... If your like me and your not, Casio have handily provided a wheel with yet more options. However these are much easier. You just turn the wheel, which slides easily and safely clicks into place. The wheel includes: a general photo taking mode, voice record, film record, manual exposure, shutter ... Read review
Advantages: Excellent value, size and features Disadvantages: Screen could be larger
...like me and your not, Casio have handily provided a wheel with yet more options. However these are much easier. You just turn the wheel, which slides easily and safely clicks into place. The wheel includes: a general photo taking mode, voice record, film record, manual exposure, shutter speed AE, aperture AE (the latter 3 I have yet to understand), easy record mode and best shot.
It is best shot mode that I want to concentrate on. ... ...there would be a lot of general digital camera users with no technical knowledge so they inputted pre programmed options. For example there is a moving water mode, which sets the camera up with the perfect settings for taking a photo of moving water. There are numerous options to choose from and is so useful for ease and to save time picking settings.
*This is another amazing feature of the camera: it has an excellent zoom. I found ... more
*Buttons-
On the top of the camera there is a small power button with a larger button to take the pictures. These are very accessible and easy to use. There is also a lever which you sort of flick from side to side in order to zoom in and out.
As expected on the back of the camera there is the viewing panel, along with two vital buttons: one to take pictures and one to view the pictures you have taken. To the side of the screen is a menu button, allowing the user to change settings including; REC: continuous, self-timer, AF area, anti-shake, L/R key, quick shutter, audio snap, grid, digital zoom, review, review, memory. Quality: picture quality, sound quality, ev shift, white balance, ISO, metering, filter, sharpness, saturation, contrast, flash intensity. Set up: battery type, startup, file no, world time, adjust, date style, language, sleep, autopoweroff, rec/play, USB, video out, format, reset. To navigate around there is up, down, left, right and enter keys. As you can tell there are what someone might think are excessive amounts of options. But don't let them overwhelm you, as you use the camera you can experiment with different features at a time. This is all providing you are not a camera expert, then of course I'm sure you would enjoy the vast array of options. If your like me and your not, Casio have handily provided a wheel with yet more options. However these are much easier. You just turn the wheel, which slides easily and safely clicks into place. The wheel includes: a general photo taking mode, voice record, film record, manual exposure, shutter speed AE, aperture AE (the latter 3 I have yet to understand), easy record mode and best shot.
It is best shot mode that I want to concentrate on. Quite honestly it is amazing. Some clever designer realized that there would be a lot of general digital camera users with no technical knowledge so they inputted pre programmed options. For example there is a moving water mode, which sets the camera up with the perfect settings for taking a photo of moving water. There are numerous options to choose from and is so useful for ease and to save time picking settings.
*This is another amazing feature of the camera: it has an excellent zoom. I found it most useful to take landscapes shots and to focus in on detail, like high up on buildings.
*The 7.2 megapixels are more than enough. It produces excellent high quality pictures up to I think a3 size, which is massive and excellent. So if I wanted I could make posters, or frame my own large photos. You can also choose to lower the resolution so that you can fit more photos on the camera.
*The screen is a good size. It could be a bit larger, but I think this would affect the size of the overall camera, which would be detrimental.
*My conclusion is that this I one of the best all round cameras. It is pretty inexpensive to buy, and is well worth every penny. It has excellent flash, which is very bright. The camera also feature anti-shake features so if you don’t have the most steady hand, like me, it compensates. Clever.
Advantages: Value for money. Big LDC screen. User friendly. Variety photographing mode. Disadvantages: Small view finder. Eat up the battery pretty quickly.
...camera compared to the old casio I had before was the ability for it to do voice recording. You can just record the voice, or even better, record MPEG movie with voice. The volume is adjustable and so far it has not disappointed me too badly. The quality is OK considering it is not a digital camcorder but nevertheless, I would say it gives a fair quality for a movie.
The look of the camera is slick and elegant by its own standard. Not too big and ... ...based on my experience with casio camera before, i am reassured of the durability of this camera. The only slight downpoint that I notice so far is the use of batteries. It seemed that this camera use up a bit more than the old casio I had. But I am convinced this is due to the more features they throw in with this camera as well as the big coloured LCD screen that could possibily take up more energy. But having said that, this camera only requires ...
xitayx 10.01.2006 (11.01.2006)
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Advantages: Easy to use - small -excellent quality pics- long battery life Disadvantages: none to date
I bought a casio ex-z120 second hand for a family friend who wanted a cheap- handy -first time digital camera and I used it for a week to make sure I had got what he needed This is an excellent -easily used 7.2 mp digi and definately user friendly
Casio have added a wheel selector so you can select a number of features -- best shot- auto-sound record-movie etc etc quickly without the usual method ie Menu- drop down options( which can confuse a novice ... ...but decided that if necessary he could use re-chargable ones BUT I put basic alkaline Energiser batteries in and snapped 200 pictures opening and closing lens after each group of 5 ( 100 were with flash ) and the batteries wer still showing about 40% left SO I dont know why anyone says batteries dont last long ( no need for a charger and re-chargables on hols )
I printed off some photos on my own lexmakk and also cot some done at Jessops and am ...
PC6493 26.11.2008
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Flash ON mode, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red Eye Reduction
Built-in
Effective Flash Range
0.4 m - 2.3 m
Lens system
Type
Zoom lens - 7.9 mm - 23.7 mm - f/2.8-5.1
Focal Length
7.9 mm - 23.7 mm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera
38 - 114mm
Focus Adjustment
Automatic, manual
Auto Focus
TTL contrast detection
Min Focus Range
40 cm
Macro Focus Range
10-50cm
Lens Aperture
F/2.8-5.1
Optical Zoom
3 x
Zoom Adjustment
Motorised drive
Lens Construction
5 group(s) / 7 element(s)
Additional features
Self Timer
Built-in
Self Timer Delay
10 sec, 2sec
Additional Features
Audio recording, direct print, USB 2.0 compatibility, built-in speaker, auto power save, date/time stamp, DPOF support, digital image rotation, PRINT Image Matching, camera orientation detection, PictBridge support, histogram display, alarm function, resizing an image, MOTION PRINT, Anti-Shake DSP
Microphone
Type
Microphone - built-in
Connections
Connector Type
1 x USB
1 x composite video/audio output
1 x DC power input
Expansion Slot(s)
1 x SD Memory Card
Manufacturer's product description
Designed to be user friendly, fun, and convenient, as well as featuring CASIO's renowned EXILIM Engine, the EXILIM ZOOM EX-Z120 is intended to introduce the ease and enjoyment of high quality digital photography and world-class performance to anyone, anywhere. With a choice of easy mode, normal settings, and advanced image control through fully adjustable manual settings the EX-Z120 is a camera that will grow with you.
Price / simple to use / decent photos 
