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My father has an HP Photosmart 935 camera that he's used since Christmas. He uses it constantly, and the prints look great even on 8x10 because of his Photosmart printer and the camera's high resolution. After months of hearing from him how I should have a digital camera, also, I finally relented and went to CompUSA to get a 935 of my own when my tax check came back (not bad for filing on April 15th!).

The store rep told me that if I liked the 935, I would love the R707. He's right! Instead of the one set of rechargeable's my dad got with his dock, I have two (one came with the camera, the other with the dock - which can charge them both at the same time), and they're LiIon instead of NiMH. I still haven't recharged the first after using it for around a hundred pictures during my company's golf outing.

I took a panoramic shot of one of the holes at the golf course, and the software that comes with the camera made it very simple to put together and print out. When I go on vacation this summer I'm going to get some great use out of that function. In the meantime, the two things I'm using the most are the In-Camera Red Eye Removal and the Image Advice.

With the Red Eye Removal, instead of having the obnoxious multiple-time flash that we've grown used to with film cameras, the red eyes are removed after the camera takes the picture. If you see some red-eye, you just select to remove it, and the camera finds the mistake, asks you if it's ok to change, and the redness disappears. If you don't notice it right away, the Image Advice will even alert you to it!

I'm not quite a novice, but not really a camera pro, either. The Image Advice you can select after the picture is taken really helps you get the perfect picture. If something looks too dark, or too bright, or the colors are just plain wrong (like when you set the White Balance to Tungsten or Sun instead of Auto, and then go somewhere else), the Image Advice tells you how to get a better shot by changing ISO speeds, turning on the awesome Digital Flash feature (no more need to Dodge & Burn in PhotoShop!), etc. The people in my office think I'm a pro after they downloaded my pictures from HP's photo site, but between you and me I just did what Image Advice told me to.

Combine these features with the smaller, metal cased housing that the R707 has compared to the 935, and I've got myself one hell of a camera, and a jealous dad to go along with it!

This is a great camera. In 5+MP cameras I've tried the Canon Powershot S500, Casio QV-R51, and a Fuji FinePix, but this is the best one.

Pros:
Picture quality is crystal clear, battery life is very good, and I didn't even need to read the instructions to it. There are helpful explanations of all the options on the bottom of the screen so you know exactly what terms such as "saturation" and "EV" mean. I've taken pictures on the streets of NY, at the beach, at an indoor wedding, and at a restaurant. All my pictures of people were true to life, indoor pictures with low light came out well focused, and outdoor pictures had brilliant colors. Printed pictures are AMAZING. The short movie I made came out very good and with clear sound, but the clip was small. I didn't buy this camera to make TV sized movies anyway. Some metal cameras don't perform well if you constantly change climates, but I took it to the sandy beach, to NYC, to windy Chicago, and then to hot humid Houston and it performed solid in all those conditions. I have not tried extreme cold though. For all that, I think the price is well worth it.

Cons:
No case or SD card included.

Ok I am in love!!! I have played around with it awhile and have found a few ways to make this thing work wonders. 1.) You can turn on the little screen by pressing the camera button and take pictures the old fashion way. This saves SO MUCH battery its ridiculous. I just use the screen when I need to. 2.) There are many pictures that I dont plan to share or enlarge so I took those under 1 megapixel, better ones with 3 mega pix and the best ones only with 5 mega pix. I did this and have a 512 MB memory so I have over 600 pictures. Also I bought the camera warranty directly on www.HP.com its cool to buy the camera whereever. I got the 2 year accidental damage warranty cover accidents and shipping to replace it!! Uploading to computer is easy and the camera takes pictures like a dream. Easy delete and playback. I am so glad I bought it!