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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 EX-Z85
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ComponentsThe Ex-Z85 body is petite, yet not so small as to feel cramped. It's a camera design that will feel familiar to most people, in terms of button layout and style. For what it is, which is a low-priced point-and-shoot, it feels solidly constructed, with a rather attractive faux-brushed metal look. The buttons didn't feel fragile, as can sometimes occur on less-expensive cameras, and while the screen isn't very large or high-resolution, it serves its purpose well enough.
Front
The Exilim EX-Z85 has a relatively nondescript face. On the right is the lens, which takes up most of the front, and is surrounded by a moat of chromed plastic. Above and to the left of the lens is the small pill of a flash. At approximately 7 o'clock from the lens is the microphone.
It's a fairly standard layout for the front of a camera
Back
The LCD on the Z85 is 2.7-inch, 114,960 pixels, and takes up most of the rear of the camera. The bottom right has two buttons: Menu and BS (standing for Best Shot, but what we'd ordinarily call scene modes). Above that is the navigation setup, with a set button in the middle. Rather than a four-way pad as many cameras use, the EX-Z85 has a solid ring, which functions identically to more common four-button designs. Pressing up on the ring changes display information, and down accesses the flash settings (or deletes a file in playback). Left and right can be customized to manage metering, white balance, ISO or self timer. Above that are the buttons for switching between shooting and playback. Finally, in the top right corner, beyond the thumb rest, is the movie record button.
The buttons are small, but not ludicrously small
It's like a delicious pink Oreo, except not as delicious. And made of plastic.
There's the port. Or is it starboard?
In keeping with the generally predictable design of this camera, the top houses the on/off button, zoom control ring and shutter button. On the rear right of the top is a small processing light that blinks seductively when the memory card is being accessed.
The shutter button is large and well placed
The Z85's nethers house a tripod mount, speaker and battery/memory card receptacle. The mount is on the far left, and looks to be made of low quality plastic. The speaker cover is a two rows of three dots each, and beyond that is the door for accessing the battery and memory card. Or at least we assume it is. It was glued shut at the Photokina show, so we had no access to it.
The tripod mount felt cheap and fragile
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