7-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints
3x optical zoom; large 2.5-inch LCD display
High-speed start-up enables shooting approximately 0.9 seconds after the power is turned on
Super-life battery enables up to 325 shots on a single charge
Powered by Lithium-ion rechargeable battery (included, with charger); stores images on SD cards (camera features 8.3MB of internal memory)
This review is from: Casio Exilim EXZ750 7MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical ZoomI have been giving less and less credibility to the so-called digital camera reviewing websites lately as digital cameras get past the gee-whiz-gadget stage and become true instruments of photography. The review sites are ok when they talk about their interpretations of published specs but they leave me cold when it comes to how good a digital camera is at making a memorable photograph. Yes, things like start-up time, internal memory capacity, and battery life are good to know because if a camera scores really badly on certain specs it can become a chore to use. But how well a digital camera helps create a photograph is still the most important thing that needs to be considered.I have preached the mantra that "more megapixels doesn't mean a better picture" for years and I still believe it, but I also believe that some of the newer high megapixel cameras are also now giving us better lenses and processors, which are the two main things that make one digital camera better than another. And I've resisted getting suckered into the hype about some manufacturers putting exotic-sounding names on their lenses. All that really means is that they paid to license the lens name, it doesn't mean each lens is hand made in the Black Forest by old bearded craftsmen.The same review sites mentioned above seem to kiss the feet of anything with the name Canon on it to the point of putting their independent review status in severe jeopardy. Yes, Canon makes some good cameras but they really don't have any more real experience in the business than most other DIGITAL brands and in my estimation they consistently fall just slightly short of the mark. Yeah, most people buy them, but then again most people eat at McDonalds.So what do I think is the very best all around consumer digital camera on the market regardless of price? To me it's the Nikon D70S - priced right, near perfect design, and slightly more accurate at capturing images than the Canon counterpart. But I don't want to lug a huge camera and a bag of lenses around with me all the time, that's why I was so excited when high-quality pocket-size digital cameras were invented, so I could leave my old Nikon SLR on the shelf and be prepared to make good photographs wherever I happened to go.Since I put the old film cameras into semi-retirement, I have had digital cameras from Panasonic, Canon, Olympus and HP and they were all adequate but suffered from that "chore" syndrome mentioned above with their horrendous shutter lag, dismal startup time and wretched battery life. This time around I wanted a camera I could truly carry in my pants pocket, yet has a good (no make that great) lens, excellent battery life, as many manual features as I could get in a tiny package, and something that didn't feel like a plastic toy.I considered Panasonic Lumix, Canon, Nikon and Sony. The other brands I looked at had some good stuff but didn't seem to fill my desire for a true photographer's quality instrument. Sony got booted off the list fairly fast. They are such a fine company, why can't they make a camera that actually takes a great picture?I am intrigued by Lumix, the quality of the pictures seems first-class, I love the image stabilizer, and they are very feature-rich, but most of the pocket-size models feel just a little cheesy. Canon makes pocket cameras that take good pictures, but I feel Canon is resting on their reputation instead of trying to build a product that's worth the asking price.And Nikon would have come in a strong second, just missing first place because of weak ergonomics. I never seriously considered Casio, ok maybe for a watch or calculator, but I asked myself what they would know about photography. Turns out they know a lot. They've actually been making digital cameras longer than almost anyone, and when it comes to the right buttons in the right place they are geniuses. I'll go further than that, the whole concept of the Exilim EX-Z750 is genius. It you total up all it offers I would have to give it the honor of being the only perfect pocket-size digital camera on the market.As soon as I touched on I was impressed by its quality. It feels like it's machined out of block of solid aluminum (its not). The controls give you nearly everything you will every want using buttons that make sense and don't require you to go many levels deep in the menu. I love the HUGE 2.5" LCD screen but no LCD screen is fully useful in direct sunlight no matter ...
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