HP PhotoSmart R927 Review

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The PhotoSmart R927 is the flagship of HP's 2006 lineup and features HP Real Life technologies with HP Instant Share, a technology that makes sharing, printing, and saving digital photos easy. In addition, the PhotoSmart R927 offers 8.2-megapixels of resolution, a large 3.0-inch color LCD, a 3x optical zoom, 32 megabytes of internal memory and PictBridge capabilities, all wrapped up in a very compact, stylish and durable stainless-steel body.

The R927 also features other HP Real Life technologies, which includes Adaptive Lighting and HP Image advice. The in-camera red-eye removal system, automatically eliminates red-eye in your images, to ensure the best possible photos and memories. At the push of a button you can select the fully automatic mode, one of 13 useful scene modes, aperture priority, shutter priority or full manual. If you feel even more creative you can select the metering mode, the color mode, and make adjustments to the sharpness, contrast and saturation. When the action requires it, just press the convenient movie shutter button and capture high-quality VGA resolution motion video with sound.

HP Instant Share makes sharing, printing and saving digital photos easy. Users simply take a photo and select its destination right on the back of the camera - up to 34 destinations, including e-mail addresses, online albums, printers and more - by simply pushing a button. When the digital camera is later connected to a computer or the optional camera dock, the selected photos are automatically printed and/or e-mailed without burdening friends with large file attachments. E-mail recipients see thumbnails of the images right in the body of their e-mail message, as well as a link to the web page where they can very easily view, print and save the photos, upload them to online albums and more.

HP's Adaptive Lighting technology (ALT), automatically adjusts high-contrast photos to bring faces out of shadows and details out of backgrounds. The technology balances brightness relationships between bright and dark areas in a photo, preserving gentle contrasts while compressing harsh contrasts. The result is automatic-contrast adjustment that lightens poorly illuminated objects and produces a true-to-life image that mirrors the natural beauty that the user intended to capture.

PhotoSmart R927 Features:

• 8.2-Megapixels of resolution for prints up to poster size
• Fuji 3x optical and 8x digital zoom lens (35-105mm in 35mm equiv.)
• Compact, lightweight, stylish and durable stainless steel body
• HP's Adaptive lighting technology and In-camera Red-eye removal
• Large 3.0-inch high resolution color LCD with 170° viewing angle
• Total of 17 Shooting modes and a customizable My Mode
• Add audio memos to still images (up to 60 sec.)
• Record MPEG-1 movies with audio at 640x480 (24fps)
• Long Exposure up to 15 seconds, with noise reduction
• In-camera panorama preview and stitch of up to 5 photos
• Exposure metering: Average, Center-weighted or Spot
• Built-in flash with modes for Auto, Off, Auto+Red-Eye, Forced On and Night
• Adjustable ISO, white balance, saturation, contrast and sharpening
• Color, Black & White and Sepia modes
• Date & Time Stamping on the image
• Built-in orientation sensor
• Li-ion rechargeable battery and docking cradle included
• 32MB of internal flash memory + SD memory card slot
• JPEG Exif 2.2, USB and PictBridge compatible

The HP Photosmart R927 will be available in April 2006.

PhotoSmart R927 Specifications