Comments on HP Photosmart 635?

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Eric Babula wrote:
> I was thinking of getting an HP Photosmart 635 for each of my girls (11
> and 9 years old), as their first digital cameras. A local camera store
> has them on sale for $79.00US. They also have 256MB SD cards on sale for
> $30, and (4) rechargeable batteries and charger for $10. Seems like a
> pretty good deal to me.
>
> Anyone have the HP 635? Any comments, good or bad? Do you think this
> would be a good first digital camera for kids?
>
> TIA for your help.
>
> --
> Eric Babula

FWIW - I started digital with an HP 315xi 5 years ago - 2 Mpixels, no
zoom. Good camera, took a lot of pics with it; printed them up to 5X7"
without a lot of problems. Very simple to use; not a lot of controls.
Tough, dropped it a bunch of times without problems; it's still going
strong for my spouse. It ate AA batteries something fierce, though; I
never used the LCD because of this. Shutter lag was too long, too.

A review is here:

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/hp635.html

Sounds like they'll be fine for your kids.

ECM