Casio QV-8000SX

The Casio QV8000SX is everything I ever wanted from a camera! For many years, I used an Olympus OM2n SLR camera with which you could do just about anything and everything, provided you were willing to tote around a big and heavy bagful of accessories. With digital cameras now reaching an advanced stage in their development, I decided it was time I "went digital" and spent several weeks surfing the net and investigating the pro's and cons of every make and model I could find as I needed one that would do virtually everything my SLR had done. Very few of the digital cameras had a threaded filter ... more

When you first use the Casio QV-8000 you think 'wow, what a great camera'. But when you actually start to use it, you get carried away with the LCD screen, good as it is, it eats batteries like you wouldn't beleive, and with no alternative, you must use re-chargeable batteries. With an 8x zoom, USB, and a 8MB compact flash card, it's really great. The menu is easy to use, and all the on-screen features are useful. On some recent occasions, heres how it went: --Trip to France: It picked up some great detail on statues, and was brilliant with the way it zoomed quickly. --Production: Not so good ... more

I have owned the camera since October 1999 and then spent ca. DM 1400.- . I have since updated the camera with a 48MB memory card ( starts at around £ 100 ). I can now take about 100 pictures with the highest possible quality. This really is a camera for people who like to experiment. Out of the non-professional cameras this one has the largest zoom, which is similar to a 35mm’s 40 to 320mm range. The exposure times are between 1/200 to 64 (!) seconds. This is an excellent feature and so far I’ve taken many pictures at night, particularly of the stars. If you are not totally daft, you will ... more