My First Digital Camera

Author's Rating:

Pros: Lightweight, easy to use, decent digital photos, easier to use than a regular camera.

Cons: The biggest con is battery life! It will drain the life out of batteries.

The Bottom Line: 
I would recommend this camera to someone that wants to take the camera from the package and begin using it without too much hassle.

Author's Review
Hewlett Packard PhotoSmart 435 Digital Camera is a digital camera for just about anyone. It is fairly easy to operate, takes okay photos and it is easy to download and share photos with friends. It is compact and lightweight. I carry it in my eyeglass pouch in my purse.

Here is the 411 on this product:

General Information

Model Name: Hewlett Packard Photosmart 435

Model Number: 435

Camera Format: Compact

Currently Manufactured: yes

Retail price: $149

Street price: $129

Date available: 08-31-2003

Remote control: No

Operating Systems: Windows, MacOS

Weight Without Batteries: 182 g/ 6.4 oz

Size: 117 x 57 x 39 mm 4.6 x 2.3 x 1.5 in

Warranty: three months

Image Capture

Image Resolution: 2048x1536, 640x480

Movie Resolution: 320x240

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

CCD Sensor (Megapixels): 3.34

CCD Size (inches): 1/2.7"

Movie audio: yes

Quality Levels: 2

Lens Information

Digital Zoom: yes, 5x

Auto Focus: no

Manual Focus: no

Normal Focus Range: 85 cm to infinity 34.7 in. to infinity

Min Aperture: f/8.0

Max Aperture: f/4.0

Lens Thread type: none

Display Information

Optical Viewfinder: yes

Optical VF Type: Optical range viewfinder

LCD Viewfinder: yes

LCD Size: 1.5

LCD Resolution (pixels): 61600

Exposure Information

ISO Settings: 100, 200, 400

ISO Rating Max: 400

Number of White Balance Settings: 5

White Balance Settings: Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Shade

Manual White Balance: no

Longest Shutter Time: 1/1.5

Shortest Shutter Time: 1/1000

Exp Adj. Range: 2.0 EV

Exp Adj. Step Size: 0.50 EV

Aperture Priority: no

Shutter Priority: no

Full Manual Exposure: no

We bought the camera at Wal-Mart. It came with software to install on your computer so that you can share photos via email. You can also print out photos using templates available. It has a photo editor that I use to brighten the photo. The red eye repair works well also. The sharpen tool doesn't work for me. Now that I've become familiar with taking digital photos, downloading, email sharing and printing, I feel I'm ready for a more expensive/powerful camera. But for beginners this is a winner!