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Summary: do not love
Review: do not love my casio camera
i would go with casio if were you
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Summary: poor camera
Review: + Long baterry life
+ small size
+ big lcd
- Problems with colors (white balance) in auto setting
- if you taking pix with AUTO , don't expect good, sharp or natural photo
- to many functions/ really complicated
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Summary: Next time it will be a Canon
Review: After reading many reviews and playing with many Canon Digi's of friends and relatives, Canon is much better in design and overall photo capturing quality compared to Casio. My Casio destroys many shots that others capture with no problem. Many are blurry, with poor color and digital noise.
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Summary: Love this camera!
Review: First of all, I would like to correct the reviewer before me , yes there is a video mode in the US version (He/she probably confused it with the older EX-Z4U). The video is not the greatest 15 fps (compared to the Sony T1's 30 fps), but I didn't buy a digicam for the video mode. Anyways I have to say yes the picture quality is not the best, but it does the job. I would give the picture quality a 4.2 out of 5 (and a Canon S500 a 4.5 out of 5, the Sony T1 couple decimals higher). That said this camera suits my needs very well. I had a tough decision of choosing from 1.)Canon S500 2.)Sony T1 3.)Casio EX-Z40....All of which are "ultra-compact" cameras. I wanted something I could put in my pocket and use it as a point-and-shoot. Now I will run through why I chose the Casio... The Canon S500, was my "runner-up", I did not choose this camera because it had Compactflash (I wanted a camera that used "SD" (which is the Casio), because I had other gadgets that were compatible with SD...such as my Pocket PC. The Sony T1 used the dreaded Memory sticks, which are basically compatible with only Sony products (don't get me wrong Sony makes some excellent products). The S500 also had a smaller screen than the T1 and the Z40. The T1 has a slightly bigger and better screen than the Z40. Battery Life!!! I wanted a camera with superb battery life which the Casio did, and the others did not. With all that said I love my Casio EX-Z40. Its not my dream camera, but its the closest thing to it.
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Summary: On the one hand, on the other hand....
Review: For me, this camera is the classic double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's great-looking, super-small, and fairly fast (with one exception... see below). Its screen is everything you dream about. Its menu system really is very well done: Casio obviously spent time designing the user interface, and the result is that deleting a poor shot is simple, turning off the flash is trivially easy... you get the idea. But on the other hand, it's not quite the camera for me. First, I just find it too small. That's obviously subjective, but at a certain point, I find that something so tiny just doesn't have enough heft to stabilize the shot. Second, while the camera is very fast outdoors, as soon as the flash comes into play, everything slows down quite a bit... and often the camera has a hard time focusing at all in "low-light" (ie, almost any indoor) situation. Finally, when zoomed all the way out, you do get a bit of "fish-eye": vertical lines aren't quite vertical, but are bowed out a hair... again, I suspect, a function of its small size. In a way, these are nits-- it's not what the dog says, but that the dog can talk at all. Casio has packed a ton into a very small package, and if you're looking for a camera you can slip into any pocket and take to a ballgame or to the beach, this could be perfect. But personally I'd be willing to take on a few more ounces in return for better indoor performance.
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Summary: Casio Exilim Z40 - AWESOME.
Review: I bought this camera a few months ago. I have had no trouble with it at all, and have been pleasantly surprised by a few key details:
1. Casio has AMAZING customer service. I had a question about the memory and how to maximize it; called their 1-800 number (found on their website) and a person immediately answered. He addressed my problem and solved it in two minutes. I suppose we should expect customer service like that, but it's rare, so I applaud it!
2. The camera has a number of pre-chosen settings for different situations: "Candlelight," "Portrait," etc. These work beautifully.
3. It does take a few minutes to learn the different buttons (realistic estimate: 15 minutes, total, over a few uses), but they make perfect sense and, as there are so many options, I can't imagine being able to include all of them in a way that would be easier to use. The choices make sense and are organized in a way that makes them easy to remember.
4. The camera is TINY. TEENY. It fits in all my pockets - and I wear tight jeans. And there is a beautiful case available for it on E-Bay -- just search for EX-Z40 case. It's $16, from Australia, and is awesome.
