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What could be easier than HP's intuitive-to-use Photosmart M447 Digital Camera? Get ready to snap away with impressive results, courtesy of the 5-megapixel resolution and 5x digital zoom. This model also has Steady Photo, an antishake feature that helps eliminate motion blur, and a bright, 2.4" display for framing and reviewing shots.

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Pictures of the kids, vacation photos, and shots for on-line auctions are a snap with the HP PhotoSmart 612 digital camera. The 2x optical and 2x digital zoom features let you get close to the action. You can preview photos on color LCD with 3x and 6x magnification. User-friendly features like auto exposure, red-eye reduction and auto flash make it easy to get great results.

Customer Review :

great camera

even though this is an older model digital camera it has great quality pictures easily downloaded to my computer and the battery life it maintains is much greater than i expected. and it came in the mail quite quickly too. thank you.

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1. 4.1 Megapixel effective for up to 2320 x 1744 effective pixel still image resolution
2. Get outstanding close-ups and shots at a distance with the 21x total zoom (3x optical Pentax, 7x digital) and eight shooting modes, plus automatic or manual focus
3. Video resolution - QVGA 288 x 216
4. Hold steady for quick shots with the compact design with durable metal front and comfortable, sculpted grip
5. Automatically brighten darker areas of photos with HP's Adaptive Lighting technology

Editorial Review :

The HP Photosmart R607 digital camera has many features to enhance your picture-taking experience, including HP Adaptive Lighting Technology, in-camera red-eye removal, 8 shooting modes (including Panorama), HP Image Advice, HP Instant Share, direct printing capability, manual and automatic controls, on-camera Help, and an optional camera dock.With HP Instant Share, you can easily select images in your camera to be automatically sent to your favorite destinations (such as e-mail addresses and online albums) the next time you connect the camera to your computer. Your friends and family can easily receive and view your pictures in e-mail without being burdened by large file attachments. And with the direct printing capability, you can easily select images in your camera to be automatically printed the next time you connect the camera to your computer or directly to any HP Photosmart printer or PictBridge-compatible printer without ever connecting to your computer.To further enhance your experience, use an HP Photosmart R-series dock. The camera dock allows you to easily transfer images to a computer, send images to a printer or television, and recharge the camera's battery plus a spare. The dock also provides a convenient home for your camera.

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1. 4.1-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 12-by-15-inch enlargements
2. 3x optical Pentax lens combines with 7x digital zoom for 21x total zoom; includes R-series camera dock
3. In-camera red-eye removal; in-camera HP image advice; Instant Share lets you route images to e-mail addresses; PictBridge compatible
4. Store images in 32 MB internal memory or on optional Secure Digital (SD) memory cards (SD card not included)
5. Powered by rechargeable lithium ion battery (included with charger)

Editorial Review :

Take great photos at 4.1 MP resolution that make beautiful prints and enlargements up to 11 x 17-inches. Capture memories with eight shooting modes and 21x total zoom (3x optical Pentax lens, 7x digital) with the small but mighty HP Photosmart R607 Digital Camera with HP Instant Share. Dock allows recharge of two included lithium ion batteries at once - one in the camera and the second in the spare battery bay. Use the dock for easy photo transfer or to view photos on TV with included remote control. HP Adaptive Lighting, when enabled, adjusts high-contrast photos to bring faces out of the shadows and details out of backgrounds. In-camera red-eye removal eliminates red-eye right on the camera. Learn to take great photos using HP Image Advice. HP Instant Share allows you to easily send photos in e-mail without burdening receivers with large file attachments.

Customer Review :

Excellent camera for it's price and size!

This was my first camera I've owned and I wanted one to take pictures of my friends at school as well as scenery. Due to the camera's compact size I can carry with me everywhere I go. It has many options but I usually keep it on auto and I get great results. The main standout point for me was the HP Adaptive Light Tech. feature. It is made to bring faces out of shadows and details out of backgrounds which makes the picture look 100 times better. I put one of my images of Lake Dixon in the customer images section if you want to see just how good these pictures turn out. If your thinking of buying a camera at a reasonable price, one you can take anywhere, and still take great pictures, this is the camera for you! I love it!

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Excelent pictures but small LCD display

I bought this camera more than three years ago and have been using it ever since. I'm not the kind of person that takes pictures all the time, but enjoy taking pictures during trips and family/friends reunions. What decided me to buy the R607 were its low price (very cheap in comparison with similar cameras at the time) and my previous experience with HP products (I own a HP desktop, a HP laptop, a HP PDA...).

Regarding to this camera, it takes excellent pictures. I love the panorama function for taking landscape photos. 4MP is more than enough for a non-professional photographer. It has a lot of functions that I didn't use too often, but many could find useful. It can fit a cheap, very compatible SD memory card to improve its capacity.

Nevertheless, it has some downsides. First of all, the LCD display is quite small. You can get used to it, but since newer cameras come with larger displays, you can be tempted to go that way instead. The software has given me some headaches lately, but I suspect I could fix the bugs reinstalling it from the beginning. And the battery endurance has started to show some shortfall, but I think its normal after 3+ years of continued use.

Overall I'm very satisfied with the camera's performance. Now its time for me to buy a new one, and I'll stick to HP for that.


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Disappointing software and support

We got this camera as a gift. We have gone round and round with HP tech support and still have not managed to install the camera software into our computer. (We own other brands of digital cameras, all installed without a hitch.)

First of all, the HP software is 170 Mega-bytes large. Talk about bloat-ware! Why does it take such a huge program to manage a camera?

Secondly, HP knows about the software problem. A "fix" is posted on HP.com. After downloading all 170MB of it, it still failed to install. We contacted HP tech support through chat sessions, their suggestions all failed. HP send us an upgraded CD, it still halts on an error during install.

Lest you think we have a weird, off-brand computer, this is an HP Pavilion ZE4125 laptop.

It has been a thoroughly frustrating and disappointing experience.

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I made a huge mistake when I bought this camera

I had a Pentax Optio 4 MP camera that I LOVED. Unfortunately I was careless and dropped it in water. In searching for a replacement, I saw that this camera was considered to be just as good and it was considerably cheaper. I figured since I was going to be careless with my camerea maybe I should buy the cheaper one, especially if it was supposed to be as good. What a MISTAKE. First off, this camera is a little bit bigger both in depth and width than the Optio. It just doesn't have the same sleekness. Secondly, the picture quality is definitely not as good. Every other picture I take is out of focus. I just want a simple point and shoot camera, one that can focus without having to mess with things...this isn't doing the trick. Now its been doing this weird thing where every picture I take has lines running through it (looks almost like the picture is ribbed). Its VERY annoying. I have such buyers remorse. I really wish I hadn't have tried to save money and had just bought the Optio. There's nothing positive I can say about this camera.

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Would be okay for someone's first, only out of ignorance.

I've had this camera for almost two years, despite what others have said I've found it a somewhat tough camera physically.

Ok now to the long list of problems;

It has horrible motion capture, pictures often come out with a mild funhouse mirror warp effect, is utterly worthless in less than direct-sunlight and finally its far far to reliant on its flash. Also having to reset everything everytime you turn it on is a major annoyance. I've taken many pictures with it on many trips reaffirming its faults and still, If not for being a receipt-less present I would have returned it long ago.

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