Digital Camera Review
Jan 01, 2004
- By Alex Burack
The Casio Exilim EX-Z850 was released earlier this year at PMA 2006 and while not the most appealing model in terms of innovative styling, this camera does have some impressive specifications. Housed inside of a metal shell, this 8 MP camera has a 3x optical zoom lens, thirty-four preset scene modes, a full movie mode with editing in playback and both shutter and aperture priority modes. This camera will certainly appeal to beginning users looking for a camera to grow into with manual control over focus, white balance, exposure and ISO. The camera has a 2.5 inch LCD with 115,200 pixels and a real image optical viewfinder.. The Casio Exilim EX-Z850 has an MSRP of $399.99.
Picture Quality / Size Options
Image size and quality parameters are both located within the main recording menu. Listed at the top of the first screen of options, both parameters are displayed as text overlaid on a live-view backdrop. The image size options are listed first and will enable users to select between 8M (3264 x 2448), 8M (3264 x 2176) 3:2 format, 6M (2816 x 2112), 4M (2304 x 1728), 2M (1600 x 1200), and VGA (640 x 480). These options can be quickly scanned using the up and down arrows of the four way control and as each option is highlighted the camera will scroll automatically between the megapixel count (8M), the image size broken down into pixels (3264 x 2448), along with the final recommended print size (A3 print). The picture quality options for the Casio Exilim EX-Z850 are as follows: fine, normal and economy settings.