The new Photosmart E427 digital camera from HP is perfect for those who like their photography as simple and uncomplicated as possible.The HP E427 not only has a very intuitive interface but also boasts of an extremely user friendly menu. It offers a six megapixel resolution and has a 5x zoom. So this baby may just be a strictly point and shoot camera, but that doesn’t mean that HP has cut corners.

The Photosmart E427 can print great sharp images be it 4 x 6" prints or poster size enlargements. The E427 is strictly a casual digicam so that explains the 2 inch LCD and the limted set of manaul controls which will definitely make the more advanced shooters stay away! Manual options include Color, EV compensation, fast mode, image quality, ISO speed, white balance settings and the HP Real Life technologies application features a limited set of options like HP In-camera Red-eye Removal, HP Design Gallery. Shooting Modes found on the camera include Action, Auto (default), Beach and Snow, Burst, Fast Shot, Landscape, Macro, Night portrait, Portrait, Self Timer, Sunset.

The Photosmart E427 has dimensions of 95mm (w) x 24mm (d) x 55mm and weighs just about 100 grams without batteries.The camera comes bundled with the HP Photosmart Premier software for Windows and Macintosh. It is compatible with operating systems like Microsoft Windows® XP, x64, 2000, Intel® Pentium® II Mac OS X v 10.2.8, v 10.3, v 10.4 and will be available by September for $129.