Casio Exilim EX-Z850 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z850 is an 8.1 megapixel CCD digital camera with a 3x Optical Zoom lens (with anti shake technology) and a 2.5 inch LCD screen. It features quite a few manual settings including aperture and shutter priority. The Casio Exilim ...

Verdict: It features quite a few manual settings including aperture and shutter priority

Verdict: With the introduction of the Exilim Z850 camera, Casio clearly assert their ability to equip a compact camera with a simply astounding amount of functionality, whilst ensuring it remains particularly accessible. Until recently, one could say the high ...

Review summary: Only one other camera has ever dominated a roundup of its peers as thoroughly as the Casio Exilim EX-Z750 (more on that in a future issue). This unassuming little camera simply does everything right. It may not look like a million dollars and the name ...

Pros: 802.11b/g wireless image transfer and printing, , Solid, no-nonsense design and construction, , Very effective vibration reduction mode, , Good balance of automatic and scene modes with manual adjustment, , , 8.1 megapixel resolution, , Lots of ...

Cons: Relatively large and heavy, , No voice recording mode, , Fairly basic design and feature set, , , Jewel-like body easily scratches, , manual mode a bit cumbersome, ,

Verdict: As of early December of 2006, the Exilim Z850 is no longer a new camera. It was introduced earlier in 2006, and we've been putting it through its paces for many months. It probably traveled tens of thousands of miles, and it never let us down, ...

Review summary: The Casio Exilim EX-Z850 is more advanced than most pocket sized digital cameras. It has some basic manual exposure controls that help to mark the camera out as something a little different to the rest.

Pros: Picture quality ; Overall ease of use ; Excellent LCD screen ; Viewfinder ; Manual exposure mode

Cons: Very small internal memory

Verdict: Eight megapixels and a three times optical zoom

Review summary: Only one other camera has ever dominated a roundup of its peers as thoroughly as the Casio Exilim EX-Z750 (more on that in a future issue). This unassuming little camera simply does everything right. It may not look like a million dollars and the name ...

Pros: 8.1 megapixel resolution, Lots of features and full manual control, Various high innovative and quality movie modes, Superb battery life, Excellent voice recording and playback

Cons: Jewel-like body easily scratches, manual mode a bit cumbersome

Verdict: Perhaps a general comment about cameras like the EX-Z850: they are so useful, so powerful, and so easy to carry around that many people do just that, they take them along wherever they go. The Casio can handle that and it never failed, but its solid, ...