Casio Exilim Pro EXP600 Digital Camera

Casio Exilim Pro EX-P600

Exilim Pro EXP600 Digital Camera Review, by Tracey Capen July 30, 2004

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• Reviewed by: eriklundin

  Strengths: Nice features.

  Weaknesses: Bad quality.

  Overall: Have had it for 2 years. After 6 months, the lens got stuck. Got it repaired. After 18 months a button on the back was out of function. I managed without it, but now the display have gone all black. I think 2 years is too short lifespan for a camera. My old Nikon SLR is still as good as new after 20 years.

• Reviewed by: jrvz

  Strengths: Short shutter delay, high resolution, compact, big LCD screen, long battery life

  Weaknesses: slow to set zoom, awkward manual settings (though automatic settings work fine for most pictures). Autofocus fails in some low-light situations (stained glass windows).

  Overall: I've owned this camera since about July 2004, and have been very happy with it. It has a very short shutter delay. (I hated the long delay on my first digital camera, a Ricoh RDC-7.) Beautiful pictures.It also comes with a cable to plug into a USB port on my computer, and automatically emulates a disk drive. Trivial to download pictures from. Works fine with Linux.Only one significant problem so far, when the zoom failed suddenly. Everything else kept working - it would take pictures, display them, retract and cover the lens when turned off, uncover and deploy the lens when turned on. The zoom worked in replay mode (can zoom in and out of the recorded picture), so apparently the switch was okay.Solution: The bezel around the lens had come partially unscrewed!Apparently there is a switch to detect this, which disables the zoom function so an accessory lens will not cause damage. Just tightening the bezel fixed it. Thanks to my son in law Drew for figuring this out!

• Reviewed by: Anders13

  Strengths: Battery life

  Weaknesses: Physical designView-finder to captured picture accuracyLCD to captured picture accuracy

  Overall: Like most people here I would have given this camers a high rating after using it for a couple of weeks or months, but after a using it for a year I can not do so since its weaknessess are too many. After 1500 pictures I am thogoughly dissapointed.Main reasons:1. What-you-see-is-NOT-what-you-get When you frame a picture, using either the view-finder or the LCD the camera captures an additional 150 pixels in each direction. If you do the math you will find this is 15-20% of the picture! In other words what should be a 6 megapixel photo is really only 5 megapixels of useable image.2. The viewfinder offset is excessive When you center shots using the viewfinder the captured image has what you though was centered shifted to the left.3. The LCD screen is too flimsy The first week I owned this camera I took it with me skiing, having it in my breast pocket. I used the camera (viewfinder) to take several dozen shots during the day. Back at the hotel I tried to look at the pics using the LCD but it was broken. (no - I did NOT fall on hte camera!) Called Casio to arrange warranty repair and was told this was not covered under the warranty since I had ABUSED the camera by having it outside in sub-freezing weather and in my pocket!

• Reviewed by: joshzac

  Strengths: Looks good

  Weaknesses: JUNK. Just read below before buying

  Overall: Bought this camera a year + 1 month. it broke 1st month. On board computer not work. repair facility in NJ. got it back month later. next month broke again. this time the flash bulb inside burst internaly when using the flash. sent back to reair. Now after 1 year + 1 month, the clicker that u press to take a picture does not work. sent to repair in NJ. was told oh so sorry, out of the 1 year warrently. so it will cost you 390.00 + shipping to fix. Dam, I paid 500.00 for it new. Looked around, and you can now buy it from 375 - 425 almost anywhere. Was I ever taken or what. Dont waste your hard earned money on this junk. Looks good, sounds good, but in reality its junk.

• Reviewed by: nancycallan

  Strengths: GREAT features, lots of manual options, but a TON of easy to use automatic settings as well. Nice looking and more compact than I expected--easy to hold and good control placement.

  Weaknesses: I was hoping for a really fast downtime between pictures using the flash due to the Li-Ion battery. But this is a universal problem to all cameras. PDF file for the manual is a hassle.

  Overall: I did a LOT (hours and hours) of research and reading reviews online before selecting this camera. I was most influced by Dave's Imaging Resources info. And I found a great price online. As far as I can tell so far, the camera meets all of my expectations. I am a novice user thus far, but am looking forward to experimenting with the many manual setting options. (This so far is frustrating because the detailed manual is a PDF file, so I can't just refer to it from time to time when I'm using the camera and getting to know the features. Although, the menus and screens are pretty self-explanatory--espeically with a little trial and error.