HP PhotoSmart 945 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The HP Photosmart 945 is a 5 megapixel camera with an 8x optical zoom lens. UK/European Readers buy the HP Photosmart 945 Steve's Digicams writes about the 945 saying: 'The Photosmart 945 is HP's new Top-of-the-Line digital camera for 2003. It ...

Review summary: The HP PhotoSmart 945's 8X zoom lens is sure to make the hearts of telephoto aficionados beat faster.

Review summary: A camera that'll not quite please avid shutterbugs, but offer a tad too much for normal point-and-shoot users.

Pros: Reasonable image quality ; improved feature set over the Photosmart 850 ; in-camera Digital Flash image processing function ; diopter ; 8x optical zoom

Cons: Lack of a full manual creative option ; no hotshoe ; image quality does not improve over its predecessor

Pros: Wide zoom range ; easy to use ; innovative Digital Flash feature

Cons: Very slow EVF and LCD updates ; no support for uncompressed files or an external flash ; dock costs extra

Verdict: Its 8X zoom aside, this 5-megapixel camera rates as ho-hum for both its intended enthusiast audience and everyday shooters.

Review summary: Hewlett Packard's new digital camera takes many steps in the right direction to introduce professional-level features for the consumer photographer, yet suffers from a few, minor flaws that detract from its overall polished design.

Verdict: The ace in its hand is HP's Adaptive Lighting Technology, which intuitively increases the brightness and contrast for darkened portions of your subject as the image is taken. This means that shots taken against a bright background will no longer ...