Casio intros the blemish-zapping EX-Z300 digicam with a slew of likeminded friends

Casio, clearly not wanting to be left behind in the compact digicam market, has introduced what might be described as a treasure-trove of cameraifical excellence. Heading up this line of unstoppable goodness is the £229.99 ($429) EX-Z300, a 10-megapixel shooter that carries the company's in-camera touch-up mode called "Make-up" which allows you to clone away "blemishes" or "people you hate to look at." The electronics-maker is also introducing the £129.99 ($242), 9.3-megapixel EXILIM Card EX-Z19, the £149.99 ($280) 9.1MP EXILM Zoom EX-Z85, and a slightly less robust version of the EX-Z300 called the EXILM Zoom EX-Z250 -- at £199.99 ($373) -- also with a 9.1MP sensor. Exciting stuff, right? Right.

[nDee @ Aug 19th 2008 11:35PM]

They bring up so many cams every year.
I just can't tell which is which

[j @ Aug 20th 2008 12:04AM]

Make-up mode FTW! ^^

[dudness @ Aug 20th 2008 1:05AM]

I use to follow their product line so here's what I know, Zoom in the name is their standard compact model line, Pro is the 'professional'-expensive-heavy line, Hi-Zoom is their 7x zoom compact line, and Card refers to their super slim line. After the EX-Z prefix, the number of digits denotes the camera's pecking order with each line. The more digits in the number, the more/better features a model will have. (Z1200 is a notch better than Z200, is two notch better than Z75, etc.) After that, the higher number indicates a later generation in the same order (ex. Z100 = 1st Gen, Z200 = 2nd Gen, Z300 = 3rd Gen, etc.). That said, I would never buying a Casio camera again. Bought two different models as gifts, both broke within the first month. No drops, no abuse. From what I understand, Casios has had serious issues with their anti-shake mechanism. The recipients had no sales receipts since they were gifts, so no free fix, despite the fact that the models hadn't been on the market for more than two months. Expensive doorstops.

[Alex @ Aug 20th 2008 1:34AM]

Blemish-zapping? Awww, I was expecting laser beams to come out of the camera's flash and burn the pimples off of people... lame.