Casio Exilim EX-S10BK 10MP 3x Zoom 2.7-Inch LCD Screen Digital Camera (Black) by CASIO
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Digital camera reviews of Casio Exilim EX-S10BK 10MP 3x Zoom 2.7-Inch LCD Screen Digital Camera (Black)
Digital camera Review: Good Deal
Summary: 5 Stars
Pros:
- Very small, fits in shirt pocket; a camera that you can everywhere always
- Sturdy construction, due to metal frame
- Very fast start-up and autofocus speed; real snapshot camera
- Good Monitor
- Side-bar type menu for adjustment of the 8 most often used menu items (flash, picture size, face recognition etc.)
- Very good picture quality; does not overachieve, but for normal use (blogs, 5x7 printouts, photobooks) it is more than adequate; very nice color rendition; very decent grain at low ISO settings (up until 400); don't expect Ansel Adams like photos, but for every day use the quality is very good
- Looks very stylish
Could be better:
- Very small buttons; if your in the habit of biting your fingernails, bring a pen ...
- Lens distortion; it does not look very good when straight vertical lines on the edges (like telephone poles or trees) are somewhat bent to the center at the upper part; does not play a big role when photographing people, but with landscapes and architecture, you better know what to expect
- Face recognition works slow and only when face is not angled; not big deal, but my Fujifilm F100fd does a far more better job ...
Cons:
- The so called "Handbook"; this is a joke - it is fairly thick, but only because they cramped a gazillion exotic languages in it. It is written for the total newbie and does not have any useful information for advanced shooters in it; I would like to have known what the numerous Best Shot programs do, like setting sharpness, color balance, shutter speed and so on; this information is given as two liner in the BS menu in camera, but not with much detail. So you need to guess how the pictures will come out when using the BS function.
And even if you are a novice, it lets you in the dark on so many aspects of this camera. You almost need to possess the knowledge of a pro to compensate for the lack of information in the handbook ...
Other observations:
- It was mentioned in a few reviews, that the camera looses all settings when turned off. That is not true - in the REC menu, at the "memory" tab, you can tell the camera which settings to keep when shut off. I really understand that people did not find this information - it is not mentioned in the handbook (see above ...) and if you are not a little bit experienced in handling digital cameras (this is my 15th since 1999 ...), you will not find this function easily.
- The AUTO program limits the automatic ISO setting to 200. Which is a good thing, because in higher ISO settings, the pictures show considerable noise. The Landscape Best Shot setting does the same, the Night BS setting allows ISO 1600. Would have been nice to find that kind of information in the handbook, instead by analyzing photos by my own ...
- Battery life is not great - as can be expected when the battery is as tiny as a book of matches. About 200 pictures is my average, which is acceptable for me.
So, to sum it up:
A very stylish, small, yet sturdy camera you can carry with you all the time, that makes good pictures and is especially suited for snapshots.
I use it predominantly for taking pictures for my blogs, and it is great for this.
Digital camera Review: Good basic camera
Summary: 2 Stars
Pros:
The camera as such is good and you will find it useful to take portrait pictures. The battery life is great, handles OK in low light. Has a lot of best shot modes which is what most people need.
Cons:
I am an amateur photographer and was looking for a pocket camera that I can carry with me all the time. This is not the camera you should buy if you like taking pictures of nature especially long distance shots. The camera's aperture for some reason is tied to the zoom. It take all pictures with F2.8 by default unless you zoom in. Even when zoomed in all the way, the aperture doesn't go beyond F5.3 which is not very good in taking pictures of even a garden or a soccer game for example. Basically F2.8 means if theres a subject in focus only a narrow area before and after the subject will be in focus which means you will have poorly taken pictures.
I am not sure if I should recommend this camera. The tech support wasn't very helpful either.
Digital camera Review: Good camera while it lasted.
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall an excellent camera. I would rate it best quality for it's price. In six months, I took 1375 pictures and videos in Iraq. Obviously, Iraq is a sandy place in the desert, and sandstorms are inevitable. Needless to say, sand eventually got into the retractable lens and caused it to mulfunction, then stop working. RIP Exilium.Digital camera Review: Great For Videos
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is great. It does anything you want it to do, and the videos are of awesome quality.I would refer this product to anyone.Digital camera Review: Great Little Camera
Summary: 4 Stars
At first I was not impressed with the camera, but after getting to know all the features it is a great little camera. It is slim, the battery lasts a long time unlike my other cameras, it takes great video with sound, and there is no software to download. You can just plug it in to the computer and import the pictures. The only thing is that it did not come with very good instructions, but you can find the instructions online. I would definitely recommend this camera.