Customer Reviews

HP Photosmart R725 6.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

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For a digital Camera with 6 mp for this price. It is great, I don't know what most people be buying a 8 and 9 mp camera for, b/c if you are not blowing a picture up bigger than a 10 X 12, then you don't need nothing bigger than a 6 mp camera. I seriously like this camera. HP is doing a good job on Photosmarts. This camera takes great pictures and the zoom is incredible. I am a soldier in Iraq and I have been taking nice pictures with this camera everysince i bought it.

Very easy to use camera that takes solid pictures. This camera allows for zooming and has sound while taking video. I like that you have the option of cliping pictures out from the video clips. This allows for some humerous pictures. I really like this camera.

I did have a problem with the zoom button 2 months after buying the camera and after about a month of not using the camera. I had to press the button really hard for it to zoom. I called Amazon to take back the product but they were not very helpful with informing me how much money they would refund me or how I can take it to HP if it were under warantee.

All in all, the camera is very usable and I plan on keeping it and have not had any other problems with the camera.

I love this camera. It has lots of features and doesn't go through batteries real fast. The pictures are clear not fuzzy. You can do panorama and stick them together. Wonderful feature. My only regret is that I could not afford one with more zoom.

It is a great camera for the quality and the price. The only downside is that it is so small, i am used to camera that feels and weighs like a camera. (i think it is a little smaller than a deck of cards) so if you want small, this is the camera for you. or if you want a great camera and you can adjust to the compactness, purchase this camera!

When I first purchased the HP Photosmart R725, I was very impressed. It was a high quality camera and the price impressed me. After less than a month, the camera no longer worked. Whenever I turned it on, an error message popped up and then the camera turned back off. I got on the HP website and they were very helpful and replaced my camera within a week and thus I was happy again, until this continued happening. I am now on MY FIFTH HP R725, or maybe its the 6th? I'm not sure I lost count. The first problem happened the first few times. I just got off of the HP website to report the fact that my camera takes pictures, but I can't see what of because the LCD remains a blank screen. They refuse to allow me to talk to anyone who speaks decent English and will not refund my money or give me a different camera, I can only have the same one over and over again. I actually got on Amazon so that I could attempt to sell the replacement camera that they are sending me and was surprised to find good reviews. I don't do anything unusual with my camera nor do I use it too often, and I don't think that its possible that I have simply gotten so many "lemons". I highly suggest that you do not buy this camera!

I really enjoy my Photosmart R725. It's small, easy portable, takes wonderful photos, and is very versatile in terms of settings. I just have one thing I don't like about it, and that's the fact that there is no viewfinder. There is an LCD screen on the back which acts as a viewfinder, but it's hard to see in bright sunlight, and I'm afraid that it will eventually become scratched beyond use. For now, it's great but I'm not sure how it will hold up for the long run. At the same time, it's not spendy, so it might be worth it.

I bought two, one for me, one for my daughter.

It is compact, user-friendly, it has nice sized screen.

It comes with a charger (I've been told that some don't).

6.2 mgp. Video WITH audio.

All this for a very nice price.

I bought this camera for my daughter as a Christmas 2006 gift. It takes great pictures and videos-better than my Canon which cost much more(especially inside -like in auditoriums). She especially enjoys all the fun features to enhance her pictures right in the camera, because she prefers to just keep them all in the camera and scroll through with her friends. HOWEVER, after about four months, the LCD "shattered"-a big black spot with black and white lines radiating out in each direction. Since no viewfinder, the camera was unusable, although it still took pictures just fine-you just couldn't see what you were doing-or look at them afterward. HP replaced the camera-no charge. Two months later, the same thing happened to the replacement. We got that camera's replacement last week. It wouldn't read any memory cards-the newest one arrived today. It seems to be working fine. I will say that HP has been great about sending cameras without charging us, but what a pain. (of course, you must go through at least a half an hour on the phone with the tech who will tell you to take the card out, take the battery out....etc.) BE VERY CAREFUL that nothing comes in contact with the screen-it needs better protection, I think. We bought an extended warranty through the Amazon seller when we purchased, but who knows whether it even covers four cameras later....

I received this camera for my birthday in March. I exchanged it 2 days later because the battery would not hold a charge. The second one lasted until about 2 weeks ago (so approx. 3 months). This time the camera would turn itself on when it was just sitting on the counter and turn itself off when I tried to take a picture. Very weird. Anyway, I have been trying to return it to Target again, but every Target in my area seems to be out of them. So I have decided that I am going to try something else. I seem to have no luck with HP cameras, the last one I owned (before the R725) just decided to die on the day of my sons 3rd birthday party. I believe the problem with the R725 does not lie with the camera itself, but with the battery. It would be a great camera if the battery would be better.

I received the camera in mail yesterday. As I walked back to my dorm, I thought that perhaps there'd been a mistake; there was no way this light package could be it. There's no way this could be the camera I'd just ordered last Wednesday. It's probably the memory card.

I opened the box and sure enough, it was the camera. Made of steel and incredibly light and small, this camera is a major upgrade compared to what I used before it. I dare say this camera is probably the last one I'll use (barring a disastrous drop) for a while. It takes clear pictures, even though I have shaky hands. I am going to recommend this camera to a friend that has never had a camera.

As I become more accustomed to using the camera, I'll probably end up updating my review of it, and something tells me that it'll consist of primarily positive things.