camera. I bought an extra battery and it charges in the camera.
I would buy this product again.
I would reccomend HP R967 to friends.

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1. Box Content - HP Photosmart Mz67 Digital Camera, 2 alkaline AA batteries, USB cable, Quick Start Guide, warranty/regulatory brochure, CD with HP Photosmart software for Windows and Macintosh, User's Guide and wrist strap
2. 8 Megapixel stills, Up to 3264 x 2448 resolution, QVGA 320x240 at 24 fps
3. 16MB of internal memory - We recommend purchasing a 1 GB SD Memory Card for practical usage
4. 2.5 (diagonal) (6.4 cm) bright indoor/outdoor viewable color LCD display
5. HP Precision Lens System - 48x total zoom, 6x optical & 8x digital, f2.8 (wide), f4.8 (telephoto)

Editorial Review :

If megapixels and zoom are your most important considerations in your next digital camera, check out the HP Photosmart Mz67. It packs 8 megapixels and is equipped with a first-class HP Precision lens with 6x optical zoom (plus 8x digital). You also get a large, easy-to-see display for photo framing and image viewing, and red-eye removal, right in the camera.

Customer Review :

Nice camera, except

I like the camera, don't get me wrong. It does a nice job taking pictures, movies and has a lot of storage with the SM card. Very easy to use, nice large display. The bad, be careful when you open the compartment that holds the batteries and storage card. The clip that holds the flap down is made of soft cheap plastic and breaks very easy. I have to use packing tape now to hold it together It should have been made of metal. If you take a picture or movie and use the zoom control wait 3-4 seconds before you take the picture or your image will be out of focus. I found out the hard way and missed a shuttle launch now I have a clip that is out of focus. The wife hates that it does not have a view finder, you have to look at the display to see what you are shooting.

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Stupid retracting lens!

I bought this camera a couple years ago... a friend of mine dropped it and the retracting lens slipped its gears and wouldnt work! I called the company and and after HOURS of irritation they said it was still under waranty and would send me a new one. They did so, but it seriously took alot of phone time and talking to customer service people who did not seem to understand english and wanted to call me at 4am to ask questions! I got my new camera 6 to 8 months ago and the lens is already acting stupid! (And it HASNT been dropped this time!) Its getting stuck open and wont close...or it closes and refuses to open again! I refuse to go through the hell I went through LAST time to replace it so I am in the market for a NEW digital camera...preferably one WITHOUT a retracting lens!
Its sad because I love the pictures it takes...the zoom is awesome.... its easy to use.... video is good.... but this lens issue is a BIG problem! When it wont open half the time to even TAKE a picture? it doesnt really matter how GOOD the pics are!

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Batteries & Flash

Bought 2 of these & gave 1 to a friend - Had flash problems right away & dealt w/ H.P.Support 4 times - They claimed batteries were the problem each time!
After buying fresh rechargables locally twice w/ no improvement I got Sony batteries & it works perfect

A great camera @ a low price w/ superb tech support
Thank You

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amazing little camera

A close friend purchased one of these cameras over a year ago (an older model than mine) and I was instantly amazed at how user friendly it was. My daughter was looking at digital cameras and I suggested the HP which after doing some research she purchased the HP MZ67. After playing around with hers I also bought one! The pictures are clear, it takes wonderful videos, has a nice large veiwing screen and the price is hard to beat. My friend is still using her older model as well with no complaints!

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Camera not worth the money

It is extremely difficult to get a quality photo out of this camera. Nine out of ten photos are fuzzy. I've tried several different settings. After about a year of use I dropped the camera and broke it. My gain, I guess. I'll go back to my bulky sony until I can afford a new one. It won't be an HP.

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1. 4.1 MP CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 12 x 15-inch prints
2. 3x Pentax optical zoom lens; 1.5-inch LCD display
3. MPEG-1 video capture with sound, with length limited only by memory
4. Stores images on SD/MMC cards
5. Powered by HP Photosmart R07 rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

Editorial Review :

The HP Photosmart R607 digital camera has many features to enhance your picture-taking experience, including HP Adaptive Lighting Technology, in-camera red-eye removal, 8 shooting modes (including Panorama), HP Image Advice, HP Instant Share, direct printing capability, manual and automatic controls, on-camera Help, and an optional camera dock.With HP Instant Share, you can easily select images in your camera to be automatically sent to your favorite destinations (such as e-mail addresses and online albums) the next time you connect the camera to your computer. Your friends and family can easily receive and view your pictures in e-mail without being burdened by large file attachments. And with the direct printing capability, you can easily select images in your camera to be automatically printed the next time you connect the camera to your computer or directly to any HP Photosmart printer or PictBridge-compatible printer without ever connecting to your computer.To further enhance your experience, use an HP Photosmart R-series dock. The camera dock allows you to easily transfer images to a computer, send images to a printer or television, and recharge the camera's battery plus a spare. The dock also provides a convenient home for your camera.

