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Review summary: The Z850 is a good fit for the individual looking for a balance between compactness, performance and image quality.

Pros: Compact design ; user-friendly menu interface ; burst mode with flash ; optical zoom during movie recording ; abundant Best Shot modes

Cons: Minimal creative settings that could be done without ; have to squint to use the small optical viewfinder

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