Comments on: HP Photosmart M437 http://www.dphotojournal.com/hp-photosmart-m437/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Michael James http://www.dphotojournal.com/hp-photosmart-m437/#comment-83364 Michael James Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:22:02 +0000 http://www.dphotojournal.com/hp-photosmart-m437/#comment-83364 WOW...I have the exact opposite feeling about this camera. My color is incredible and the prints that are even better! Perhaps your lap top is defected or the program you used to down load / transfer the pictures. WOW…I have the exact opposite feeling about this camera.

My color is incredible and the prints that are even better!

Perhaps your lap top is defected or the program you used to down load / transfer the pictures.

]]> By: Harold http://www.dphotojournal.com/hp-photosmart-m437/#comment-60431 Harold Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:55:11 +0000 http://www.dphotojournal.com/hp-photosmart-m437/#comment-60431 Bought this camera straight from the HP site because it was on sale and so did some test shots when it arrived (great shipping BTW - super fast and cheap). But unfortunately, the image quality is very poor for three reasons: 1) The colors are just so bland compared to other point and shoots. Even the bright red flowers out in the back yard looked dreary through this camera. 2) The image just wasn't crisp. After I transfered my test shots to my laptop, they were blury - even with the camera sitting on top of a table using the 10-second timer. 3) Shadow artifacts between high contrast elements. I took a test shot of the recycling bin outside and when the image transfered onto the laptop, I zoomed in and saw dark/black shadows behind the white lettering against the medium blue plastic of the recycling bin. All in all, I'm thinking those bad traits may be the result of just a ridiculous compression algorithm before the images are saved. I tried setting the image quality to "Best" but same result :( One thing that this camera impressed me with was how well it was able to chose the correct white-balance settings no matter what lighting it was being used in. Bought this camera straight from the HP site because it was on sale and so did some test shots when it arrived (great shipping BTW - super fast and cheap).

But unfortunately, the image quality is very poor for three reasons:

1) The colors are just so bland compared to other point and shoots. Even the bright red flowers out in the back yard looked dreary through this camera.

2) The image just wasn’t crisp. After I transfered my test shots to my laptop, they were blury - even with the camera sitting on top of a table using the 10-second timer.

3) Shadow artifacts between high contrast elements. I took a test shot of the recycling bin outside and when the image transfered onto the laptop, I zoomed in and saw dark/black shadows behind the white lettering against the medium blue plastic of the recycling bin.

All in all, I’m thinking those bad traits may be the result of just a ridiculous compression algorithm before the images are saved. I tried setting the image quality to “Best” but same result :(

One thing that this camera impressed me with was how well it was able to chose the correct white-balance settings no matter what lighting it was being used in.

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