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5/28/2003
Casio's slim cam needs more than 10 megs of memory
By Deborah Porterfield, Gannett News Service
Casio's wafer-thin EXILIM EX-S3 Digital Camera takes remarkably good photos with surprising speed. But be careful. If you're relying on the camera's internal memory to store the images, you'll run out of space after eight shots. Its 10 megabytes of flash memory can only hold eight images with a resolution of 2,048-by 1536 pixels.
The camera comes with a Secure Digital/MultiMedia card slot, so you can easily expand its memory, but you'll have to buy the card separately.
Still, this sleek silver shooter is a good buy. For $350 you get a 3.2-megapixel camera with a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen, an optical viewfinder, a 4x digital zoom, a rechargeable lithium ion battery and a cradle that recharges the camera's battery and sends images to a computer via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection.
The petite camera (3.52 inches-by-2.24 inches-by-0.46-inch) has a 2-inch color screen that's just right for framing shots and reviewing pictures. The images, including action shots outside and close-ups indoors, are good. Unlike some digital cameras that need an inordinate amount of time to capture a photo, this one captures scenes almost as soon as the shutter is pressed. Even its 30-second video clips (320-by-240 pixels) with sound proved decent enough to save.
Casio packs a lot of easy-to-master shooting options into the camera's card-sized body. You can set the camera on auto-focus; you can adjust its exposure, white balance and flash settings; or you can set it to shoot a specific kind of shot, such as "twilight," "scenery" or "sundown." When you select a scene setting, the onscreen menu also provides a related tip, such as "Keep the camera still" for a "night scene portrait."
The camera also offers some fun shooting options that, while not perfect, are cool. You can set the camera to take separate photos and display them as one shot. With this setting, you can take a picture of a friend, then let the friend take a picture of you, and watch as the camera turns two shots into one photo. The results don't always look professional but they at least give a vacationing twosome a way to take a picture together.
Casio's slim cam needs more than 10 megs of memory
By Deborah Porterfield, Gannett News Service
Casio's wafer-thin EXILIM EX-S3 Digital Camera takes remarkably good photos with surprising speed. But be careful. If you're relying on the camera's internal memory to store the images, you'll run out of space after eight shots. Its 10 megabytes of flash memory can only hold eight images with a resolution of 2,048-by 1536 pixels.
The camera comes with a Secure Digital/MultiMedia card slot, so you can easily expand its memory, but you'll have to buy the card separately.
Still, this sleek silver shooter is a good buy. For $350 you get a 3.2-megapixel camera with a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen, an optical viewfinder, a 4x digital zoom, a rechargeable lithium ion battery and a cradle that recharges the camera's battery and sends images to a computer via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection.
The petite camera (3.52 inches-by-2.24 inches-by-0.46-inch) has a 2-inch color screen that's just right for framing shots and reviewing pictures. The images, including action shots outside and close-ups indoors, are good. Unlike some digital cameras that need an inordinate amount of time to capture a photo, this one captures scenes almost as soon as the shutter is pressed. Even its 30-second video clips (320-by-240 pixels) with sound proved decent enough to save.
Casio packs a lot of easy-to-master shooting options into the camera's card-sized body. You can set the camera on auto-focus; you can adjust its exposure, white balance and flash settings; or you can set it to shoot a specific kind of shot, such as "twilight," "scenery" or "sundown." When you select a scene setting, the onscreen menu also provides a related tip, such as "Keep the camera still" for a "night scene portrait."
The camera also offers some fun shooting options that, while not perfect, are cool. You can set the camera to take separate photos and display them as one shot. With this setting, you can take a picture of a friend, then let the friend take a picture of you, and watch as the camera turns two shots into one photo. The results don't always look professional but they at least give a vacationing twosome a way to take a picture together.