Customer Review :

Excelent pictures but small LCD display

I bought this camera more than three years ago and have been using it ever since. I'm not the kind of person that takes pictures all the time, but enjoy taking pictures during trips and family/friends reunions. What decided me to buy the R607 were its low price (very cheap in comparison with similar cameras at the time) and my previous experience with HP products (I own a HP desktop, a HP laptop, a HP PDA...).

Regarding to this camera, it takes excellent pictures. I love the panorama function for taking landscape photos. 4MP is more than enough for a non-professional photographer. It has a lot of functions that I didn't use too often, but many could find useful. It can fit a cheap, very compatible SD memory card to improve its capacity.

Nevertheless, it has some downsides. First of all, the LCD display is quite small. You can get used to it, but since newer cameras come with larger displays, you can be tempted to go that way instead. The software has given me some headaches lately, but I suspect I could fix the bugs reinstalling it from the beginning. And the battery endurance has started to show some shortfall, but I think its normal after 3+ years of continued use.

Overall I'm very satisfied with the camera's performance. Now its time for me to buy a new one, and I'll stick to HP for that.


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Good and Bad

I have owned an R607 for a few months now. (I purchased one of the limited edition 'Gwen Stefani - Harajuku Lovers' cameras, but that doesn't make much of a difference) I'm very pleased with it but there are a few things that miff me.

For one, even in medium light, sometimes it will take very long to take a picture if you're not using flash. Sometimes you have to hold your hand/arm/body very, very still - usually someone would buy a tripod for this, but it even happens when simply doing a quick shot of a few friends on an outing or something. I practice holding my breath and keeping very still when taking pictures with this camera. (And sometimes it's awkward when someone poses for the camera and they have to stay still for 10-15 or even 20 seconds.)

The audio quality of the video mode is absolutely horrible. All you hear is loud static. It's very hard to capture any sound at all and when you do it's nearly drowned out by the static.

But there are many good things about this camera as well. First of all, the design. Although it has a small screen, it's no big deal. It's tiny enough to take anywhere with you but not fragile.

There are different macro settings which can produce gorgeous pictures with lots of detail. It has 'Image Advice' - a little notification thing that pops up every once in a while to tell you how you might improve a picture.

There are many different modes - sunset, portrait, beach, snow... there's even a panoramic mode that allows you to take large, wide pictures of landscapes or other things like that. It has different colours; B&W and Sepia. You can adjust the hue and sharpness and exposure and all sorts of things. There is red-eye removal right on the menu and an automatic printing function - select the number of prints you want on your camera and hook it up to a special HP printer and you get professional pictures right from your camera.

It has an InstantShare feature as well, which, when set up, allows you to send your pictures off to different people on your contact list immediately when you hook up your camera to your computer.

So, for what it is, it's a spectacular camera - if you can settle with it's drawbacks. A tiny screen isn't much of a deal, right? I thoroughly enjoy using this camera and I'm going to continue using it for a long time to come.

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Disappointing software and support

We got this camera as a gift. We have gone round and round with HP tech support and still have not managed to install the camera software into our computer. (We own other brands of digital cameras, all installed without a hitch.)

First of all, the HP software is 170 Mega-bytes large. Talk about bloat-ware! Why does it take such a huge program to manage a camera?

Secondly, HP knows about the software problem. A "fix" is posted on HP.com. After downloading all 170MB of it, it still failed to install. We contacted HP tech support through chat sessions, their suggestions all failed. HP send us an upgraded CD, it still halts on an error during install.

Lest you think we have a weird, off-brand computer, this is an HP Pavilion ZE4125 laptop.

It has been a thoroughly frustrating and disappointing experience.

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I made a huge mistake when I bought this camera

I had a Pentax Optio 4 MP camera that I LOVED. Unfortunately I was careless and dropped it in water. In searching for a replacement, I saw that this camera was considered to be just as good and it was considerably cheaper. I figured since I was going to be careless with my camerea maybe I should buy the cheaper one, especially if it was supposed to be as good. What a MISTAKE. First off, this camera is a little bit bigger both in depth and width than the Optio. It just doesn't have the same sleekness. Secondly, the picture quality is definitely not as good. Every other picture I take is out of focus. I just want a simple point and shoot camera, one that can focus without having to mess with things...this isn't doing the trick. Now its been doing this weird thing where every picture I take has lines running through it (looks almost like the picture is ribbed). Its VERY annoying. I have such buyers remorse. I really wish I hadn't have tried to save money and had just bought the Optio. There's nothing positive I can say about this camera.

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Excellent camera for it's price and size!

This was my first camera I've owned and I wanted one to take pictures of my friends at school as well as scenery. Due to the camera's compact size I can carry with me everywhere I go. It has many options but I usually keep it on auto and I get great results. The main standout point for me was the HP Adaptive Light Tech. feature. It is made to bring faces out of shadows and details out of backgrounds which makes the picture look 100 times better. I put one of my images of Lake Dixon in the customer images section if you want to see just how good these pictures turn out. If your thinking of buying a camera at a reasonable price, one you can take anywhere, and still take great pictures, this is the camera for you! I love it!

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