Casio Exilim Pro EX-P505 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Looks hard-core, but proves a bit soft.

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Review summary: Aiming for the hybrid market, the Casio Exilim Pro EX-P505 adds camcorder-like features to its digital camera body. The P505 has 5 effective megapixels for still imaging on its 1/2.5-inch CCD and full VGA resolution in its four movie modes. Heavily market

Pros: zoom is very responsive, cool movie modes, nice 60-1/2000 shutter speed range, lots of live views, fold-out LCD monitor, flash compensation  

Cons: the buttons are too small and blend into frame, menus are unnecessarily convoluted and confusing, too many essential menu functions are hidden, LCD solarizes easily, useless software, user manual on CD-ROM       

Verdict: The Casio Exilim EX-P505 is the Swiss Army knife of digital cameras; it tries to impress every segment of the market there is. It can impress point-and-shoot users with its automatic and extremely comprehensive list of best shot scene modes. The P505 also

Review summary: Size matters! Especially when a camera as small as the Casio EX-P505 has more features than models twice its size.

Verdict: A little on the expensive side for a 5MP camera, but the impressive stills performance, easily accessible creative features and some outstanding and unique movie modes ? including stereo sound - make the Exilim EX-P505 a unique and appealing model for the

Pros: Very good image quality.5X optical zoom.2-inch monitor.Good macro mode. Powerful flash.Neutral Density filter.Very good range of shooting modes. Capable of long exposures.Long lasting battery.

Cons: Body shape a bit impractical.Compression a bit too strong.Some noise at low ISO settings.Some pincushion distortion at the telephoto end.A bit pricey.