Casio EXILIM EX-Z40 Digital Camera

Casio Exilim EX-Z40

EXILIM EX-Z40 Digital Camera Review, by Narasu Rebbapragada August 27, 2004

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• Reviewed by: Janelle596

  Strengths: GIANT display screenEasy to figure out, directions are hardly neededSleek lookThe only great camera with movie and sound

  Weaknesses: Zoom gets megapixilyYou NEED to buy a additional memory card

  Overall: I have dropped this camera before, and it has survived! With a small dent, it still function wonderfully. I have had this camera ever since Christmas of 04. I love showing this camera off with its awesome look. It is so easy to use, I didn't even open the directions! I hope this review helped!

• Reviewed by: mlokren

  Strengths: Ease of use; quick start-up time; quick image scrolling in review mode; cool calendar feature; big LCD; good feature set for an ultra-compact camera.

  Weaknesses: Soft image quality.

  Overall: Good camera for those that want an easy to use model they can just throw in a shirt pocket and go. With a camera this tiny, there is really no reason not to have it with you wherever you may go.The only real gripe for me is the image quality. I suspect that the ultra-compact lens design is the culprit. The frame is usually not focused corner-to-corner and there is higher-than-average noise in every shot. Locking the ISO to 50 results in "quieter" images, but the camera will use such low shutter speeds that indoor shots will be very dark, even with the flash on.In summary, a very cool pocket camera great for the outdoors for quick and easy snapshots. If you were hoping for high-quality images, you'll need to look elsewhere.

• Reviewed by: dekster

  Strengths: great features. great size and weight for outgoing people.

  Weaknesses: LCD's too sensitive - cracked when it accidentally swung onto my arm!!! prior to breaking it I also noticed there was noise on the lcd display when taking pics under certain modes at night.

  Overall: really great for my first digicam but I had to learn the hard way how fragile these things are. might be even more fragile cos of the wider lcd screen. video sound quality was pretty good. display could be better if you could use the flash when filming. sceneries/modes are great especially if you're the outgoing type. continuous snap shot wasn't what I expected - then again maybe I was doing it wrong. i love the camera nevertheless and I can't wait to get it back!! (I just hope the LCD is replacable where I'm from!!)

• Reviewed by: ychoi

  Strengths: Very small

  Weaknesses: Quality of pictures is realy bad.

  Overall: Compared canon camera. this camera is bad. Images are not clear, Canon camera is better than casio. I was very disapoint. Quality of pictures is realy bad.

• Reviewed by: baird11

  Strengths: Small size, great construction, large LCD screen, speed of operation

  Weaknesses: Image quality

  Overall: The image quality is the major fault I discovered with this camera. I shot and compared images with the EX-Z40 (4 Mpixels) and my 3 year old Olympus 2.1 Mpixel camera. I printed each set, using no mods with software. It was obvious using 4x6 prints that the Casio images were soft, there was graininess in low light situations, etc. My (old) Olympus images were the obvious higher quality shots. Am returning this product to the store.