HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Impressively simple to use, Photosmart M527 offers lots of opportunities to make this digital-camera your favorite all-rounder where ever you go. It's easy to take impressive photos?at 6 megapixel resolution?that make beautiful 4x6-inch prints and enlargements up to poster size. Remove red-eye, using HP Real Life technologies. Frame and view photos on a large, 2-inch image display that's bright enough to see indoors and out. Plus, zoom in using 21x total zoom?3x optical, 7x digital. Record video clips with sound. Add a dock to recharge in-camera batteries and email, save and print photos. Save photos, using 16 MB internal memory or optional SD memory cards. Then print photos almost anywhere, using an HP Photosmart compact photo printer. Easily transfer photos to your PC and order prints online with Snapfish. From snap to print, you can always rely on HP for beautiful prints. PictBridge lets you make prints with or without a PC. Take movies too! Storage - 16 MB internal memory, capacity - up to 8 photos (accepts optional SD cards up to 1 GB capacity) - We advise using a 256MB or4 larger for practical use Exposure control - Center-weighted auto exposure metering (AE) / Shutter speed - 2 to 1/1000th second Unit Dimensions (w x d x h) 3.82 x 1.42 x 2.48 in (with protrusions) / Weight 0.3 lb (without batteries), 0.4 lb (with batteries) HP USA Warranty - One-year limited warranty backed by HP's 24-hour, 7-days-a-week Customer Care, service and support; HP Customer Care, including 24-hour Web support
Amazon.com Product Description
The HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom let you take clear, crisp photos and beautiful enlargements up to six megapixels in resolution. A 3x optical zoom and 7x digital zoom--for a total 21x zoom--lets you take impressive close-ups, and a two-inch image display makes it easy to view and frame your shots.

This compact, user-friendly camera is designed for quick, one-handed shots. You can also record video clips with sound. The Photosmart M527 includes a red-eye removal feature that lets you adjust your photos directly in the camera. You can also add borders, special effects, or change photos to black-and-white or sepia quickly and easily. It includes 16 megabytes of internal memory, and for additional storage, the camera also includes a slot for optional secure digital (SD) memory cards. Included HP Photosmart software lets you edit, organize, print, and share your digital photos easily, and a plug-and-play USB connection lets you transfer your photos to your PC or compatible printer quickly and seamlessly.

What's in the Box
HP Photosmart M527 Digital Camera, two alkaline AA batteries, USB cable, quick start guide, warranty/regulatory brochure, CD with HP Photosmart software for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh, user's guide, and wrist strap.

HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Average customer rating:

HP keeps it simple and smart
buy this camera!!!
Excellent For the Price
Not worth it!!!!
You get what you pay for....

HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

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Product Features:

Features 6 MP resolution for poster-sized prints and 3x optical zoom and 7x digital zoom for 21x total zoom power
Large, bright 1.7-inch display
16 MB internal memory plus SD/MMC card slot
Plug-and-play USB connection for easy file transfers
Includes Photosmart software for editing, organizing, printing and sharing

ASIN: B000DZDPEK
Release Date: 2006-04-20

Amazon.com Product Description

The HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom let you take clear, crisp photos and beautiful enlargements up to six megapixels in resolution. A 3x optical zoom and 7x digital zoom--for a total 21x zoom--lets you take impressive close-ups, and a two-inch image display makes it easy to view and frame your shots.

Product Description

Impressively simple to use, Photosmart M527 offers lots of opportunities to make this digital-camera your favorite all-rounder where ever you go. It's easy to take impressive photos?at 6 megapixel resolution?that make beautiful 4x6-inch prints and enlargements up to poster size. Remove red-eye, using HP Real Life technologies. Frame and view photos on a large, 2-inch image display that's bright enough to see indoors and out. Plus, zoom in using 21x total zoom?3x optical, 7x digital. Record video clips with sound. Add a dock to recharge in-camera batteries and email, save and print photos. Save photos, using 16 MB internal memory or optional SD memory cards. Then print photos almost anywhere, using an HP Photosmart compact photo printer. Easily transfer photos to your PC and order prints online with Snapfish. From snap to print, you can always rely on HP for beautiful prints. PictBridge lets you make prints with or without a PC. Take movies too! Storage - 16 MB internal memory, capacity - up to 8 photos (accepts optional SD cards up to 1 GB capacity) - We advise using a 256MB or4 larger for practical use Exposure control - Center-weighted auto exposure metering (AE) / Shutter speed - 2 to 1/1000th second Unit Dimensions (w x d x h) 3.82 x 1.42 x 2.48 in (with protrusions) / Weight 0.3 lb (without batteries), 0.4 lb (with batteries) HP USA Warranty - One-year limited warranty backed by HP's 24-hour, 7-days-a-week Customer Care, service and support; HP Customer Care, including 24-hour Web support

