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Casio Exilim EX-Z75 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Anti Shake Optical Zoom (Blue)

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Brand: Casio
Category: Photography

List Price: ~~$169.99~~
Buy New: $140.99
You Save: $29.00 (17%)

New (8) Used (5) Refurbished (2) from $75.75

Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

167 reviews
Sales Rank: 2183

Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Optical Zoom: 3
Display Size: 2.6
Maximum Focal Length: 18.9
Minimum Focal Length: 6.3
Maximum Resolution: 7.2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 4 x 3 x 1

MPN: EX-Z75BE
Model: EX-Z75BE
UPC: 079767622602
EAN: 0079767622602
ASIN: B000MXJDMG

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	7.2-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints
•	3x optical zoom; 2.6-inch LCD Wide and Bright display
•	eBay Best Shot takes photos at a size that is image optimized for display on eBay
•	Easy Mode for simple shooting with intuitive menus
•	Stores images on SD memory cards (8.0MB internal memory included); powered by lithium ion battery (battery and charger included)

Accessories:

•	3-Year Extended Service Plan - Covers Electronic Items $0-$200 - Repair
•	Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 (Mac)
•	Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 (Mac) [OLD VERSION]
•	Apple Aperture 1.5 [Old Version]
•	Adobe Photoshop CS3 [OLD VERSION]

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Exilim Zoom EX-Z75 Digital cameras features a Wide LCD Display for improved image viewing and ease of use while delivering an effective 7.2 Megapixels. The EX-Z75 features the slim looks, quick shooting style including Anti Shake DSP for reducing photo blur due to shaky hands or moving subjects. Its 2.5-inch wide LCD display, makes it enjoyable for users to capture breathtaking wide aspect ratio images, making the camera functions easier to see and operate. Pictures taken in a portrait format can be manually rotated for playback in landscape format. Auto Exposure Control Light Meter - Multi Pattern, Center Weighted & Center Spot ISO - Auto up to 800 White Balance - Automatic, fixed 6 modes, manual switching Self-Timer - 2, 10 Seconds & Triple Self-Timer Recording Modes - Single image, Best Shot, movie with sound, single image with voice, Continuous Shutter, Voice Recording, macro, self-timer Built-in Electronic-Flash System - Auto, manual-on, manual-off, Red Eye-Reduction, Soft Flash USB/AV Interface with NTSC & PAL compliant Input/Output Terminals Battery Life - Up to 230 Stills Dimensions - Width 3.76 x Height 2.39 x Depth 0.77 inch (95.4 mm x 60.6 mm x 19.6 mm) Weight - 122 grams without battery and memory card

Customer Reviews: Read 162 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Extremely pleased! April 11, 2007
Chrissy (New York)
77 out of 80 found this review helpful

This camera was second choice to the Canon powershot. I did my research online and found a lot of pleased consumers, so I decided to buy it. I have yet to regret my decision. The pictures come out very clear, crisp colors. Very easy to use, menus are straight forward, battery life is AWESOME!! I bought the camera a month ago, have used it several times and have yet the need to charge the battery. This camera is definitely worth the money.

5 out of 5 stars

Great compact camera April 8, 2007
A. Yoffe (Baltimore, MD United States)
49 out of 50 found this review helpful

This is a fantastic camera. The menu bar on the right side of the screen makes it really simple to use and adjust settings on the fly. The "best shot" mode is very useful as well, as it tailors the camera's settings for the type of picture you're shooting. It's nice and compact and fits in my pocket comfortably. The pictures look great too

5 out of 5 stars

Very compact....slick looking. June 26, 2007
W. E. CRENWELGE (TX USA)
35 out of 38 found this review helpful

I got this for my 16 year old daughter just before her team trip to DisneyWorld. She has since taken 43,000 pics....or something close to that. She loves it...it comes in different colors....fits in her purse....she has ZERO complaints. This is her first camera just for her....but the fourth if you count family cameras that she took over.....she constantly had issues with every other camera for one reason or another. We shopped together and she picked this one....Price has continued to drop since I bought this last spring....and I say it is still worth the price.

