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India Press Store - HP R742 Photosmart Digital Camera (Black)
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List Price: $215.00
Our Price: $98.06
Your Save: $ 116.94 ( 54% )
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Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Color: Black
Display Size: 2.5
EAN: 0883585327362
Feature: Takes 7-megapixel photos for stunning prints
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Has Red Eye Reduction: 1
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Maximum Focal Length: 17.7
Minimum Focal Length: 5.9
Model: R742
Optical Zoom: 3
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Studio: Hewlett Packard
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Features
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Takes 7-megapixel photos for stunning prints
HP Precision Lens with 3x optical zoom; 7x digital zoom
2.5-inch color LCD display
Selectable shooting modes
16 MB of built-in memory; SD and SDHC card slot
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: It's great for a personal Camera
Comment: It's great for a personal camera. If you'r wanting it to take absolutely profesional pictures, you might want to invest is a more expesive camera, but for the price it's at it's wonderful.
It's not heavy and bulky and it can fit right into my purse or bag. It's easy to figure the buttons.
The one thing that I don't like about it, is you set the camera for anti-shakiness, you have to reset it after every take.
I love it, and I defenitely think it's a wonderful product from HP. It also seem to be built better than most.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Big Bang For The Buck
Comment: Bought this little camera for my wife for Christmas in 07. She really loves it and the Ruby Red color. She has had no problems using it and the picture quality is really good for a little camera. The battery life is great also. I highly recommend this camera for it's ease of use and utility.
Customer Rating:
Summary: camera "upgrade"
Comment: The camera itself is great. The color qualities, though come out kind of funny. Nothing that a little computer touching up can't fix, though. And do not buy the HP slim case to go with it. The camera is too small. It makes the case seem big and bulky.
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Summary: Easiest digital camera!
Comment: I bought this camera for my 78 yr. old mother because she wanted a camera that wasn't too difficult to use. This is the one! You don't even have to read the manual to use it. It's self explanitory. Literally! It has a feature that shows on the viewer whether you are taking a picture or viewing a picture. All features are easily marked and easy to read. It's light weight, which was important to my mom who has terrible arthritis in her arms. She loved that she didn't have to raise the camera all the way up to her eyes. She just looks into the very generous view screen! It takes great photos too, by the way. And no, my mom didn't have a problem with the fact that the camera goes into "sleep mode" after only 15 seconds. She just touches a button and the camera comes back to life. No biggie. Too bad not all digital cameras are this simple to use.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Little Camera
Comment: This camera is a neat little guy. I have a Nikon CoolPix 880 (a 3.3mp digital which is going on 7 years old) and I thought I would upgrade. The CoolPix still works great, so my wife will use it around the house for shooting the kids.
At least one review of this product seems to be from someone who expects too much from a piece of technology in this price range. One of the complaints is that the pictures come out dark. Well, if you are shooting in poor lighting conditions and relying on the little flash on the camera to make up the difference then of course you will have dark pictures. But that is where Photo Shop or an equivalent program comes in handy.
There are very few settings that can be changed. In contrast my 880 can have just about every aspect customized. However, keep in mind that the r742 is a point-and-shoot, not an SLR replacement. There are a number of preset shooting modes that optimize shutter speeds and aperture settings for the most common shooting environments. They seem to work very well.
Here are some of the wonderful camera features. I can remove red-eye from the pictures from within the camera. The camera itself has a design gallery which lets me add frames, change color, rotate, and crop. There is a slide-show setting. It takes movies (more on that later). NOTE: Anytime you are modifying a picture, the camera makes a duplicate of the original picture and applies the changes to the duplicate. The original is still intact. Also note that when editing an image within the camera, some functions will take more time than others. One of the longest is red-eye removal.
On a 2gb SD card and the camera set to full resolution I can shoot over 700 pictures. This camera is SD/SDHC compatible. I'm looking forward to putting in the 8gb SDHC (make sure you get a SDHC compatible card reader if you are getting an SDHC. Transferring files via the supplied USB cable is fine for a small number of pictures, but it can take a long time to transfer for large numbers of files, and you will use up your battery trying to do so). I don't need that much storage, but the cards are cheap, so why not? On a side note, the camera only seems to be able to count to 2000. When looking at various quality settings, it did not matter how low I set the quality, the camera only showed 2000 as the number of photos it could take on that card. It seems to me that a firmware update is in order.
The pictures come out wonderful. I have taken some indoor pictures and the images are clear and sharp. Of course, as I mentioned earlier, the quality will depend greatly on ambient lighting conditions and, if using the flash, how close you are to the subject(s).
Now to the only negative I have about the camera: the movie feature. It seems like it is a great feature to capture a quick moment, but it shoots at 24fps and at 320x240 dpi, which is fine for a camera. What is bad is the audio quality. But, let's face it, folks. This is a Point-And-Shoot still image camera, not a camcorder. It doesn't claim to be a camcorder replacement, nor does it even really use its video capabilities as a gimmick to draw attention to itself. It's more of a "I take unbelievably stunning photos (and by the way, I can also shoot some video)" kind of camera. If you want digital video capabilities in a handy little package, go get yourself a Flip Video.
All-in-all, I highly recommend this camera. It's ease of use and excellent picture quality make it worth the money.
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Editorial Reviews:
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An easy-on-the-eyes display (2.5"), 7 megapixel resolution, and 21x total zoom are just a few of the reasons you'll like Photosmart R742. It has all the usual cool HP camera features, including the ability to get rid of red eye and Design Gallery for dressing up your shots. And this sleek model is super compact and easy to stash in a purse or backpack.
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