Casio EX-Z85

Movie Mode
The Exilim EX-Z85 movie mode can record in 848 x 480 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps) or 320 x 240 (15 fps). You can set the camera to constantly pre-cache images for movies in pre-record movie mode, so when you hit record, it actually starts 0.5 seconds before you press the button. That tiny little snippet of footage is the section when you're reaching up to hit the button as Billy falls off the trampoline. And now you can catch it.

From the recorded video you can export stills as either single image or nine-image-grid snapshots.

There's a dedicated YouTube mode, which will shoot your video at the appropriate resolution for YouTube (read:mediocre) and then has special software to upload it directly everyone's favorite video sharing site.

Drive / Burst Mode
The EX-Z85 has three levels of drive/burst. Continuous shoots at 1.1 frames per second at maximum resolution and normal image quality. Hi-speed burst gets five frames per second, but at just 1600 x 1200 resolution, and during our brief hands-on, lasted for eight shot. Flash continuous can shoot three frames per second.

Playback Mode
During playback mode, some minor editing controls are available. They are: image rotation, resize, trimming, keystone correction, color restoration (image tints) and layout print. You can also tweak the white balance, adjust the dynamic range optimization and the brightness. Zooming out will take you to 12-image thumbnail mode, and zooming in will magnify the image up to 8x.

Custom Image Presets
The panoply of included image presets includes (deep breath... ) Auto, portrait, portrait with scenery, pet, self portrait one person, self portrait two people, flower, food, fashion accessory, magazine, monochrome, retro, cross, pastel, night scene, night scene portrait, party, sports, children, fireworks, underwater, backlight, high sensitivity, auction, ID photo, whiteboard, pre-record movie, YouTube and voice recording. Most of these are fairly standard, self-explanatory, or not really of note. Two interesting modes, though, are cross and ID photo. The first is a filter that causes bright lights to diffract into cross shapes. The second takes your face from the image, and creates several different common photo-ID sizes with it.