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Summary: Worth every penny
Review: This Exilim EX-Z4 is a great little digital camera! It's about the same size as the Optio S4 from Pentax; in fact the Z4 uses a Pentax lens, so it's possible this is OEM'ed by Pentax? It's slightly heavier (half an ounce or so) than the Pentax, but, on the other hand, the Z4 has a 2" LCD viewfinder! It's just a beautiful viewfinder. The camera works pretty fast and is always ready at your service. The 3x optical zoom is wonderful, and just plain awesome in such a tiny package. I picked Casio because it has a bigger LCD and also it's just a bit cheaper than the Pentax counterpart.
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Summary: I like it
Review: Easy to use, very small, great pictures.
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Summary: Casio!What a good camera
Review: Great l;ittle camera..Sent back optio 4 no way the quality equals the casio!!But like the other buyer said Read the book!Oh yes you must also use the CD because it has the manuel on it..I did'nt care for the Casio software!!But "you get a Kodak also and I found it to be 100% more easy to use...Trust me on this!I bought a card reader (SD) you just put the memory card in and you save the wear on camera!The optio did'nt come near the quality of the Casio but,pics were very good...
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Summary: I own the Exilim Z4 & S3
Review: the Z4 is a little thicker (still 1/2 as thick as the Canon cameras) but it has some important advantages over the S3. first, the location of the lens on the S3 is a pain and your finger will get in the way (this makes the Z4 easier to use). Second, the obvious difference in MP (the S3 is a 3MP and the Z4 is a 4MP) means that the picture will be sharper when you print it. Third, on the S3, the battery cover is a little weak compared to the Z4. Fourth, the Z4 has a built in speaker that you can hear all sorts of sounds (good quality too).ok, now that you have read my first paragraph, i will tell you that i LOVE both of these cameras. they are very light, easy to use, relatively cheap and the feature's are very powerful. i have owned the Canon S200 & recently the S300. they both weight just a fraction of the S300 & are easier to use (in my humble opinion). YOU WILL LOVE THESE CAMERAS!
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Summary: Awsome for every day use! Small, Fast, and Solid.
Review: This camera is perfect to store in your backpack, briefcase, or front pocket. It is very small and very solid. It starts up very quickly, and is ready to go. The 2" LCD screen is wonderful, and it has great battery life. When I first received the camera, I was careful about using the LCD, but after a while, I used it liberally. I purchased an extra battery and battery charger, so when the battery starts to run low, I swap in a fresh one, and I am ready to go. No need to remember to dock it each evening. But, the dock is very nice, and works great. The LCD screen is really wonderful when you are on-the-road. It is large enough and crisp enough to show people your pictures with ease. The camera is very speedy. The time between pressing the trigger button and taking the picture is about 1/2 a second delay. It takes about 2 second to complete a shot, and you are ready for the next shot. Viewing images is also very fast, even at 4MP. The camera is a pro-consumer camera. It has some advanced image options such as White Balance and EV Shift. The standard 3x optical zoom is great. The images are very clean. The digital zoom is not so great. 12x images (3x optical, 4x digital) are good enough to identify, but they are blurry...which is understandable. The camera is so small, I realize you can't fit the optics for a much higher optical zoom. Having some optical zoom was important to me, which is a great feature of this camera. If compact high-level optical zoom is important to you (more than size), I hear the Panasonic Lumix Digital DMC-FZ10K (12x optical, 3x digital) might be a good option (it is larger to support the optical zoom lenses). A note on picture taking. The images this camera produces is really effected by the image options. The White Balance especially changes the coloring of the images. For example, on a sunny day at the beach, setting the White Balance to "Sun" makes the images look great. At dusk, setting the White Balance to "Shade" produces better images. If you are lucky enough to get this camera, you should spend a little time getting comforable with the images options. To make things easier, Casio has pre-programmed different configurations for night, day, scenery, portrait, etc. These configurations make it easy to get a great picture. You can also create your own 'canned' configurations. It also has a few cool options like the ability to superimpose a background (you take two pictures to get one), and the ability to take half a picture, and then a second half, so if you are traveling with a buddy, you can each be in the same picture. There is also the ability to create HTML pages with thumbnails to copy to your website. Overall, it has some impressive features in such a small device. Make sure you get a memory card. The internal memory card is insufficent. I am very happy that Casio supports the SD/MM cards, rather than some proprietary format like Olympus. One thing that does disappoint me is that the camera does not support video. I figured since the Z3 did, the Z4 would. I am not too disappointed, since I plan on getting a second camera at some point, but if you only want one digital camera, you might consider a different camera which supports video (perhaps even the Z3!). Also, the camera is not the greatest in low light conditions (early evening)...where the picture can get grainy in zoom mode (without flash). Overall, if you want a very portable camera, this is such an awsome device. It really amazes me. If you are more concerned about image quality over portability, you might consider other cameras. I plan to purchase another larger digital SLR camera such as the Canon Rebel 6.3MP to use when image quality is most important. I have a friend with a larger Sony camera, and he rarely uses it because it takes time to pull out of the carrying case. He also does not like to carry it around all of the time. I, on the otherhand, yank the Casio Z4 out of my front pocket, and am ready to go in seconds. He might have somewhat better pictures (subjective), but I get much more use out of my camera, which is a better investment in my opinion. Why buy a camera that you barely use? Actually, now he is thinking about getting a Casion Exilim as well. In closing, I am very happy with my purchase. It is a pleasure to use, and my money was well spent. After having this camera, if I only planned on owning one digital camera, I would be very happy owning the Casio EX-Z4.
