Product Introduction
In late August 2004, Hewlett-Packard Company announced their new
range of digital cameras, the Photosmart M-series and R-series, with
the M-series being the less expensive of the two. Cameratown was given
a model from each of these series to review, the M407 and R607,
and recently posted our evaluation of the latter to this website.
The HP Photosmart M407 is a 4.1-megapixel camera with a total 18x
zoom lens (3x optical, 6x digital), TTL auto focus with normal and
macro ranges, integrated flash, and a 1.8-inch color LCD screen. The
M407 comes with 16 megabytes of internal flash memory and a memory
expansion slot for optional SD/MMC cards (ability to support memory
cards up to 1GB.) Featuring seven shooting modes, the M407 also allows
you to: Organize, edit, store, and protect your photos and video clips
with HP's exclusive Image Zone software; E-mail photos without large
attachments with HP Instant Share™ technology; Print still shots
by connecting to any PictBridge-compatible printer; Capture the action
using the short video-clip feature; Add audio clips to still shots;
Choose ISO speeds of up to 400 or auto; Adjust white balance from
one of five settings; Capture images in one of three color selections,
full-color, sepia, or black & white; and Shoot photos in quick
succession with burst mode. With a price of $199.95, the Hewlett-Packard
Photosmart M407 is priced competitively with other 4-megapixel cameras.
How does it perform? Read my review to find out!