Smile, you look 10 lb thinner!

HP has a relatively new camera with a built in slimming feature. The camera is supposed to take off 10 pounds withouth forcing you to gnaw on celery.

How does it work? With a few clicks on the camera, it makes what is often complicated on a personal computer with special software.

The cameras range in price from $149 to $350.

Are these fat-busting cameras merely democratizing the tricks that fashion photographers have used for years, or are they one more sign of self-delusion in our image obsessed society?