Hello 850 fans,

My Photosmart 850 has some issues and I am selling as-is, non-working. The lens
extend/retract isn't working properly and the focus is very flaky. Comes
complete in original box with everything that came with it. In addition to the
original 16 MB SD memory card is a 256 MB SanDisk memory card.

http://ventura.craigslist.org/pho/1221996717.html

Also selling my original HP padded leather carrying case made specifically for
the 850/945 model.

http://ventura.craigslist.org/pho/1221986377.html

And finally my Photosmart 8881 dock/station is for sale.

http://ventura.craigslist.org/pho/1221980536.html

First $40 takes all.

Best regards,

Jay in Camarillo, CA
805-406-2147

I am having a problem with my HP camera when i put batteries in the
camera just blinks, the red light keeps blinking and the LCD screen
blinks white. It even blinks when it is in the off position. I don't
know what is going on. It wont even turn on. It just blinks. Does
anyone know what is wrong?

If he really is only showing your shot on the website, then I think I'd
allow it. It might get seen by someone who would pay you for it....

It is a great shot, and just shows what can be done with 'obsolete' kit!

Here's my contribution to the 'old camera' archive (with less than 1
megapixel, unretouched):

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/129000047_3e8bdf832e_o.jpg

James



On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:09:22 +0100, Steve <sfink16@...> wrote:

> This person (below is the request) wanted to use an old HP850 Flickr
> image of mine to make a profit yet not provide compensation. I
> politely decline his offer since his use was for profit without
> compensation to me.
>
> Here is the shot, if you are interested to view:
>
> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/117948344_48723620c6_o.jpg
>
> Steve
> ______________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> whale photo
> I'm interested in using one of your photos on an "adventure trading
> card" on my website www.adventuretradingclub.com. A "card" is a
> digital
> image with a adventure title, description of the adventure, and a cool
> picture in the center. These "cards" may be viewed by thousands of
> people and we do sell hard copies of the cards to people who have
> completed the related adventure. I can't compensate you but I can give
> you credit on the card. Your image may also be used in the description
> describing a particular adventure. In this case the image is only
> viewed on the website. Let me know if you would be willing to share
> your great image or images in this way.
>
> Thanks,
> -Jon
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>



--
James Pickett
Pink Projects
Isle of Wight

This person (below is the request) wanted to use an old HP850 Flickr
image of mine to make a profit yet not provide compensation. I
politely decline his offer since his use was for profit without
compensation to me.

Here is the shot, if you are interested to view:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/117948344_48723620c6_o.jpg

Steve
______________________________________________________________________
_

whale photo
I'm interested in using one of your photos on an "adventure trading
card" on my website www.adventuretradingclub.com. A "card" is a
digital
image with a adventure title, description of the adventure, and a cool
picture in the center. These "cards" may be viewed by thousands of
people and we do sell hard copies of the cards to people who have
completed the related adventure. I can't compensate you but I can give
you credit on the card. Your image may also be used in the description
describing a particular adventure. In this case the image is only
viewed on the website. Let me know if you would be willing to share
your great image or images in this way.

Thanks,
-Jon

Useful stuff Steve, thank you!

I wonder how many original contributors to this thread (the ones
whose cameras weren't broken, at least) are still using them? Mine is
parked by the kitchen window to catch any unusual wildlife that
appears in the garden, but I do still take it out from time to time.
There's still no substitute for a decent zoom...

--- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <sfink16@...> wrote:
>
> Many of the populace of this list are fantastic at all aspects
> photography.  For those who wish to brush up and/or learn more the
site
> below has some valuable information and gives the photographer many
> thoughts.  On the right hand side of this page is a section
> titled "Digital Photography Tips" with more soup to nuts interest
> tips.  This site is guaranteed for the reader to spend hours
learning
> or brushing up their skills.
>
> http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph/
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Steve
>

Many of the populace of this list are fantastic at all aspects
photography.  For those who wish to brush up and/or learn more the site
below has some valuable information and gives the photographer many
thoughts.  On the right hand side of this page is a section
titled "Digital Photography Tips" with more soup to nuts interest
tips.  This site is guaranteed for the reader to spend hours learning
or brushing up their skills.

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-photograph/

Enjoy!

Steve

I'm not aware of any.  Perhaps someone else knows.

Steve

-- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, "mmc2k8" <mmc2k8@...> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I just "googled" a little bit about my good old Photosmart 850
because
> a friend of mine told about his old Pentax Camera wich he upgraded
> with a new Firmware.
> So i googled a bit around and read some postings about some
firmware
> hacks and if they are possible.
> Problem is... all these posts are old and they suddenly ended with
no
> further explanation.
> So my question is, is there something like a firmware hack for the
> goog old 850?
>

Hi there,

I just "googled" a little bit about my good old Photosmart 850 because
a friend of mine told about his old Pentax Camera wich he upgraded
with a new Firmware.
So i googled a bit around and read some postings about some firmware
hacks and if they are possible.
Problem is... all these posts are old and they suddenly ended with no
further explanation.
So my question is, is there something like a firmware hack for the
goog old 850?

