The HP R927 seems to
have been the talk of the town this week, with reviews from Digital Camera Review Page, Digital Camera Tracker, and
Engadget:DCRP: Photo quality turned out to be the R927's weak point. While the camera took well exposed photos with vibrant colors, I was disappointed with the amount of noise and purple fringing on my photos. While these issues won't make a difference if you're making 4 x 6 inch prints, you will notice them in 8 x 10 prints or when viewing them onscreen.
DCT: Companies can fill a camera with impressive features however, the bottom line is image quality and performance. While the R927 is fun to use it's not without a few quirks. One of the most irritating to me was purple fringes that appear in photographs. While this won't present a problem on smaller prints perhaps up to 5 x 7 it will be a problem on larger prints.
Engadget: It's still seems a bit silly to be shooting 8 megapixel shots out of such a compact camera, but we're not going to stand in your way, and neither will HP with their flagship compact offering, the Photosmart R927.
I'm not going to buck the trend here. Squeezing 8.2 MP onto a 1/1.8 chip makes about as much sense as as ricing your Civic. Especially when you can get the DMC-FZ7 for less.
