Customer Reviews
MAC Compatability NO PROBLEM!
Stupidly, Casio initially failed to provide support for movie playback on Macs --which was possibly the single detractor from this otherwise remarkable and reasonably-priced camera.
The problem is this: The Exilim encodes video in .avi format, which is not readily supported by Quicktime and other applications on Mac.
The problem was first solved by an open source developer who created a simple patch. With this patch I've never experienced ANY problems with Quicktime, iMovie HD or any other Mac application when working with movies created with the Exilim Z-750.
Apparently, Casio has finally released an official patch. Get details and all relevant links here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7231
ALSO: The Infamous Lens Error has posed no real problem. In 6 months of use I've seen the message twice. When message occurred, pressing very gently on the lens housing causes it to retract and the camera to turn off. When turned on again, there was no further issue.
That said, this camera is Highly Recommended!!
A review of a camera from someone who knows nothing about cameras...
I would like to start my review of this camera by saying that I don't know much about cameras at all. I'll review this camera based solely on how the pictures look, not on stupid stats and specs of the camera like a technogeek would.
Indoor pictures: If you take a picture indoors in a normal sized room the pictures turn out fantastic. However, if you go to a basketball game or some huge arena, the pictures turn out very dark. I don't know why, but they do this everytime. Take a look at my picture of Rasheed Wallace on the customer pictures at the top of this web page to see what I mean (This was probably the brightest picture out of 50 I took at the Bucks game)
Outdoor pictures: Wow, this camera is fantastic for outdoor pictures as long as it isn't night out. Take a look at at my night picture of Judson Tower to see what a night shot is like. It is not bad, but not nearly as good as a daytime pic. I also took a picture of two palm trees during sunset in Hawaii which turned out fantastic (However, some jealous person voted that the picture wasn't helpful, yea right!!! That picture of two palm trees as sunset is the prettiest picture I have ever seen in my life.) Take a look at my picture of the rooster to see what a daytime picture looks like. The colors are nice and bright.
To sum up, the camera takes great pictures in daylight outdoors and closeups indoors, average pictures during darkness outdoors, and terrible pictures in large rooms indoors such as an NBA arena.
Happy in Kuwait
I just received this camera the other day and after reading the manual and playing with the setting (some of which I took the advice of other comments, like the saturation) it seems to be working great. I love the big LCD, the cool sounds, the extra settings and many other things. It is about the size of a deck of cards, it is the perfect size and seems really sturdy. I give this camera 5 star rating for now.
