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Casio Exilim EX-ZR100
$299.99
Released March, 2011
The Pros:Image quality is sharp with good contrast and colour reproduction. Fully featured camera in a compact package. Above average flash performance offers fairly realistic lighting.
The Cons:Image stabilizer isn't particularly effective, making a tripod a must at anything past 5x zoom. HDR mode doesn't allow you to use flash. High-speed shutter mode generally produces inferior image quality.
The Casio Exilim EX-ZR100 is a mid-cost digital camera, a flagship offering. Casio promotes the EX-ZR100 as offering more features than you might expect from such a small design. The Exilim Engine HS (with dual core processors) allows for high-speed shooting (.37 second shot-to-shot time, thanks to its continuous shutter feature), as well as high-speed image processing.
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This engine is also capable of facilitating slow-motion video recording. The Exilim EX-ZR100's 24-300mm lens is wide-angle (and can be extended up to 600mm with Casio's High-speed SR zoom technology). This camera features a 12.1 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor with shift stabilization, which helps to ensure high-resolution images with low noise, even in dimly lit environments. This sensor also helps to reduce the blur associated with hand movement. The Exilim EX-ZR100 can capture 1920x1080 full HD video at 30 frames-per-second (fps) with continuous auto focus. This camera gives you the option of leveraging its full optical zoom and capture digital still images with high-speed burst shooting at 10MP while recording video. With burst shooting, you can capture thirty 10MP images at a maximum speed of forty shots per second. This model differs from the lower cost Exilim ZR-10 model in that the Exilim ZR-10 has a 7x optical zoom that can be extended up to 14x (whereas the Exilim EX-ZR100 has a 12.5x optical zoom that can be extended up to 25x), has a 28mm wide-angle lens, and lacks the EX-ZR100's Prerecord CS feature (which starts shooting video before you have fully pressed the shutter button, saving them to a continuously refreshed buffer). The Casio Exilim EX-ZR100 has a three inch LCD display on which all photos and video can be reviewed.
Features
- The Exilim Engine HS (w/ dual core processors)
- 24mm-300mm wide-angle lens
- .37 second shot-to-shot time
- HDR technology
- Built-in stereo microphone
- High-speed SR zoom technology
- HDR Art
- 1920x1080 full HD video at 30 frames-per-second (fps)
- 3" LCD display (460,000 pixels)
- 12.5x optical zoom
- Prerecord CS
- Slide Panorama
- 12.1MP
User Reviews (5)
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Image quality is sharp with good contrast and colour reproduction.
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Fully featured camera in a compact package.
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Above average flash performance offers fairly realistic lighting.
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backside-illuminated sensor - the latest sensor technology allows for improved low light performance over previous generation designs
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Auto focus is fast and accurate.
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12.5x optical zoom (24-300mm 35mm equivalent)
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3" display with higher than average 460k dot resolution
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fast refresh performance - disables review mode by default, cutting down on the work the camera has to do
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records to easy to find, affordable and capacious SD/SDHC/SDXC flash storage
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mini-HDMI output for direct playback of images and video onto a compatible HDTV / display
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Image stabilizer isn't particularly effective, making a tripod a must at anything past 5x zoom.
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HDR mode doesn't allow you to use flash.
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High-speed shutter mode generally produces inferior image quality.
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