Casio Exilim EX-Z29

Manual Controls

The Z29 has no manual mode; all you get is a selection of Best Shot modes that offer a variety of approaches to setting the automatic features of the camera.

Focus

The Z29 has the usual contrast focus system, but with the addition of face detection, which can detect faces (Casio hasn't specified the number) in the frame and prirorize them for focus and exposure.

ISO

The Z29 has an ISO range of 100 to 1600, which we'd expect from an inexpensive compact camera.

White Balance

The usual selection of white balance modes are on offer, including a full auto mode and presets for daylight, overcast, shade, two fluorescent settings, tungsten and a manual setting.

Metering

Multi, center-weighted and spot metering are available.

Shutter Speed

The shutter spped of the Z29 ranges from 1/2 second down to 1/2000 of a second in most modes. In the night shot mode the slowest shutter speed can be extended to 4 seconds.

Aperture

The aperture range of the 3x zoom lens starts at f/2.8 at the widest zoom setting. Casio did not specify how this changes at the telephoto end, beyond saying that it does.

Image Stabilization

The Z29 does not have any image stabilization features beyond a Best Shot scene mode that tries to sharpen the image by increasing the ISO and upping the shutter speed.

Picture Quality & Size Options

Images can be captured at resolutions varying from the maximum (10.1 megapixels, 3648 by 2736 pixels) down to VGA (640 by 480 pixels).