Casio EX-Z85

Casio's Exilim EX-Z85 is a new budget point-and-shoot camera, available in eight colors, and primarily designed, according the the advertisements, to be stuck in a purse. While there's a certain amount of pointless inanity to the camera, like being able to change the focusing target into a teddy bear or a heart, underneath it all, it seems to be a surprisingly competent piece of gear. It has some manual controls, a wide variety of image presets, good construction and a low price. This camera strikes us as being a good, entry level, low priced point-and-shoot. While we can't comment on image quality at this point, from our brief hands-on, the Z85 strikes us as one of the better sub-$200 cameras around. The EX-Z85 will be available in October for $179.99 in eight rather dramatic colors: brown, orange, silver, vivid pink, blue, pink, green and black.