I bought this digital camera in January of this year after having a few bad experience with previous cameras, this Casio EX-Z1050 installed my confidence in digital cameras before I turned my back and went back to the old disposable effects you see at most drunken nights out.
When I purchased the camera it was £170 off the internet, I came across the same model again on the internet to find it can be purchased for £120, what a bargin!, still I have had so much use over the past 9 months which I can,t get annoyed about.
The main features of the camera are the 10.1 megapixels, this is where you can achieve quality pictures that are so clear and colourful, you could never go back to any other camera that filled your holidays/nights out etc before. You can also reduce the megapixels down a notch, which makes it easier if you wanna send photos via email or list stuff on ebay, the other main features are the video recorder which is excellent addition and is of high quality, depending on which memory card you deceide to purchase, it will vary how much video time or pictures you can take, I would recommend anything over a 1gb card, this will solve all your needs
The EX-Z1050 is rather small in size and weighs 125g, about the same size and weight of most mobile phones which are out there, it can be easily carryied in your pocket/bag on a night out, wherever you seem to go. The battery life is also a plus, it will last for serveral days if your only taking pictures, the video element does wear the battery down, this is to be expected on all types of gadgets.
The only downfall of the camera, it does,nt come with a memory card, I would advise to purchase at the same time, also no carry case is provide, this is also a must, it does come with a desktop charger and all the software, usb cable etc, the charged is also all linked into to the downloading of the pictures to the pc.
Anyway enough of me blabbing on, below is the full spec of the camera
Product Features
Autofocus: Yes Battery Model: Camera Specific Powerpacks Bluetooth: No Built-in Flash: Yes CD-R / CD-RW: No Camera Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 2736 Camera Resolution Width in Pixel: 3648 Changeable Lens: No Chip Type: CCD Compact Flash Card: No Digital Zoom (Ratio): 4 Effective Pixel (in Megapixel): 10.1 Highest Focal Length in mm: 114 Image Stabiliser: Yes LCD Monitor Resolution in Pixel: 114960 LCD Monitor Size in Inch: 2.6 Longest Shutter Speed: 4s Lowest Focal Length in mm: 38 MP3 Playback: No Maximum Aperture Tele: 5.1 Maximum Aperture Wide: 2.8 Maximum Pixel (in Megapixel): 10.3 Maximum Video Resolution Heigth: 480 Maximum Video Resolution Width: 640 Memory Stick / Memory Stick Pro: No Memory Stick Duo / Duo Pro: No Memory Type: Internal + External Micro Drive: No Mini Secure Digital Card: No Movie / Voice Recording: Movie + Voice Multimedia Card: Yes Optical Zoom (Ratio): 3 PC Card: No Photo Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 2736 Photo Resolution Width in Pixel: 3648 PictBridge: Yes RAW Format: No Range Finder Type: LCD Monitor Reduced Size Multimedia Card: No SLR / Compact: Compact Secure Digital Card: Yes Secure Digital High Capacity Card (SDHC): Yes Serial Shot Mode: Yes Shortest Shutter Speed: 1/1000s Size of Internal Memory in MB: 15 Smart Media Card: No Video Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 480 Video Resolution Width in Pixel: 640 Weight in Grams: 125 WiFi Connectivity: No XD Card: No Zoom Type: Optical + Digital microSD/ TransFlash Card: No
Technical Details
(10.3 million total pixels, 10.1 million effective pixels) Recording Format: Still Image: JPEG (Exif. Ver. 2.2), DCF standard, DPOF compliant, Movies: AVI (Motion JPEG), Audio: WAV (mono) Recording Medium: Built-in internal flash memory (approx. 15.4MB recordable area), Card slot for SDHC / SD / MMCplus / MMC Still Image Resolution: 3648 x 2736, 3648 x 2432 (3:2), 3648 x 2048 (16:9), 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480 pixels (Fine / Normal / Economy) Movie Resolution: 640 x 480 (HQ), 512 x 384 (Normal), 320 x 240 (LP) pixels
Zoom: 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom (12x total when optical and digital zooms are used in combination) Focus Modes: Contrast AF (selectable between spot, 9 point multi, or tracking), AF assist light, Auto focus (stills only), Pan focus (movie only), Macro mode, Infinity mode, Manual focus
Sensitivity: Still image: ISO 80, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800 (automatic or manual switching), Movie: Auto (Max ISO sensitivity is ISO 800 when taking pictures with Anti-Shake or ISO 1600 with High Sensitivity BEST SHOT) Recording Mode: Still image, still image with audio, BESTSHOT (38 predefined scenarios), movie with audio, voice recorder Self-Timer: 10 seconds or 2 seconds, triple self-timer Flash System: Auto, Flash On, Flash Off, Soft Flash, Red Eye Reduction
Monitor: 2.6\" widescreen digital TFT colour LCD (114,960 pixels, 479x240) Playback Functions: Still image playback, movie playback, trimming, resize, rotate, copy, 16 image display, calendar, favourites folder, slideshow Other: Multilingual menu, RGB Histogram, alarm with image, album feature, flash assist, grid display, icon help, key customization Timekeeping: Date and time recorded with image data, time stamp function, auto calendar up to 2049 World Time: 162 cities (32 time zones), city names, date and time, Input/Output Terminals: Built-in microphone, built-in speaker (mono), USB / AV connection (USB 2.0 Full Speed) Battery Life: Continuous Recording: Approx. 370 shots (CIPA standards) Battery Life: Continuous Playback: Approx. 500 min. Battery Life: Continuous Movie Recording: Approx. 170 min (Recording without zoom) Battery Life: Voice recording: Approx. 720 min. (based on continuous recording) Dimensions: 91.1 x 57.2 x 24.2mm (W x H x D, excl. projections, thinnest point 20.7mm) Weight: Approx. 125g (excl. batteries and accessories)Wow information overload!
If your in the market for a digital camera at a superb price, whether your a first time buyer of a digi camera or just wanting a change, go with the Casio, it surpised me how good it is.
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