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Casio EXILIM EX-F1 Digital Camera Review

by Steve Morgenstern
Published on July 23, 2008

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Conclusion

Casio's EXILIM EX-F1 promises features no digital camera on the market has offered before, and it delivers - with some reservations. The camera's strongest suit is the option to shoot up to 60 full-res 6-megapixel images in a second. Combined with a sophisticated prerecord capability that continually captures images to a buffer when you half-press the shutter and saves the most recent ones to memory when push the shutter all the way, the tools you need to never miss another great shot are at hand. Image quality wasn't great, but it's perfectly acceptable for on-screen viewing or consumer-size prints. The other headline feature is capturing movies at incredible speed -- as many as 1200 frames per second, producing a slow-motion effect previously found only in science lab experiments. We loved this for a day or two, but it lost the ability to raise a giggle pretty quickly. Of course, your smileage may vary.

There are ultra-zoom cameras that are far more portable, and available at far less than the $999 price of an EX-F1, or you could opt to spend a grand on a high-quality digital SLR with superior image quality and the option to use interchangeable lenses. That's our practical side talking. When it comes to having fun with a digital camera, the EX-F1 has no equal.

Likes 

- Blistering-fast continuous shutter stills
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Prerecord capability for stills and movies
- Slow-mo video (at least for a few days)
- Long zoom lens

Dislikes

- Large and heavy versus other ultra-zooms
- Expensive
- Auto focus performance slow and inconsistent



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