Casio Exilim EX-Z50 5MP Digital Camera

Im more than satisfied with this camera, not only is it reasonably priced, it exceeds my expections, and here are the reasons why: 1. User Friendly - very easy to use, no complicated functionalities, outstanding point and click features. Easy to figure out because features are simple and convenient. 2. Photo Quality - photo quality is very impressive for what it is. Best Shot feature is very useful and zooming in and out is easy to do. 3. Battery life - this is perhaps the best feature because it is very long. I was able to take five 10 second long video clips and 45 still pictures in one event and the battery life was still in good standing. 4. View screen - is very clear, nice and wide which makes photo playback much easier and more fun. 6. Shutter reaction time - is about a second its easy to take candid photos. 7. Camera size - small and compact, easy to carry around in a small purse or pocket. 8 Download - very easy to download and picture quality is nice and clean. Overall, I highly recommend this camera for those of you who like taking pictures of anything.

This camera has almost same feature that EX-Z57 has with a difference of LCD size. Price? slight cheaper than Z57. The comact size of this camera is good for carry and the cradle and software are convenience for saving files to computer. It organizes your picture files with web based files. So, as like other casio model, if you burn picture CD, anyone can browse your pictures with internet explorer without any other software. So far, it looks good but it has severe problem on picture quality. I can not believed that it has 5 mega pixcel. Pictures have taken in bright place or under the sun light are so so. However, pictures taken at inside under normal living light are horrible. The noise of pictures from this camera just like as from 30$ valued Webcam. Someone may say " Hey guy, it's just a compact camera. What do you expect". Indeed, I didn't expect good quality too. However, it is worse than that. Over ISO 200, it is impossible to get normal picture. I decided to return it because it also had bad pixcels on CCD. Thanks bad pixcels. Otherwise I had to loose some money for returning of this crap. I strongly don't recommend to buy this camera and EX-Z57. Maybe, other compact camera, such as F10, Fx8 or Optio-SV may be a better choice with similar price. better choice than this.

There are fancier camperas with more features. There are slicker-looking cameras. They are all big. This camera can hide under a credit card yet it takes fabulous pix and even avi video. The software is even adequate for manipulating photos although an Adobe Photo package makes this camera come to life. Load it up with memory, crank the resolution and sharpness to max and go on a shooting spree with this camera. I used one for five days including video shoots, playback and lots of start/stop and the battery still shows a full charge. It's simply amazing for its size. Yes there are better cameras which cost more and are the size of a Nikon F3 but for a tiny camera, this one rocks.

I have been exceptionally successful taking some beautiful outdoor shots with this camera. Well-lit indoor shots also turn out well, but I've had some trouble getting darker photos to look good. I don't know whether the flash is weaker than other comparable cameras, but I feel as if the indoor photos some of my friends take are more impressive than mine. As nice as it is to have all of the available pre-set "scenes", I don't feel that the night settings work without a tripod to hold the camera absolutely still. The sound recorded by this camera is of understandably-mediocre quality, and the same can probably be said for the video. One other potential issue: the documentation that comes with the camera is pretty poor, so you may feel the need to look online for instructions on how to use more advanced features (especially if you haven't had another modern digital camera). All told, the camera was probably a bit overpriced when I bought it 1-1/2 years ago, but it's been fun. I've taken ~1200 pictures with it (although not nearly all of them were good), and I expect to take thousands more.

I ordered this camera pon 8 November and as of 2 December I still don't have it. I have been unable to find a way to cancel this order. I don't think too much of this seller and won't make another purchase from him. Delivery is slow, he offers no way for buyer to communicate with him. A Poor way to do business.