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Introduction
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01.Physical Tour
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02.Components
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03.Design / Layout
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04.Modes
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05.Control Options
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06.Conclusion
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07.Specs / Ratings
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08.Comments
Casio Exilim EX-Z300
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ComponentsThe Casio Exilim EX-Z300, available in black or silver, has a slender body with rounded edges. It's quite small at 3.81 x 2.27 x 0.91 inches (87 x 58 x 23mm) and weighs just 4.62 ounces (131g).
Front
The front of the EX-Z300 contains three major features: the flash, the lens, and the auto focus illuminator.
There isn't much on the face of the camera to differentiate it from
every other Joe Point-and-shoot.
Back
The back of the EX-Z300 is about 90% screen, making the 3-inch, 230,400-pixel LCD appear much bigger than it actually is. The buttons on the right are, from top to bottom and left to right: record video, playback mode, still capture mode, the 4-way pad, the menu button, and the Best Shot (abbreviated BS) shortcut. It's really hard to make out what the buttons on the 4-way pad say, even in good light, because the buttons are so shiny. The top button changes display, the middle is the set button, and the bottom controls image deletion and flash functions.
Back image caption goes here, and it can stretch
over two lines.
The left side of this camera is boring unless you imagine
those two screws are eyes, in which case the camera kind
of looks like a cartoon duck.
Bolting down the camera through the wristrap eyelet
is a user selectable option.
The button on the far left will deploy make-up mode, used to digitally airbrush photos. After all, if professional models get to buff up their look, why shouldn't you? Towards the right is a clearly labeled on/off button. The final feature on top of the EX-Z300 is the shutter button which sits within the zoom toggle.
Tip: if you are taking a picture of your significant other,
only turn on make-up mode when he or she isn't looking.
The bottom of the camera has a hatch which we're guessing contains the memory card and battery. We're not 100% on this, however, since the Casio booth staff glued the door shut to prevent wily journalists from pilfering its mysteries. To the left of the unknowable hatch is where you'd affix the camera to a tripod, though the all-plastic socket makes us think that screwing a tripod mount onto this camera will quickly screw up this camera.
Plastic tripod socket = expectation the user will not own a tripod
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