We have just purchased the Casio QV-3500EX for our school for use by the pupils in their various classes.
From the outset this camera has an elegant modern framework, with a sturdy lasting feel to it.
We managed to get hold of this product for £423.00 with a 64mb CF Memory card.
This relatively new product has a brilliant image quality and is also very easy to use. (It has auto shoot, auto focus, auto white balance and auto focus so you do not have to worry about it) There is a best shot mode where you choose what sort of situation you are in and the camera sorts all the shutter speeds etc out for you.
What are the features of this product?
It has true 3.34 Megapixel Colour filter CCD, Canon F2.0 3x Optical, Wide aperture lens so that you can zoom in and out and take a picture of almost anything you want with good quality colours. It also has a 4x digital zoom to give a maximum magnification of 12x zoom.
There are 26 image choices in its best shot function. Some examples are beach, Blue sky and twilight.
It has a Mode B bulb, 60 sec. 1/1000 shutter range, Aperture Priority, shutter speed priorityAE and Manual exposure set.
You can also gain full control of the camera and have all option manual instead of automatic and the camera doing it for you.
Another feture of the QV-3500EX is its versatile digital recording and playback features with two movie recording modes. You can record up to 30 secs of move. (Also has panorama recording and playback which combines single images to create breathtaking panoramas. (With 0.5 second interval playback.)
You also get the Casio Photoloader software which is an easy way of downloading your images.
The LCD
The LCD is a nice size and nice and clear. (At 1.8") with 122100 pixels.
I would recommend this camera to beginners and more advanced users as it is a nice all round camera. It is a nice size and weight so you can take it out with you without too much worry (134.5 X 57.5(MM) AND APPROX 320G excluding batteries. I would also recommend the use of rechargable batteries as they new ones will run down quickly.
This product has not yet been reviewed.
12.04.2003 19:18
gr8 op
13.08.2001 18:15
£423...wow, I'd want a complete computer package for that price ;-)
04.07.2001 16:22
Very informative, thanks!