HP Photosmart R967After reading some excellent reviews and drooling over the HP Photosmart R967 digital camera, I decided to splurge on myself and buy it. At $269.99, this camera is nothing to sneeze at. But it came with a (simplistic) camera dock, and boasted an impressive 10 megapixels.

But as I have found out, a camera’s worthiness isn’t just about megapixels. I enjoy this camera because of the great battery life (better than my Kodak Easyshare Z740), large LCD screen and quick response time (mostly), but I find that it probably wasn’t worth the buy. It is small and compact, which makes it easy to slip in a purse, pocket or diaper bag, and the large viewing screen (3″) makes previewing photos easy and fun, but other than that the camera is a glorified megapixel hog. It doesn’t have any more features or settings than my Kodak, and while it has a longer battery life I don’t think the flash is as good (which may explain why the battery lasts longer).

Don’t get me wrong - the camera takes nice pictures. But I don’t think it’s as wonderful as the manufacturer makes it out to be.

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