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Casio QV-3500EX Review

by Tracey Capen

- WHAT'S HOT: Compared with cameras offering similar specifications, the QV-3500EX is a bargain, and it doesn't scrimp on the important features. You get a full set of exposure controls--shutter priority, aperture priority, and full manual--plus a Best Shot button that takes you well beyond the usual Program mode. To use it, you pick from among 28 sample images the one that best represents the type of shot you want to take. The camera then sets the appropriate focus (macro for a flower, for example), white balance, and exposure settings, and even adds framing lines for composing the scene. Judging from our limited number of test shots, the feature seems to work well. The QV-3500EX scored well in our image-quality tests. Our detailed charts looked crisp and the camera captured our mannequin's skin tones and brightly colored clothes. However, desktop items and our outdoor shot looked a little dark.

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User Reviews for Casio CASIO 3.34MP DIGITAL CAMERA W/ 3X ZOOM & BEST SHOT

Reviewed by: koosnaam

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Loaded with Features, Bestshot I like best, Great Macro, takes great pictures.

Weaknesses: Body Size, difficult to make photo at night condition (difficult to see object on LCD or in Viewfinder)

Overall Evaluation: I owe this camera now for 3 weeks. I made my best photo´s with it. Very easy to use menu structure. Will never go back to film. I like the possibility to view the picture taken immediately afterward and than you can decide to keep it or to take another shot with slightly different settings.I really love this camera.
Reviewed by: chrisr

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Features, features, features, and still pretty user friendly

Weaknesses: Lens protector adaptor shouldn't be an extra, imho, but nobody else includes 'em either.

Overall Evaluation: What aesthetics problem? The thing looks fine, actually darn nice by me. What $500? I got mine at Walmart for $350, and its 3.3M resolution and features sealed the deal against its competitors in the $5-600 range. Excellent deal, sorry Nikon. I can live without motion audio. You might want a bigger memory card, though its 16M is still twice what some others give you. I got a 128M (huge) at Costco for $60 (90 hi-res pics, 250 med, 700 low), and a charger / 2 sets of NiMH batteries, $30 total there, well worth it, cheaper than alkalines over long haul (they DO drain fast, esp in cold weather, but no biggie ). Should add I did buy the adapter ring online and a canon protective filter, about $25+$20, but worth it imho to protect the lens. Screws on around the outside to create an enclosure. Downside: it makes a pretty tight fit with the case. Some might like bestshot options but I love/need manual settings. Big deal you read a manual for 30-60 minutes: turn off the tv. Yeah the post-shot preview's brief, but it's only one button away. Love the sepia AND playback zoom AND slideshow to TV etc. Had mine 3 months now, not going back to film, no more heartbreaks at the developer. Thank you Canon and Walmart, gonna treat it right.

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