The worst Casio I've owned. Big mistake.
Pros:
Small size
Cons:
Slow action response, inconvenient button actions, especially on/off, poor ergonomics.
The Bottom Line:
Small size, solid feel, but it will not last long as my newest camera. This long time Casio fan will look elsewhere.
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Author's Review
Despite it's convenient size and solid feel, all the features I have become used to in digital cameras, especially Casio, they seem to have taken a step back...
From the get-go, the on-off switch is among the worst, requiring usually both hands to hold the camera and operate.
It is substantially recessed, and 2mm from the raised shoot button...
Operation itself is again a mandatory two handed operation unless one is very prepared. It's too easy to simultaneously press a zoom or mode button. There has been an attempt to provide a concave rim on the back just under the button area, but there's not enough area to get a grip against a convex opposing front side...
A dramatic step back is the shooting delay after shutter button operation. My three previous Casios would all capture an action shot. This one will lose it. It is the one feature that causes me to leave this thing in the car...
I own Mac and PC computers. The camera's only built-in video format is .MOV, which PCs cannot decode without the latest CODECs and which are not always available, i.e. video emailing something useful is a consideration. The advertised "youtube ready" is so unnecessary and a pander to misled vogue perception. You can youtube almost anything...
I'm no 007, but I do like to shoot macro shots of documents, biz cards, electronics. This was a simple one button venture. Now it's a trip through an array of on-screen menu options. Where did the left-right option action go?...
Picture preview, what happened?!.
We used to have a simple slide switch that would be on or off when switched on. Now it's an inconvenient extra action after switching on, which drops to default settings when returning...
This camera is a failed attempt to compress a tripod mounted still/video camera while using the credits of the handy Exilim lineage.