Consider it dead for good.The same happened with
mine.I tried to disansmble it, and it is not possible.

--- finsfurnfeathers <finsfurnfeathers@...>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I dropped my 850 and now I get a CCD error. The lens
> won't go in/out.
> It boots, gives the menu, and allows me to change
> menu items but the
> screen is just blurry like a television on a dead
> channel. I'm taking
> it apart but don't have the slightest idea how to
> get the power
> switch/selector off and I don't want to force it.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
>



      
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To: Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com
From: finsfurnfeathers@...
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:44:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [Photosmart_850] Free 850 available...

I need parts! Hope I'm in.

Thanks

Scott Dodgson
19104 7th Ave S
Hawley , MN 56549

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Dana Bolden <dana@...> wrote:

I replaced my 850 a year or so ago when it began to frequently have
problems with magenta colored images. Not every shot has a magenta
tone, but a lot do. The camera is available free to the first response
to danajbolden at gmail dot com. Send your address and I'll send the
camera the cheapest way I can find. If you want it faster or whatever
you can pay for shipping.

Dana

I replaced my 850 a year or so ago when it began to frequently have
problems with magenta colored images.  Not every shot has a magenta
tone, but a lot do.  The camera is available free to the first response
to danajbolden at gmail dot com.  Send your address and I'll send the
camera the cheapest way I can find.  If you want it faster or whatever
you can pay for shipping.

Dana

Hi,

I dropped my 850 and now I get a CCD error. The lens won't go in/out.
It boots, gives the menu, and allows me to change menu items but the
screen is just blurry like a television on a dead channel. I'm taking
it apart but don't have the slightest idea how to get the power
switch/selector off and I don't want to force it. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Scott

It's coming on March 15th, 2008, for anyone interested. Last year I
met members from another group down there. I hope to see you
there this year. The information link and my images are below:

http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/festival.html

http://www.pbase.com/sfink16/blackwater_nwp

Warm regards!

Steve

I am looking to get rid of my HP 850 and HP 945.  Both are in excellent
condition.  I have original packing, etc.  If interested, please make
an offer and I will consider all reasonable offers.

It was $499 here in California


On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:50:39 -0000 "James Pickett"
<fjp@...> writes:
> £399, I think...
>
> On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:13:12 -0000, Darren
> <tonewheeldude@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know what HP's original RRP was for the 850?
> > Darren
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> James Pickett
> Pink Projects
> Isle of Wight
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

£399, I think...

On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:13:12 -0000, Darren <tonewheeldude@...>
wrote:

> Does anyone know what HP's original RRP was for the 850?
> Darren
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>



--
James Pickett
Pink Projects
Isle of Wight

Does anyone know what HP's original RRP was for the 850?
Darren

--- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, "Jens L. Blegvad"
<jblegvad@...> wrote:
.......
> And now I need a camera???
> I really liked the HP850, I will definately look at the HP945, is
> there another higher end HP camera on the way????
> I would like to stay with the same media and battery setup as on the
> 850.  Then at least all of that investment would not be lost.
> I would like something that has a nice lens, 10X or more optical
zoom
> as well as better/faster auto focus with manual over ride.
>


Well, last year I have decided to get a new camera although I was
very happy with HP850 except some largely discussed issues that moved
me to this decision as speed, reliability, bugs, abilities, manual
controls etc.

I didn't have the guts to go to SLR so I kept with prosumer big zoom
camera. I got a Panasonic Lumix FZ-50 and I am very sattisfied. 10MP,
12x, HC-SD, manual zoom and focus, lots of controls, Leica optics,
card capacity limited HD 16:9 video, RAW and much more. But I miss
the automatic eye-piece starter of HP850 )-:

I've got it for 450 euros one year ago. Now and in USA maybe it can
be found much cheeper.

So, I could use the old SD cards from the HP. Battery is LiIon and is
MUCH lighter, smaller and durable than the NiMH. Practically no need
to charge during the day (over 400 shots). But I bought a new SD of
SanDisk - the Ultra model which has a USB plug. Astonishing 10 MB/s
speed to the computer combined with the versatility to use it for
anything and to anything. Now I put some music on it and plug it to
my FM transmitting MP3 player in the car and there is still enough
space to shoot with the camera. It is a little bit more expensive but
it is worthy.

