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This camera would have been decent if it could actually operate for a reasonable amount of time on the two AA batteries it requires. Rechargeable or alkaline - doesn't matter - I get through about five -seven shots and it's shot. Not very practical. I've had this camera for about a year and a half. Many batteries and many missed shots later, I can definitely say the HP 735 was not worth the money I wasted on it. I should have coughed up the extra money to by a higher megapixel version of my original 1.5 megapixel Olympus Camedia Camera- now that was a digital camera worth owning.

I've read the good and the bad reviews. I would not recommend this camera. Read on if you want to know why.

The good things: price is acceptable for the feature set, picture quality good for the price. PC software a breeze to use.

The bad things:
- It takes about 2 seconds from the moment you press the button until the photo is actually taken.
- battery life is questionable, especially if you use the LCD. I tried every single type of battery. Make sure you have one or two sets of spares with you. But beware! Be sure you cahnge the batteries before they run out, or you might get strange behaviors like corrupted flash card.
-I found the camera very buggy (I might be unlucky). It damaged (to the point of not being able to reformat) a flash card when batteries got depleted. Also, in another instance, it corrupted my flash card. I had to reformat it.

Definitely my next one will not be a HP.

bought this camera off of a reputable dealer on ebay and when i received it and turned it on, it would not take any photos. The screen comes on but when you depress the shutter button you keep getting the same message "charging flash" no photos. I have tried several batteries and even had the camera plugged in via the power source and still had the same error. Calling HP help was totally useless. They had no answer for the problem they said it was new to them and then immediately refused to help once they heard i bought it form an ebay dealer

i bought this camera because my sister had one, and after playing with hers, i had to have one. the video feature is great for times when you can't use the flash because of displays behind glass or something like that (i took lots of video at the zoo!).

the only complaint i have (other than the fact that this bad boy goes through batteries like they're free... but that's normal with digital cameras) is that after you have taken a picture, there is a little light that flashes to indicate the camera is processing. while this is going on, you cannot record a video. your options are to wait (and potentially miss what you wanted to record) or cancel the processing of the potentially great picture you just took. that's a hard choice to make sometimes (for me, anyway).

other than that, everything is great with my camera. i've had it now for 9 months, and it's been everywhere! one day i hope to upgrade to an expensive version with manual focus and all the bells and whistles, but for now this will certainly make me happy!

Only two months out of warranty I now face replacing this camera. I cannot take a photo--when I depress the button I get a message of "charging flash." After two calls to Technical support it still won't work and they offer (at $99 on up) that I can upgrade to a refurbished model. This sucks, especially since I'm expecting twin grandaughters to arrive in less than two days and I won't have a camera! Also this camera has a slow shutter--making me miss a lot of shots of a moving grandchild.

This camera decided to quit on the day my son was born. We were in the hospital trying to take pics of my brand new baby, and the flash wouldn't go off. I'm guessing from these reviews it's because of a "corrupted flash card" because we cannot find any other explanation for it, since the camera otherwise works fine. The batteries were even fully charged! But, having no camera on the day my son was born is unforgiveable. I'll never buy an HP product again!

HP might know how to make a computer but they CANNOT make a camera that is worth buying. Camera has never taken great pictures and 5 months after the warranty ran out, the camera quit. It turns on for a second, shows an E106 error message, and shuts down. In doing some checking this means the lens is stuck. HP Support was horrible and stated it could take up to $200 to fix it!!! What??? The camera is not worth it. It eats batteries and no matter how much you customize the options, the picture color/quality is never true to life. I will buy a DEPENDABLE name brand (Canon) next time!

Okay.. well I bought this camera right before I headed off for a family vacation in Cuba. This was my first digital camera and was expecting to be able to capture every moment. Not. This camera eats your batteries like crazy. Dont expect to be able to take more than 7 or 8 pictures at a time. Not very convenient when your on the go. There is also around a 3 second delay from the time you click the button to the time your picture actually takes. Bummer. That being said though, I have always been more than satisfied with the quality of the pictures and it's very easy to use. To sum it up.. if your looking for a starter camera or you just want to take pictures once and while this camera is okay but I'd look into getting a Cannon or a Kodak Easy Share. Both very good, simple to use and are worth every penny.

I am totally dissatisfied with this camera.. I bought with lotz of expectations and found it a junk piece.

For new buyer dont mind spending a few more dollors , go to Canon or Sony.. They are good.

this camera as mentioned eats battries like anything.. not able to take > than 10 pic and has poor flash. .all photos are coming dark

You can literally take 8 shots and the camera is dead. I've missed so many photo opps. Definitely NOT worth buying.

This was my first digital camera and it's because of this camera that I stuck with HP when upgrading. It's a very good point and shoot camera with enough modes and settings to satisfy those who like fiddling with such things.

Many of the reviews here complain about battery life. Turn off the live display, you don't need it anyway since the viewfinder is accurate. I never got *fewer* than 60 pictures (sometimes more) in two star mode with the live display off, on a pair of 1800 mAh rechargeables. I also had a big difference when I changed the auto shutoff to a shorter time period.

Also, yes, you need a memory card -- but what digital camera doesn't? I had a 64 MB card with mine and only once completely used the card up.

Shutter speed is a little slower than average for the class but fine for everything except action shots. Lens glass is by Pentax and is good quality. No, you won't get digital SLR quality from this camera, but at <$140 it's a great deal.

I have owned my hp photosmart 735 for about 3 or 4 years and have never once had a problem with it. It was a dependendable and consistant camera. My friends have many other types and have had to go through repairs and problems but not me. Everything that this camera says it does, it does. I have never had to worry about it quiting on me.
So in my opinon if you are looking for a dependable camera, this I would defintly label as one of them.

this cam was great when untill the flash didnt work! i went online for support but after talking to them, they said it was a internal malfunction or something like that but by then the warrantee already expired so im stuck with a flashless camera. Ive miss many special moments due to no flash. and its really hard taking pictures with no flash and no tripod.

But overall good camera! batteries seems as though they die quick but like i turn it off for like a few hours then the batteries came back to full power again. The video mode is pretty good....i also recommend using the power adapter when possible! that way you can turn the camera on as long as you want without worrying about the batteries dieing out!The printer is a really great printer as well!...but sadly i cant live any longer with a flashless camera so im going to sell this up or just give it to my brother or something and saving up for a Fuji Finepix s5100...Good luck!

I have owned this camera for almost 3 years now, and it is the sturdiest and most reliable one that I have had. Once, I dropped it from 5 feet onto a sidewalk and it didn't even get a scratch. The outdoor picture quality is excellent, as well as the macro mode, but if you have shaky hands (like me), you will have a ton of blurry pics. The screen just can't compete with new cameras, being too small and dim to see outdoors. The flash is weak, but if you know how to use aperture and ISO settings, indoor shots will turn out pretty good. Personally, I think buyers would be better off buying one of HP's new R-series cameras (R717, R817, etc). While this camera is cheap and pretty reliable, the newer models have much more features and are still around $200-$300.

Bought this camera for my wife to use because I got a great deal. She didn't have it one week and it started having problems. Some deal.

The first problem was that she couldn't download all the pictures without the camera shutting off. We found that in order to download the pictures from the 128MB SD memory card we had to download them 20 at a time.

The second problem was the battery life. Even when using 2000mAh NiMH AA batteries we could only get about 50 shots before needing a fresh pair.

Lastly the color representation was very bad. I have a picture of some flowers that I have shared here on Amazon. The blue flowers to the right of the yellow rose were really purple, not blue.

I've had better luck with my older Olympus and my wife's new Canon camera. Avoid this camera like the plague.