The HP Photosmart R727 is a 6.2-mega pixel compact camera with a 3x optical zoom, video capability, 2.5-inch LCD screen and built-in flash. Unbeatable has reviewed the Photosmart R727 and they write: “There are plenty of different features on the Hewlett Packard Photosmart R727 to get stuck in to and you really could play around with it for hours. Along with the 6.2-mega pixels, 24x total zoom and 2.5” LCD screen there are some great editing and image enhancing features, one of them being the Slimming feature.

If you feel like the camera add a few pounds when you view your images, this feature will stretch out the image so your subject appears to be slimmer, but really they just end up looking stretched and a lot taller, depending on how much you stretch it. This model is supplied with an impressive17 shooting modes to ensure you achieve the best results in almost any shooting situation. The Panorama function is particularly interesting and enables you to take up to 5 shots and the camera will ‘stitch’ them together to produce the wide-angle shot you were after. HP has also included Adaptive Lighting technology, which will automatically detect if an image has details that are lost in shadows and bring them out. Clever hey!

The R727 also has that feature like its brothers and sisters in the Photosmart range, which helps you when you get stuck, just go into the Help screen in the menu and your problem will be solved. There are also 27 in-camera enhancements and editing options so you can get creative with your images and produce all sorts of weird and wonderful designs.”

“There were some particularly good images produced from the Photosmart R727 and we were pleasantly surprised as colours were accurately reproduced with clarity and sharpness. We did notice slight purple fringing around some subjects, but it was hardly worth mentioning really. The start-up to shoot time was a bit sluggish at around 3 seconds and 1.5 seconds between shots. The shutter lag was also a little disappointing at 2.1 seconds. The battery seemed to last a long time although it was switched on and off quite regularly. It took around 300 shots before it gave up though, so not too bad.”