4 out of 5 stars

Compact and Nice But Does Not Rival DSLR March 2, 2008
W. Otto (Albuquerque, NM)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful

OVERVIEW

It is about as good as any compact camera, and has some nice features and takes good pictures. But like any compact camera, more than 2-3 megapixels clearly resolved is not really possible. If you look closely, they are going to be grainy and blurry. Some compact cameras are better than others at disguising the grain and blur with aggressive processing to punch up the colors and contrast and sharpness. But if you look really close, you'll see that it is really no better than 3 megapixels.

Beyond that, this camera does nice snapshots, especially if the light is good. Videos are very nice and high quality. Once you figure out the menus and modes, this camera is great if you are looking for a small camera and that's more important than professional quality photos.

The LCD viewscreen does not show sharp images, and it's annoying, but it does not affect picture quality.

If you want to take a lot of pictures under low light conditions (indoors), get used to the idea of a bigger camera than this. Or settle on fewer pixels.

You should know that the "anti shake" mode is simply a mode that pushes the effective ISO up. That means that it takes an underexposed picture and processes it to be brighter. Of course, it's going to be grainy. Most other compact cameras in this price range do this same trick. (But the somewhat larger Canon A570IS has true optical anti-shake.)

A lot of people have had problems with getting a camera with a dead battery. If these lithium batteries sit around too long, they discharge too far to recover. Call Casio service immediately and tell them you got a new camera with a dead battery. There is a good chance they will replace it.

DETAILED REVIEW

I got the Exilim Z75 from Amazon, and it arrived in about a week.

The battery charged right up (about 90 minutes) and the camera worked as soon as I loaded the battery and a memory card. I guess I was lucky to get a good battery.

After using the camera for a several days and uploading pictures and movies, I think it is a great little camera.

If you think you need to take indoor pictures in full 7 megapixel resolution and they should come out crystal clear and sharp when blown up to 100% (zoomed way in on your computer,) you need to read the next 7 numbered paragraphs. Otherwise, skip all the technical explanation and go to "WHAT CASIO COULD HAVE DONE BETTER."

Please note that I am an electro-optical physicist and I know the limitations that some buyers may not be prepared for. Let me state some of those:

1. To put 7.2 million pixels into such a tiny space means the pixels will be very small and the smaller they are, the less light they will receive especially indoors. Since the sensor is pretty much limited by photon statistics, (meaning the noise of the photon arrival itself is the limit, not the camera) the graininess in the picture is not something that is really the camera's fault. If you want 7.2 million pixels in a tiny camera, please be aware that it is not going to perform better than a 3 million pixel tiny camera except in very bright sunlight. You might also want to be aware that the tiny pixels tend to scatter some light to adjacent pixels, further reducing the sharpness of the picture. Also note that for this tiny lens, 5 megapixels is very close the the diffraction limit - the laws of physics say you need a bigger lens to do any better.

2. With such a small sensor, the lens needs to be very short focal length. This means that it is not really very practical to make a lens that is going to be larger diameter. That means you can't do much about getting more light on the sensor or decreasing the diffraction blur spot. So compact camera in low light = not the sharpest photos.

3. If you really want 7.2 million meaningful pixels, you are going to need a sensor at least 4 times as large, with a lens about four times the area and twice the length. In other words, a minimum of 8 times the amount of glass in the lens. But even at that - the equivalent of the FinePix S7000 - you can not count on every pixel being noise free. Let's face it - if you REALLY want 7.2 million or more crystal-clear pixels, you will need a full size (full frame) digital SLR with a full size 35mm style lens system. This will set you back in the neighborhood of (at least) $3500, (see the Nikon D3 or Canon EOS 5D) and it will be heavy, noisy, and hard to carry around. And you will need a $300-$500 flash system and a gadget bag full of lenses (another $2000). Then you will be prepared to take pictures that can be blown up to see the pixels and it will be pretty good. But you will only be able to take advantage of this if you blow up the image to 11 X 14 or larger. Just don't expect any compact camera to do the job.

4. 7.2 million pixels is more than you could get from any 35mm film SLR without noticeable fuzziness and graininess. Even low speed, fine grain film. I know, I have tens of thousands of negatives in 35 mm format.

5. All other pocket cameras deliver about the same true resolution. The main difference will be in processing the final image so it looks sharper and less grainy. This is always a trade off between loss of detail and too much noise.

6. The default quality settings are not the highest quality, so before you gripe too much, you might want to set the snapshot to highest quality. The default settings on Canon Powershot A570IS are a little more to my liking, for example.

