Introduction
The Casio Tryx hits the market with an intriguing design that tests our preconceptions about camera design (and our ability to refrain from making puns about sleeves). Armed with a 12.1-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor and a 3-inch touchscreen, the Tryx (official designation EX-TR100) certainly turns heads thanks to its design.
The Tryx sports an innovative frame that rotates freely from the rest of the camera, allowing for nearly limitless ways to hang, mount, handle, and hold your new point-and-shoot camera. This isn’t a camera with bags of custom options or impressive performance, but its design at least forces you to re-think what kind of shots your camera is capable of capturing.
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Page 1
Product Tour
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Page 2
Color
The Casio Tryx had very accurate saturation and good color accuracy overall when shooting still images. Read More... |
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Noise
We found noise totals to be very low on the Casio Tryx, owing to the heavy noise reduction being applied at nearly every ISO speed. Read More... |
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Resolution
The Tryx features a wide-angle 3.8mm lens with no optical zoom. It showed a bit of distortion, but was not particularly sharp. Read More... |
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Video
Video on the Casio Tryx is perhaps the camera’s best feature, with the camera’s variable frame providing excellent support. Read More... |
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Sample Photos
A gallery of photos taken with the Casio TRYX Read More... |
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Playback
The Casio Tryx has the barest of playback features, lacking many of the basic options that we expect to see on a $250 camera. Read More... |
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Hardware
The main feature of the Tryx is its rotating frame. While this is certainly a nice option when needed, the lack of a true flash and optical zoom tend to outweigh the frame’s benefit. Read More... |
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Controls
The Tryx is designed to be used primarily as a touchscreen controlled camera, though it lacks many of the shooting options and modes that we consider standard on most point-and-shoot cameras. Read More... |
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Design & Handling
The Tryx’s hinge frame design allows it to be handled in just about any way you can imagine, allowing for many new and different shots than what most compact cameras allow. Read More... |
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Nikon S4000 Comparison
 We compare the TRYX to the S4000. Read More... |
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Samsung TL225 Comparison
 We compare the TRYX to the TL225. Read More... |
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Canon 500 HS Comparison
 We compare the TRYX to the ELPH 500 HS. Read More... |
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Conclusion
Read our final conclusion of the Casio TRYX. Read More... |
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Photo Gallery
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Part 16
Comments
Read what people are saying about the Casio TRYX. Add your comments... |
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