Casio's top of the range compact (Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1200)

Member Name: djkunal

Product:	Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1200
Date:	15/09/09 (12 review reads)
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Advantages: Good quality images produced

Disadvantages: Sound on video mode is poor

Over the last few years, Casio has become quite a force within the digital camera market & their Exilim range is at the forefront of this. The EX-1200 is one of the top of the range models from their last generation.

On first look, it's a pretty compact camera which is roughly the size of credit card although it has a thickness of around 2cm. It feels quite solidly build & as a result isn't super light but still easy enough to carry in your pocket & take around with you. It's available in black or silver, I prefer black as it tends to the in colour at the moment.

So how does this camera perform? Well being 12 megapixels, photos are sharp and clear. If you want abit more flexbility in your shots, there are a number of manual adjustments which can be made. One feature I quite like on this model is the bestshot feature. This allows you to choose the scenery the photo is being taken within (e.g. night shot, sports, water) & the setting will automatically be optimised to take the best photo under these circumstances. The zoom is the standard 3x Optical Zoom so nothing really to shout home about in this respect.

As well as taking photos, the camera allows videos to be shoot aswell. These can be shoot at various different qualities & at the highest come out pretty well. My only critism here would be the audio isn't that great in comparison to the video, but then again this isn't a camcorder.

This camera provides great value for the features available on it & stands up well against the competition.

Summary: Compares well against the competition

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