Casio Exilim EX-FH20 Digital Camera Review

Casio Exilim EX-FH20

Digital Camera Review

Sep 23, 2008 - By Mark Brezinski
2.2 The Casio Exilim EX-FH20 is an advanced point-and-shoot that looks and feels a lot like a digital SLR. As with its predecessor, the groundbreaking EX-F1, the main selling point here is pure, blistering speed. The EX-FH20 is capable of capturing 40 high-resolution frames per second. While this isn't quite as fast as the EX-F1's 60 fps, but it is still an extraordinary achievement when compared to the 3-5 fps we typically see. The camera is also capable of high-speed video. While it can capture at a maximum of 1000 frames per second, the resolution has to drop incredibly low in order to do so. Again, while slower than the EX-F1's 1200 fps, the EX-FH20 still outperforms the overwhelming majority of point-and-shoots. Further, the EX-FH20 manages to usurp the EX-F1 in terms of effective resolution, mustering 9.1 megapixels compared to the EX-F1's 6 megapixels. The EX-FH20 is also priced much lower, at $599.99 compared to the EX-F1's $999.99.
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Manual Control Options
One useful manual control the EX-FH20 offers is a manual focus mode. By pressing the macro mode button on the left side of the camera a few times, you'll activate manual focus, controlled by pressing left and right on the 4-way pad. The camera also offers aperture-priority and shutter-priority exposure modes.

Focus
Auto Focus
The EX-FH20 has contrast detection auto focus. We thought the auto focusing process took slightly longer than it should have, but this is a pre-production model, so some slowness is to be expected. The camera also features face detection.

ISO
You can set ISO to automatic, or choose one of six settings: 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1600.

White Balance
The EX-FH20 has both an automatic and manual white balance mode. Additionally it has six white balance presets: Daylight, Overcast, Shade, Day white FL (fluorescent), Daylight FL, and Tungsten. 

Metering
You can choose to employ multi-pattern, center-weighted, or spot metering.

Shutter Speed
The shutter speed can be set anywhere between 30 seconds and 1/2000 of a second.

Aperture
The EX-FH20 has an aperture range of f/2.8 - f/4.5.

Image Stabilization
This camera features sensor shift image stabilization.

Picture Quality / Size Options
The EX-FH20 comes with a solid set of image proportion choices: 4:3, 3:2, and 16:9. It can capture images from 3456 x 2952 on down to 640 x 480. The camera can also capture in RAW format, for those who like editing their pictures.

You access the size options from the quick menu (just press up or down on the 4-way pad). When a size is highlighted, the camera will also display what the print size of the resulting image would be.

Picture Effects Mode
The EX-FH20 has basic filter effects, like sepia, black & white, and color overlays. It doesn't have any real editing capabilities.


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