5. The screen is huge and easy to see.
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Summary: Features are great.. Pics are good...
Review: I had 6 criteria when purchasing a new digital camera. 1st was ultra-compact size. The casio is perfect. Small as can be. Only pentax smaller but battery, speed are better on casio. 2nd. Battery life can not suffer due to size. This battery lasts forever. I started and stopped this camera a dozen times taking 10 pictures at a time, half with flash, all with LCD, and it still has power left. I am amazed by this power management.
One important point. If you battery runs out you are done. You must put camera on usb docking station to recharge. Battery is proprietary. Casio offers a rapid charger for those who need it. Battery normally takes 190 minutes to fully charge. 3rd. Simple to use.. I understand all the settings of manual mode but implementing them can be too difficult. The casio was easy plus it has the BEST SHOT feature. Pick your scenaio. For example PORTRAIT, SCENERY, CANDLELIGHT, etc... It automatically sets the basic settings (ISO, Exposure, White Balance, Focus) based on the BEST SHOT selection you make. 4th Speed. I'm tired of missing things. I want fast finger to snap shutter speed. This camera is great. Even shot to shot is very good. 5th. Picture Quality. This is highly debateable. Without comparison I though the pictures were good. Next to a high quality camera I noticed issues with sharpness and graininess. But before comparing I thought pictures were good. 6th. Low light. Does very good compared to other cameras at this size. Not as good as Larger.. But I was pleasantly suprised. One big bonus. If you host your own website this camera during usb connection can not only copy the pictures onto your computer, but it will also design web pages with your pictures on it. I really liked this feature. I was seriously looking at Canon SD-110, Canon's Picture quality is better. Also SD-110 does 640x480 movies. Casio only does 320x240. But I wanted a really small camera. And though the Canon is compact it is not ultra-compact like the casio. Overall I recommend this product.
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Summary: Casio Delivers - Superb Camera
Review: I just got my EX-Z40 two days ago. So far I am extremely impressed. The size is great for putting it in your pocket and going out or to a baseball game (like I did). Everyone who has seen it is really impressed with it. The most impressive thing about the camera (besides the size) is the quick startup and shuter time. Don't underestimate this feature. I had an older 2 MP sony and the thing took forever to take a picture and I missed some really good photos because of the shutter delay. With the Casio's speedy shutter speed and startup time you won't miss that critical photo op. The picture takes nearly instantaneously when you hit the button. With the flash on it adds to the time between photos a little, but isn't bad at all comared to others. The picture quality is good. I noticed a big difference in picture quality with the "BestShot" feature you had the camera on. I got some really bad ones when I didn't have it in macro mode with people up close. The toughest thing for me was to determine what mode to keep it in for most shots. But when I had the right photo type selected the pictures looked great...even at 1600 resolution. The controls are very easy to use. The menus are very intuitive, and surprisingly the buttons aren't too small even for my big hands. Also the battery life is amazingly long. I took 3 videos, approx. 50 pictures (many with flash and the LCD on the whole time) and the battery was still on 4/5 bars. The camera is also packed with tons of extra features that are surprising to find on such a small camera. The additional feature of the video with sound is really cool, and the "Best Shot" can be really helpful (baring you understand each mode and when to use them well). I would MOST HIGHLY recommend this camera to everyone. All in all it is a superb point & shoot carry along camera. This thing will get a ton of use with me.
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Summary: Great little camera, works wonderfully with Macs
Review: I just purchased the Exilim Z40 for Christmas and couldn't be happier. I used to have an Olympus digital camera which worked perfect but it was big and bulky and hated having to carry it around in a bag and look like a tourist. For this reason I never had it with me and was always missing great shots.
Now with the Exilim Z40 I can put the camera in my jean's back pocket and go everywhere and take it anywhere and never miss a shot. The picture quality is great although not so good when using the digital zoom. It feels great in your hand and the onscreen menus are easy to understand and use.
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Summary: Love My Casio!
Review: I love my Casio. This is the second digital camera that I have owned, my first being a Sony Mavica. The size on this camera makes it so convenient to bring anywhere. It is very easy to use, especially with the accompanying camera dock to upload your pictures to the computer. Battery lasts forever. I can't find a bad thing to say about the Casio Exilim.
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