Long known for its printers, Hewlett Packard has been slowly building a reputation for making stylish, easy-to-use digital cameras that come packed with features. The latest flagship to be launched in HP’s Photosmart camera line is the HP R927 which not only boasts 8.2 megapixels, it features an array of unique functions and helpful in-camera tips designed for beginners.
Along with the serious resolution, the R927 employs the sturdy stainless steel construction that HP is known for, a 3x optical zoom, a huge 3-inch LCD screen, and a friendly interface that leads you to an array of in-camera artistic editing functions from the useful to the downright bizarre. I’ve been a fan of HP Real Life technologies — a suite of automatic in-camera picture correction functions — since trying out the HP R707 two years ago and have found HP’s Automatic In-Camera Red-Eye Removal to be about the best anti-red-eye technology on the market. [Read more…]