I bought also a Ultraviolet filter. I am not sure about the effect of
it, but as a lense protector it is perfect. As you can not change the
lense that's a good decision. If something happen - just change the
filter for less then 10 euros. I bought as well a circular
polarization filter and was amazed of the effect it produced when
eliminating glare from water, skin etc., making the colors intensed
and discovering the sky and clouds. I have Hama relatively cheap (40
euro) one which I screw on the Ulraviolet one.

I gave my old HP850 to a friend and he is still using it. The camera
made so far over 10 000 photos with very good quality. I guess that
12bit D/A and fine optics combined with relative small resolution
made it so successfull although faulty and without support. At its
time it supered some of "real" photo brands. A full nice 850 review
you can find at:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/hp850/

The site is very good and I have lerned a lot about digital
photografy although I got a lot just from experience.

Two years ago I had to repaired my 850 by "disasemble-
touchpushcleaneverithing-assemble" method as it was making very
strange flame-like pictures. I guess I have to post some pictures for
you guys to enjoy them ;-)

I have to admit that I have received it as a present from a HP
dealer. I guess it was returned camera as one pixel of the LCD was
burned out and was always green, but it served me extensevely for 4
years all around the world. I had the kit as well and was travelling
with 3 sets of batteries, small tripod and several SD cards - all in
the original HP bag.

So that's all...

I am curious which is going to be the successor of FZ50 as Panasonic
started updating their products. FZ50 model is quite good and maybe
they don't see a reason (and there is not) just to increase the
resolution.

BTW there is a new one FZ18 with 18x zoom!!!

Greetings to all,
Bo

Even though there have been no new posts recently, my HP850 is still
going strong (after it was repaired in 2005 for a color issue).

I've changed one setting on the groups to allow for a RSS feed by
making only the archive messages available to the public.

The RSS Feed to this newsgroup can be accessed directly at:

http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/Photosmart_850/rss

This hopefully will allow more exposure (activity) without
compromising it to spammers whose posts must still be approved before
they can post anything.

Even though there has been no new posts recently, my HP850 is still
going strong (after it was repaired in 2005 for a color issue).

I've changed one setting on the groups to allow for a RSS feed by
making only the archive messages available to the public.

The RSS Feed to this newsgroup can be accessed directly at:

http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/Photosmart_850/rss

This hopefully will allow more exposure (activity) without
compromising it to spammers whose posts must still be approved before
they can post anything.

--- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, "dave" <dave18301@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, "az2bear" <az2bear@> wrote:
> >
> > My camera has the tabs broken off the case but the door is good.
> Does
> > any one know where I can get a case.  My camera woorks real good
and
> I
> > don't have the problems that I read about on this site with it.
Any
> > help is appreaceated.
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> Steve Same thing happen to me, I use a product called  plastic
wrelder
> and was able to repair the problem. Also the plactic clip that lock
the
> door in place also broke and i repaired with the same stuff. Its is
> made by devcon and called plastic weld
>
> Dave
>  ps hope this helps
>

When Mine broke a few years back, I bought a non-working camera on
eBay for parts. Changed the case parts I needed then resold it on
eBay...again for parts.

Jack

--- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, "az2bear" <az2bear@...> wrote:
>
> My camera has the tabs broken off the case but the door is good.
Does
> any one know where I can get a case.  My camera woorks real good and
I
> don't have the problems that I read about on this site with it.  Any
> help is appreaceated.
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
Steve Same thing happen to me, I use a product called  plastic wrelder
and was able to repair the problem. Also the plactic clip that lock the
door in place also broke and i repaired with the same stuff. Its is
made by devcon and called plastic weld

Dave
  ps hope this helps

I think he means 'accu' being short for accumulator, an old word for
battery, but commonly used for labelling in Europe.

Any contact spray should do a similar job, but it assumes that the
contacts are not working properly, so worth inspecting with a bright
light first. If leaking batteries have corroded the contacts, then
they need to be scraped clean first! If problems persist, try finding
a suitable 6V adaptor.

--- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, "Pete" <Humathe1st@...> wrote:
>
> This is a newibe question but what is an akku?  Also what kind of
> contact spray?
>
> Thanks again
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> --- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, Jakab Laci <jaklac@> wrote:
> >
> > Contact spray battery(akku) and hp850 akku slot
> >
>

This is a newibe question but what is an akku?  Also what kind of
contact spray?

Thanks again

Peter



--- In Photosmart_850@yahoogroups.com, Jakab Laci <jaklac@...> wrote:
>
> Contact spray battery(akku) and hp850 akku slot
>

I am having a problem with my HP 850.  I have new batteries and when I
put them in correctly all I get is the red light in the front
blinking.  Then when I try to turn the camera on the LCD screen just
blinks white. What is wrong with it? How can I get the camera to stop
doing that?

Thanks
Pete

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