WHAT CASIO COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

1. The LCD viewer does not display a sharpened image. This gives the impression of a blurry picture, but it is actually not. If you blow it up, it is resonably detailed and sharp.

2. The movie and sound recording modes are accessed through "Best Shot." This is counter intuitive, but once you learn where it is, it is no problem.

3. The flash is somewaht weak (but similar to other small cameras), forcing the camera to take a noisier (grainier) photo in flash mode than would otherwise be necessary. The trade off to get a brighter flash would have been greatly reduced battery life, and most people do not like that.

4. The battery is a little harder to handle than it needs to be and there is no mechanical interlock to make sure it can't be inserted the wrong way. So you have to watch carefully what you are doing every time you handle the battery. (But be aware that to have a slim camera, you need a slim battery.)

6. It is not as thin as other ("S" series) Exilim cameras.

7. There is no light for aiding the focus function as in the Canon Elph.

8. There is no Panorama stitching function.

9. Like most cameras, it does not come with a case.

10. The included 8 MB of memory is slow.

11. The battery charger has a long cable. The canon has no cable at all and is easy to carry.

12. That big LCD on the back is unprotected and needs some kind of scratch protector.

13. The USB connector doubles as an audio-visual connector. I have never used the audio-visual output on ANY camera myself. But the drawback is that the USB connector is not standard, so you will need to make sure you do not lose the cable.

14. The lens is so-so. There is not bad barrel or pincushion distortion, but there is some purple fringing near the edges of the frame if you blow the image up enough, you'll see it. This is seen on high contrast objects like small back-lit tree branches against a bright sky.

WHAT I LIKE

1. I can easily turn the flash off or set it to soft. This saves battery life and lets me be less noticeable when taking pictures.

2. I can turn the camera on in play mode without having the lens cycle. Simply press the play button to turn it on.

3. It can record sound for each picture.

4. The movie quality is great, and playback on the LCD is very good.

5. After some initial reluctance, I was brought over to the "Best Shot" approach.

6. The lens has a nice little built-in cap so the lens is protected when not in use.

7. The case is all solid metal and feels rock solid.

8. The pictures are easily uploaded to a Windows OS without any proprietary software. The camera looks like a memory-drive to the computer.

9. There is a tripod threaded mount hole.

10. The flash charges pretty quickly (that's because it doesn't have much power, of course.)

11. You can usually get a decent picture even if you skip the "Best Shot"

12. In bright sunlight, the pictures are gorgeous. If you manually set it to ISO 50 for this, the shots can not be beat in a compact camera.

SUMMARY
It's a great camera to have handy. It's not going to replace my FinePix S7000, but it's well worth having around. It takes good pictures as long as you don't try to take them in too much darkness. Maybe for some people it would have been better to for Casio to program the camera to just blink "NOT ENOUGH LIGHT" when the conditions are too dark. That way it would be harder to take a bad picture. But I don't like the camera to tell me I can't take a picture, so I am willing to live with some pictures that are too fuzzy. It's better than no picture at all sometimes. So it's a good camera for the money, but it isn't going to be giving a digital SLR any competition.

Alternatives: If you really like the thin cameras, go for the Exilim "S" series. If you would like a sharper LCD screen, seriously consider the Canon Elph series. If you can accept a slightly larger camera, consider the Canon Powershot A570IS. It is in the same price range and even has optical anti-shake, and the pixels are somewhat less grainy and a little more sharp. And it uses AA batteries.

5 out of 5 stars

Awesome May 25, 2007
J. Goedert (Jax, FL)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

Ok, I had been looking for a high quality 7.2MP pocket sized camera. I researched all over the web and read reviews and consumer reports and found that this camera had great ratings. I always have to see for myself, so I bought this camera as a high ranked, highly reviewed, top of the mountain product. When I got the camera home I noticed that Casio packaged this camera very nicely. The camera is very sturdy and well made, feels like quality in your hands. I charged the NP20 battery, placed it and a 1GB SD card in the camera and have had a hard time putting it down. This camera takes beautiful pictures and very nice video. Small and light weight this camera is like putting a credit card in your pocket. (Just make sure you don't sit on it) I take this camera with me on vacation and anywhere I don't want to take my DSLR. Buy it and you will be pleased.

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