21 June 2006
The premium styled, ultra-compact HP Photosmart R927 Digital Camera features a bright 7.6 cm LCD screen with a 170 degree viewing angle for unsurpassed indoor and outdoor viewing.  Take brilliant 8.2 megapixel (MP) photos with the powerful HP Precision 24x total zoom.  With the latest features such as automatic in-camera red-eye removal, HP Design Gallery and other HP Real Life technologies, users can easily take brilliant digital photos perfect for printing and sharing.

Key Features and Benefits

  • 8.2 MP for brilliant resolution as well as beautiful prints and enlargements up to poster size

  • HP Precision 3x optical lens, 8x digital zoom for 24x total zoom 

  • 7.6 cm image display with an extra-wide viewing angle for shooting indoors or out

  • 32 MB internal memory allows users to store photos in the camera

  • 17 shooting modes, macro multi-zone auto focus and burst mode for quality shots in a variety of conditions

  • On-camera button to easily order and share photos on Snapfish (UK only) using HP Photosmart Express

  • Features an ultra-compact, durable metal body with a sleek, premium finish

Additional Features

  • HP Real Life technologies help take the guesswork out of digital photography and make it easy to produce great photos that are crisp, realistic and true-to-life. HP Real Life technologies include:

  • NEW: Automatic In-camera red-eye removal to remove red-eye while you take them still in the camera.

  • NEW: HP Design Gallery adds artistic effects and a border right in the camera. It also includes a slimming feature to help create the best possible photos, all of which can be utilized without having to connect to a PC or use additional software.

  • Improved Instant Advice now provides real-time feedback to users on how to improve a specific picture the next time it is captured--like having a professional photographer with you at all times!

  • Adaptive Lighting Bracketing allows you to adjust high-contrast photos to bring faces out of shadows and details out of backgrounds while automatically capturing 3 versions of the same scene - one with adaptive lighting off, one with adaptive lighting on low and the final with adaptive lighting on high.

  • In-camera panorama stitching allows the user to align, capture and review a panorama image on the camera and stitch up to 5 photos together to save as one image for easy printing before downloading to a computer.

  • High-quality VGA video with audio shoots at 24 frames per second and offers the ability to save still shots for printing.

  • HP Photosmart Express makes sharing, printing and saving digital photos easy - users simply take a photo and select its destination right on the back of the camera - up to 34 destinations, including e-mail addresses, online albums, printers and Snapfish for ordering photos.

  • Included dock recharges the camera and makes it easy to print and e-mail photos.

  • Optional HP Photosmart 6221 Premium Camera Dock lets users easily save, view, print and share photos on a PC and TV as well as recharge the in-camera battery, plus a spare.  Add wireless capabilities by purchasing the HP Photosmart 6222 Wireless Dock Base to share your photos via a wireless home network (not included, sold separately).

Technical Specifications

  • 8.2 MP resolution

  • 24x total zoom--3x optical, 8x digital

  • Dimensions/Weight

  • 96 mm (W) x 25.6 mm (D) x 62 mm (H)

  • 170 grams without batteries

  • PictBridge support

  • JPEG (Exif 2.2 support)

  • Support/Connectivity

  • USB Connectivity

  • USB-compatible PC with Microsoft Windows XP, x64, 2000, Me, 98SE, or 98, Intel Pentium II, Celeron or compatible CPU, Internet Explorer 5.01SP2 or later

  • USB-compatible Macintosh computer with Mac OS v10.2.8, v10.3, v10.4

  • HP offers a comprehensive support package for the HP Photosmart R927 Digital Camera that includes one-year of phone support as well as real-time chat and email support beyond the warranty as part of its HP Total Care portfolio of services.

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About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2006, HP revenue totaled $88.9 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com

About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar, Cairo,  Ramallah and Oman servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains

More information about HP in the Middle East is available at www.hp.com/me

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