HP Photosmart M437 Review

The HP Photosmart M437 is a true “point and shoot” camera. It simplifies composing, sharing, and printing pictures with all its amazing installed features.

The Photosmart M437 sports a bright 2.0-inch LCD for easy viewing indoors and outdoors. Its 5.0 megapixel resolution allows for stunning 4 x 6 inch and poster prints of your images. The Photosmart M437 is also fitted with HP Precision 3x optical zoom lens with an aperture range of f2.8 - f5.6 in wide angle and f4.8 - f9.7 in telephoto. Its 5x digital zoom lens can be extended or retracted and is protected by a built-in lens cap. All these zooming power helps in taking those distant shots clear and in focus. Its built-in, auto –adjusting flash has an effective range of 10.2 ft for wide and 5.9 ft for telephoto.

The Photosmart M437 has a storage capacity is 16 MB of internal memory and supports Secure Digital (SD) memory cards for additional storage. All these physical features are packed in a compact body that easily fits in your hand.

The Photosmart M437 features HP’s Real Life technologies to ensure you of clear and crisp photos each time. The first of these is the HP Steady Photo Anti-shake feature. It prevents blurry photos, often caused by a shaky hand or a moving subject, by automatically adjusting the ISO sensitivity and the shutter speed. Another is the Red Eye removal system. As its name would suggest, this system detects red eye and automatically removes it while your image is still in the camera. this is a common problem among digital camera users and this feature saves you time in editing your images.

The Photosmart M437 makes it easy to email and share your images through the HP Photoshare express. As soon as you get the shot, you can tag and select its destination with the touch of a button. Then hook it up to a computer with HP Photosmart Essential Software and send it to a printer, an e-mail, or an online album.

The preset scene modes in the Photosmart M437 allow you take pictures in almost any condition. Once you’ve selected a scene, the M437 does all the setting and adjustments for that specific scene. All you have to do is point and shoot. Your options are Auto, Close-Up, steady Photo, Theater, Landscape, portrait, Action, Night Portrait, and sunset. Once you’ve taken the shot, you can add artistic effects on it with the available selections in M437’s Design Gallery, such as adding borders or changing its color to sepia or black and white.

Video recording with Photosmart M437 is captured in 320x250 at 24 frames per second with WAV audio. The length of the video depends on the available memory.

The simplified functions on the Photosmart M437 make it easy to use. It seems that in this camera you can do almost everything with just a touch of a button. For instance, at the back on the top, you will find the controls for Zoom, Image delete, Flash mode, and the Mode selector for Still, Movie, and Playback. The Menu/OK button brings p the menu and accepts the selections you’ve chosen with the 4-way selector. The Back button brings you back to a previous page in the menu and also functions as the exit button. The only controls on top are the Shutter Release and the Power On/Off buttons.

Summary of HP Photosmart M437 features:

• Resolution: 5 megapixels
• LCD: 2.0 inch
• Optical Zoom: 3x
• Digital Zoom: 5x
• Focal Length: 5.4 mm - 16.2 mm
• Aperture: F/2.8-4.8
• Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec (max(;1 sec (min)
• Sensitivity: ISO 100, 200, 400, 800 (with HP Steady Photo)
• Exposure Compensation: ±2 EV in 1/2 EV steps
• Flash: built-in 10 ft range
• Memory: 16 MB internal memory
• Supported Media: Secure Digital (SD) card
• Still Image format: JPEG
• Video format: MJPEG
• Dimension: 3.78 x 1.23 x 2.52 in (96.1 x 31.3 x 63.9mm) with protrusions
• Weight: 0.4 lb without batteries; 0.5 lb with batteries
• Connections: USB ( Mini-USB Type B), Docking station
• Power source: AA alkaline photo lithium, NiMH batteries or HP Photosmart 5V AC Adapter

PROS: The HP Photosmart M437 is the ideal camera for a beginner. With the exception of the lens, which you can zoom in or zoom out, everything in the Photosmart M437 is preset. You won’t have to trouble with adjusting anything. Your only role is to decide what, where, and when to shoot.

CONS: because of its oversimplified functions, the HP Photosmart M437 appeals to just a single range of users—the beginners. It lacks control options that an experienced or intermediate photographer might want to have.

The HP Photosmart M437 certainly wanted to make photography simple for us With this camera, youdon’t have to worry about capturing images, but making perfect moments instead..

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