Casio intros a handful of new compact cams that play nice with iTunes

It's not all crazy high-speed prosumer hybrid cameras for Casio today, as the company also dropped a few new Exilim point-and-shoots. All the new cams shoot video in iPod / iPhone-friendly H.264, and Casio's really playing up that fact -- even showing a slide about it during their press conference. The new Exilim Card EX-S10 (pictured) manages to pack a full 10 megapixels, 3X optical zoom, a 2.7-inch LCD, and stereo microphones into its 1-inch thick frame -- which means we're a little curious as to how noisy that sensor is, since it can't be very big. We'll find out soon enough, as the $249 cam should hit next month.

The Exilim Zoom line is also getting a little bigger, with the addition of the 8.1 megapixel EX-Z80, new colors for the venerable EX-Z100 and the new 10.1 megapixel EX-Z200. The Z80 features a 3X optical zoom, face detection and an intelligent focusing system that locks in the correct focus, while the Z200 rocks a 4X optical zoom and wide angle lens -- down to 28mm. Both the S10 and EX-Z200 should hit in March, for $249 and $329, respectively. Check photos of all these, and Casio's random "Works with iTunes!" slide, after the break.

EX-S80


EX-S200


EX-S100

[AJ in the East Bay @ Jan 6th 2008 7:51PM]

Digicams stopped being interesting years ago. Anybody still care this much?

[Andrew @ Jan 6th 2008 10:18PM]

They're still very interesting to most people. And don't forget your mom/older relative. Of course we still need them. It's not like cellphone cameras are going to replace the compacts for a while (if ever).

I have all kinds of cellphones with cameras but they're not going to replace my dSLR either. And while I have several newer [European] SonyEricsson and Samsung phones, and even an iPhone, I still use my compact and the dSLR camera when I want to take real photos.

[trancer @ Jan 6th 2008 7:55PM]

I've been waiting for this post all day. unfortunately.... nothing special... i was hoping for a slimmer new v series camera, maybe a v9?

[resource @ Jan 6th 2008 8:00PM]

I'd rather 10X optical zoom than 10 megapixels.

STOP WITH THE MEGAPIXELS!

[CubeGuy @ Jan 6th 2008 9:23PM]

Man, I JUST got my Exilim.