Casio announces Exilim EX-Z5 compact
Casio has just
announced a new member of the Exilim family, a 5 megapixel shooter with 3x optical zoom called the EX-Z5. Successor to
the Exilim EX-Z4, the new Z5 also sports a 2.5-inch TFT LCD (but as usual, no optical viewfinder), an odd 8.3MB of
internal memory (expandable via SD/MMC), and the usual suite of burst mode, in-camera image enhancement, and multiple
flash options. Of special interest to photo buffs will be the Revive Shot function, which lets you take a picture of an
old photograph for the camera to perform a little digital restoration on, all without taking your photos out of the
album. No word yet on pricing or availability, but with Casio calling the Z5 a "perfect companion for the
summer," it's probably a safe bet to expect this model on shelves prior to September 21st.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joe @ May 4th 2006 1:11PM
8.3mb of internal memory? At 5 megapixle resolution that's about 3-4 pictures? That's pretty sad.
bowlhed @ May 4th 2006 1:15PM
looks like a re-hash of the ex s500 which i own,which is a great camera.same sort of specs.same sort of vague look!
Schmoe @ May 4th 2006 1:20PM
Yes, internal memory is a good benchmark for a digital camera.
Jeff @ May 4th 2006 1:28PM
Not really sure some of you guys understand what internal memory on a digital camera is used for. It's a buffer for continuous shooting. If you have a buffer that can hold 3-4 pictures and you can write 1 of them to the SD card per second, then you can take a burst of 4-5 shots the first second followed by a 1fps continuous shooting.
It's not a huge selling point for a compact camera, which is why the buffers are typically smaller than for SLR's (which *start* at around 16MB and go up from there). But a 4-5 shot burst mode is, I think, pretty standard these days.
Toshipenguin @ May 4th 2006 1:39PM
Funny, looks just like my Kodak V550, 5mp with 32mb Internal Memory.
sean @ May 4th 2006 6:53PM
why they keep poducing same cameras over and over.....
all the casio cameras look same.
jzzinyoeye @ May 5th 2006 6:30PM
10 min video? no thx. kodak v550 has no limit (up to the sd card's memory, 1 gb in my case)
Digi @ May 5th 2006 10:05PM
Don't you think the internal memory thing is pretty useless? I would rather want them to take out the internal memory to shred some more weight.