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Summary: Poor Image Quality
Review: I purchased the Casio Z4 to replace an aging 1.6 megapixel semi-pro digital camera. Sadly, I returned the Z4 less than an hour later. The Casio Z4, a 4 megapixel camera, produced images that were blurred around the edges, and produced images with detail worse than my old 1.6 megapixel semi-pro camera. Apparently, the optics in the Z4 are to be questioned. If you are interested in a digicam for very casual image taking, where quality is not a top concern (but size of the digicam is), look at the Z4. However, if you want a digicam for taking high quality photos, look elsewhere.
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Summary: But can it take movies?
Review: I had an Ex-Z3 which I sent back as soon as I heard that the Z4 was coming out. After all, the Z4 is supposed to have 4.0 M resolution, better battery management, and 60 sec. movies and all at the same price. BUT...after having waited till it became available and then doing some research apparently there is a BIG difference: the US version does not support avi movies as did the Z3. The rest of the world does not have this problem, just US. While I had the Z3 it was great, but not outstanding. I appreciated its compact size and the avi movies. Picture resolution and color was good, but color was not as good as the Olympus C-2000 (2.0 Mp) I traded up from. The flash is weak, but it is a smaller camera, so what do you expect. The main selling point is the size, because if you don't carry it around, what good is having a high quality camera?
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Summary: sweet camera
Review: I purchased this camera two days ago AFTER I came back from vacation - being very disappointed with my old camera (with film, and a 1 hr photo place.. remember those??) I bought the Casio Exilim EX-Z4 over the nokia for a very vain reason -- it was smaller and cuter. Bringing it home and taking unauthorized pictures of my family and the messy rooms of my home I was extremely surprised at the speed I was able to take pictuers, the incredible sharpness of each photo, how easy it was to change lighting issues and sizes. (being technically - challenged, this was incredible) My ABSOLUTE favorite feature is the "coupling" shot feature where I can take a picture of my sister and then switch places with her so that she can take a picture of me and it looks seamless!!! I am unaware of other digital cameras and if they can do this or not - but its phenomenal! I took it out into Manhattan today and took a photo of the silver still-man on Broadway and then a picture of a man looking at a girl's rear end -- the result is hilarious and it is now my desktop picture. The LCD screen in the back is quite large and makes it very easy to shape the photo you want to capture Along with the camera, comes a USB cradle/charger making recharging the battery very easy and making picture loading from the camera to your PC a BREEZE. Slide the camera in, hit the USB button and voila! Your pictures are loading and you can then delete them from your camera I reccomend this camera to beginners (with $500) and I also reccomend that you get a memory card along with it. Once you start taking pictures, don't let lack of space interfere. I purchased the 256 MB card and now can click freely. Excellent purchase... I got what I paid for. Money well spent.
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Summary: Piece of junk... Don't buy It !!!
Review: 4 Months and it broke?! I tried to get the warranty and was told that I had to pay more than the cost of the Camera Itself. I also noticed that there were several identical cameras with the same defect (The lenses) in the service center.... What a piece of junk and what a terrible service of CASIO..
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Summary: Handy product with big LCD, but NO VIDEO RECORDING
Review: I bought this product from Amazon which at the time still adverticed video capability as well, which this product is really lacking. As I was only visiting US soil at the time, the offering from Amazon to return the product was not applicable. Otherwise the product has proven to be handy - but this lack of camcorder feature is really a handicap.
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