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Casio High-Speed Exilim EX-FC100 9.1 MP Digital Camer... |
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Casio High-Speed Exilim EX-FC100 9.1 MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Black) |
| Product DescriptionCombining a slim-lined body with amazing high speed features, the EX-FC100 is the perfect camera for capturing your friends and family at play.ReviewsAlthough in the overall scheme of things not a big deal, this just ticks me off. I just twittered this out. I really think I will hang it on a flower hangar or something out in my yard.
DON'T BUY CASIO PRODUCTS!!! I bought a digital cam for Cindi in Decemeber. Used it for taking pics of her jewelry ... LENS ERROR . DON'T BUY CASIO PRODUCTS!!! They accused us of damaging it!!! by dropping ... UNTRUE ... I will hang it in my front lawn as a monument to ...
DON'T BUY CASIO PRODUCTS!!! corporate greed. Thanks CASIO for calling me a LIAR!!! The camera could not have been jostled in some manner ..
DON'T BUY CASIO PRODUCTS!!! ... from the manufacturing location and it just FAILED!!! Never again CASIO!!!
While it was in working mode, it was a very good, fast camera. Too bad the company won't stand behind it.
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This has to be my best camera ever. I carry it everywhere in my computer case (small enough), and it takes great pictures. The high speed feature works great (still and video). I am amazed at the versatility of this camera at this price and it is so much fun. The fact that I can take photos in low light conditions without using the flash makes it so versatile for me. I recommend this camera to everybody!
I bought this because I had an exilim that I loved a few years back.
This camera's construction is a little flimsy (although it's pretty light, especially considering the amount of kit they squeezed into it) and still photos didn't really impress me. I wound up returning it for a Lumix DMC-ZS3 that I love.
Other comments about the casio:
It can effectively take a multiple exposure, which is cool, but the tech still isn't quite good enough to mimic film, so if you don't have the right conditions, the multiple exposure looks a lot like a digital camera failing to mimic film... think chunky bytes that don't look anything close to what you saw when you took the picture.
It has some great settings where you can set it to automatically start shooting high speed video as soon as the subject (i.e. a bird) enters the frame, and it has a button that temporarily records a few seconds of whatever the lens is picking up, then plays it back to you in slow motion so you can snap the shutter at the optimal point. These features are great for nature photography or if you find yourself taking photos of, say, a dolphin doing tricks at seaworld, but in the unit I bought, the still photo quality was poor, which was a deal-breaker for me.
This is a well-constructed, intuitive, fun camera. If all it did was slo-mo, it would be worth 250 bucks. But it does a lot more. No, it's not DSLR quality pics, but it's not $1200, either. My 70 year old mother would have no use for it, because it has too many bells and whistles. But if you're a bit of a gadget nut, you'll enjoy the heck out of this camera. My favorite feature is switching between 30 and 310 FPS on the fly; you can make some compelling videos which people really seem to enjoy watching. There's a new model coming out in April/May, and I'll probably get that one too. It'll be 10x zoom instead of 5x, and 10MP instead of 9. It's gonna be $100 more. But there's nothing wrong with this one, if you can't wait.
This is a great toy camera. Great for those of use with big shooters that needed a neat little toy. Some of the shots this thing has pulled off are amazing. The IS is subpar and the picture quality is pretty bad, but that isn't this camera's forte. The high speed capabilities of this thing are amazing. A few months back I had my big canon out at the NHRA nationals but was getting miffed at missing the launch shot. I wanted the perfect shot seeing the sidewall buckle at 8000+ horsepower of top fuel madness. But I missed it every time even with 3.5FPS, I'd either blur it from too small of F and too slow of shutter, or just flat out miss the shot. I thought for a second and whipped my little toy out putting it at 30 fps 15 before and 15 after press and guess what? Time and time again I got the perfect shot that I was looking for. Yes it is grainy, and yes the IS is really bad, but seeing about 12 frames of the launch was simply amazing. I then noticed a helicopter coming in and set it to 30-210fps high speed video and took a great video of the bird coming in. It was so fast that not only was the main rotor slowed enough to see, but even the tail rotor was caught in action. I took another video of a moutain dew bottle as one of the cars came by and it was awesome to see the liquid dancing from the vibrations of from the top fuel monsters.
Please do not think of this in terms of megapixels, while it may have 9.1mp active if you want the IS to work well you set it at 6. If you want the high speed you set it at 6. Even at 9mp my ancient Canon 6mp 300d could outshoot this thing in terms of quality(I have a T1i these days), but that's not what this camera is about.
If you want a tiny camera look elsewhere. If you want a great shooter, then look elsewhere. If you want a fun camera that you can throw in your pocket that takes reasonable pictures while being a tad porky, then this is for you.
Personally I love it!
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