Customer Reviews:

HP keeps it simple and smart.......2007-04-05

The HP camera is very easy to use and takes great pictures, its small enough to carry comfortable but does not feel fragile

buy this camera!!!.......2007-01-20

I've had digital cameras before, but this one is has it all. If you want to take really good pictures of your life then buy this camera. The HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom has more features than I'll commonly use , but I think all of them will come in handy in specific settings. Easy to use and great photo quality.

Excellent For the Price.......2006-12-28

The HP Photosmart M527 is an all around well built camera, espicially considering the price it can be purchased at.

The body is all metal and it's honestly built like a small tank. It feels good and strong in your hands. The weight of the camera is also very evenly balanced, so you can hold it in one hand and get clear shots in almost any situation. The ergonomics and overall design also help with this. Every button on the camera can be accessed with just your one hand.

The screen is very nice, bright, and colorful, even on the lowest brightness setting. I really don't have a problem with it being "only" 2". I can't imagine a situation where the "small" screen would negatively impact the ability to accurately frame a shot.

The image quality, for the price, is also fantastic. The shots can be a little noisey. But honestly, how many cameras in this price range will not produce noisey pictures? Considering the price, the image quality is great. Sure, it doesn't look as good as a Canon that costs an extra hundred dollars. But that doesn't mean the image quality is bad. The noise disappears completely when you shrink the picture down to fit in an email. Afterall, you're not emailing friends pictures that are 3.3MB in size each, are you? ;) When printed out, using a photo printer or getting them done professionally, the prints are very colorful with good detail, definition, and color saturation. They will definitely be able to sit next to all of your other framed prints, or go in a photo album, and only you will ever know that it is a digital print because nobody else will be able to see the difference in quality.

The camera also offers multiple shooting modes that can help improve the image quality in certain situations. For example, it has a "Portrait" mode which can help the look of closeups dramatically. It also has the obvious "Night" mode which will take care of any dark or murky pictures in low light. There is a "Beach and Snow" mode which will help you with those high contrast shots in bright lighting. It has a Macro mode which has obvious uses. You can also manually adjust certain other parameters, such as ISO speed. However, you cannot adjust shutter speed or more advanced settings like that. But if you find your pictures aren't exactly what you want them to be, there are definitely modes that can help you get the quality you desire.

The camera also has a decent movie mode. It can record roughly 30 minutes of slightly better than VHS quality video, with sound, on a 512MB memory card. It's not very good in low light, but it can be good for those quick moments when you are out and wish you had a video camera. However, you cannot zoom in or out while recording. You can adjust the zoom before and after recording. But not during.

The camera also has very extensive photo editing features built-in, like the famous "slimming" effect, and you can do other things like add borders. It also has a very thorough Help system.

There are only a couple of minor gripes I have about this camera. The first is battery life. Real world battery life is about 100 shots on two alkaline batteries. So get some rechargables or lithium batteries. The second gripe is that the memory card slot is right in there with the batteries. So that can be a little bit of a pain if you use a memory card reader instead of hooking the camera up to your computer to transfer pictures.

Overall its a great camera for the price, as long as you keep you are realistic with what to expect. You're getting a complete package for not very much money. Not many other cameras under the $200 price range offer such a complete package. If you're looking for a great camera on the cheap that is built well and has a ton of features, this is definitely one to look at. However, if you want absolutely pristine image quality, you're better off looking at the $250+ Canon PowerShot A6x0 series. For me, this camera is the one that is built like a tank and will get taken with me everywhere I go. But I will keep a higher quality Canon around for those times when image quality is more important than the quick, yet good, shot.

Not worth it!!!!.......2006-12-23

I bought this camera for Christmas and it is absolutely horrible! It takes really bad quality pictures and it has a very noisy lens. It's a great looking camera but the screen is only 2 inches which is very small. This camera is not a good buy for it's class.

You get what you pay for...........2006-09-17

If you are looking for a cheap camera with a higher res. then here it is. Like I said, you get what you pay for.

HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and HP Photosmart 6220 Digital Camera Dock

Average customer rating:

Great little camera but a few glitches

HP Photosmart M527 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and HP Photosmart 6220 Digital Camera Dock

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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6 Megapixels & Up | Digital Cameras | Camera & Photo | Categories | Electronics

Under 4x Optical Zoom | Digital Cameras | Camera & Photo | Categories | Electronics

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HP Q6227A Signature Soft-Style Camera Case (Pink)
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Accessories:

Digipower DPS-3000+ 3 Hour AA/AAA Rechargeable Battery Kit with 4 AA 2500 mAh Batteries and Car Charger
Digipower DPS-5000 1 Hour AA/AAA Rechargeable Battery Kit with 4 AA 2500 mAh Batteries
HP Q6230A Signature Metro-Style Camera Case (Blue)
Digipower BH27AA 4 pack Rechargeable AA 2700 mAh Batteries
HP Q6227A Signature Soft-Style Camera Case (Pink)

Product Features:

Features 6 MP resolution for poster-sized prints; 7x digital zoom and 3x optical zoom for total 21x zoom power
Large, bright 2-inch display
16 MB internal memory plus SD/MMC card slot
Plug-and-play USB connection for easy file transfers
Includes Photosmart software for editing, organizing, printing and sharing

ASIN: B000DZDPFE
Release Date: 2006-04-20

Amazon.com Product Description

This compact, user-friendly camera is designed for quick, one-handed shots. You can also record video clips with sound. The Photosmart M527 includes a red-eye removal feature that lets you adjust your photos directly in the camera. You can also add borders, special effects or change photos to black-and-white or sepia quickly and easily. It includes 16 megabytes of internal memory, and for additional storage, the camera also includes a slot for optional secure digital (SD) memory cards. Included HP Photosmart software lets you edit, organize, print and share your digital photos easily, and a plug-and-play USB connection lets you transfer your photos to your PC or compatible printer quickly and seamlessly.

What's in the Box
HP Photosmart M527 Digital Camera, HP Photosmart 6220 Digital Camera Dock, two alkaline AA batteries, USB cable, quick start guide, warranty/regulatory brochure, CD with HP Photosmart software for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh, user's guide, and wrist strap.

Product Description

It's easy to take impressive photos - at 6 MP resolution - for beautiful 4 x 6 inch prints and enlargements up to poster size. Automatically remove red eye using HP Real Life technologies. Frame and view photos on a large, 2 inch image display that's bright enough to see indoors and out. Plus, zoom-in using 21x total zoom - 3x optical, 7x digital. Easily transfer photos to your computer and recharge in-camera batteries using the included dock. Record video clips with sound. This compact, metal camera is designed for quick, one-handed shots. Intuitive buttons make photo-taking a breeze. Do more with your photos, without a PC. Apply artistic effects and fun borders in-camera with HP Design Gallery. Save photos, using 16 MB internal memory or optional SD memory cards. Then print photos almost anywhere, using an HP Photosmart compact photo printer. Easily transfer photos to your PC and order prints online with Snapfish. From snap to print, you can always rely on HP for beautiful prints.

Customer Reviews:

Great little camera but a few glitches.......2007-01-25

I purchased two of the M527 cameras with the 6220 dock. Both packages came with an instruction manual for the 6221 dock, which has more features than the 6220 dock, so the instruction manual doesn't pertain to this 6220 dock at all. But the 6220 dock is very basic so having no manual is not that important. One of the M527 cameras is very finicky when charging the batteries. It displays a status message that reads "Batteries cannot be charged" along with an error code, even though the rechargeable batteries that came with the camera are in place (the camera comes with rechargeable batteries even though the "what's in the box" states that alkaline batteries are included). When you enter the error code on HP's web site, HP's explanation is that either 1) the batteries are non-rechargeable, 2) the batteries are damaged, 3) charge the batteries using an external charger before using them for the first time, or 4) replace the batteries. I found that the green generic rechargeable batteries that came with the camera do not work even though I tried option 3 above. So I use Energizer rechargeable NiMH batteries and they charge fine. Also, the camera displayed an error message of "unsupported card" when I tried to use a 128MB SD card. A 512MB SD card and a 1Gig SD card both worked fine. Even with these glitches, I still rated the camera 4 stars because it takes great pictures, has a nice easy-to-use self-explanatory menu and comes with great HP software.

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