Casio Exilim EX-S100 Review

Casio Exilim EX-S100 is extremely compact, beautifully designed, and easy to use. But in our formal image-quality tests, it earned an overall score that ranked among the lowest we've recorded recently. The EX-S100 is fine for quick and simple snapshots, but not the best choice for avid photographers seeking a small, pocketable camera.

Casio Exilim EX-S100 is 3.2 megapixels, 2048 by 1536 maximum resolution, 36mm to 102mm focal range (35mm equivalent), f4 to f6.6 maximum aperture range, shutter speeds from 4 seconds to 1/2000 second, LCD viewfinder, USB and video connections, 9.3MB internal memory plus SD Card slot, one rechargeable lithium ion battery(casio np-20), 4.5 ounces with battery, Casio Photo Loader and PhotoHands software.

Specifications / Features:

2.8x optical zoom

3.2 megapixel CCD sensor


2.0'' digital TFT colour LCD

4x digital zoom


BESTSHOT (23 predefined scenarios)


Flash assist function


Unlimited movie mode (320x240 15fps)


Macro, with auto macro function

Box Contents:

Digital Camera


USB Cradle

USB Cable

AC Adapter

Strap

CD-ROM (includes full 207 page manual)

Lithium-Ion battery (Casio NP-20 battery)

16-page basic reference manual

The S100 is the world's smallest optical zoom digital camera.You can take it with you anywhere– it's about the size of a deck of cards and weighs less than four ounces (without the rechargeable battery and memory card). The secret to its tiny size is the world's first high-refractive ceramic lens, which can be produced in a much slimmer size than glass.

White Balance: EIGHT White Balance settings including Shade and Manual gray card as well as Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Incandescent and two Fluorescent settings. These are all very important to getting good color and are much better than the paltry offerings of most other compacts.

Memory: SD memory cards, none included. I use a 1GB 32x Lexar card I got here and it works great, capable of storing something crazy like 1,000 images at a normal setting. You can get as few as 550 at the FINE 2048 setting, or 10,000 at the economy 640 x 480 setting. The 640 x 480 setting is all you need for the internet and email, so you could store a lifetime of snaps on one postage stamp sized card if you never intended to print them.

The EX-S100 includes an additional 9.3 MB of permanent built-in memory instead of a throwaway SD card. Therefore the S100 can record images, movies or sound without a card and also plays some neat tricks with all this memory. This is great for spy use since you can hand all your memory cards to the guard when entering a sensitive facility and shoot away with this little camera that fits undetected in a pocket.

Battery: Tiny NP-20 lithium ion rechargeable good for hundreds of shots.

In a word,if you want to buy a casio camera battery,EX-S100 is your better choose.