Rating: 
Summary: Very nice
Review: I'm more of a filmmaker than a photorapher so I don't own a $15,000 digital still camera. I have, until now, been very hesitant about going digital when it comes to still photography. It's very difficult to compete with the resolution of 35mm film cameras. Problem being: you never know when you're going to snap that perfect shot you'll want to become a table top picture. I could've easily bought a digital camera before, but without paying INSANE amounts of money I would always be resorting to a resolution comprimised photograph. With this puppy, I can take many photos at the highest resolution. I have two 64MB memory cards can can take about 30 pics on eash with the hightest setting. That's a 2MB picture!! The day I bought it I plugged it directly into my iBook and lauched iPhoto...without any software to be installed, it simply begain downloading the pics. While in the computer I decided to zoom in on the pictures to see how good the resolution gets....I just kept zooming and zooming and the picture looks good. I feel comfortable now that I'm not loosing out on quality by using the digital means.It has a couple of features I think are very cool. One is the timelaps feature. You set the camera on a table and tell it to take a picture every 1-60 minutes and it comes on automatically and snaps it. Another one are what casio calls the 'best shot' options. One of the things I hate the most is giving up the camera to someone to take a picture because I may have to be in the shot. I'm always very particular about the angle, subject size etc about a shot...but most people don't seem to be. One of the best shot options allows me to snap a photo and it will take that picture and overlay it onto the lcd display at about a 50% opacity so the new photographer can align the camera using the photo I took as a guide to line everything up. In comparing this digital camera with my 35mm film camera I noticed a couple of things about the imagery. Film has been engineered for 100 years to produced the nicest looking image. Applicable digital technology about 20. Fleshtones and Blacks are the hardest things for the digital image to compete with, but the casio does great. Sometimes the automatic settings come under par, but I can adust the shutter speed and f-stop manually to get the image just right using the lcd. I haven't figured out how to calibrate the flash to match film, but that's for another weekend....it works pretty good on auto. (i'm picky) Keep in mind that I haven't tried hundreds of these cameras in this price range but I was instanly attracked to the casio because of the nice interface, its small size, and its big punch. I'll still use my film camera of course when beauty is of upmost importance, but for a camera I can stick in in my bag and be happy with the Casio rocks. Good luck to all. Scott Morabito,
Rating:
Summary: Simple, Great Quality
Review: Love this camera. Just point and shoot. No need to reread the manual if you don't use it for months. It has so many other capabilities that I forget to use that would make my pictures even better, but however you use it the photos come out great. The preprogrammed settings for different environments really, really works. The LCD display is amazingly clear. The battery door is a little fragile -- broke it and had to replace it, but other than that, this thing is rock-solid quality. For the other reviewer who lost the charger, they are available at www.pacparts.com
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