User reviews for Casio Exilim EX-Z110: Digital Photography Review

Opinion: This is a normal camera for easy imaging

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Opinion: My parents bought this camera for themselves this past year. it's a small nifty P&S with lots of features. It feels solid and sturdy with the buttons in all the right places. That's worth a lot, considering i'm comparing it to my main camera is a Nikon D50 slr.

The camera offers quite a lot of features from 20+ different types of photograph options and even Aperture/Shutter priority. That been said, the Aperture priority mode only allows for 2 f/stop choices. The shutter speed can go up to 1 min. which is quite good.

The main downside to this camera in my view is the horrific image quality. The camera is able to take great pictures in bright sunny days when it's nice and bright. But give it any interior shots where it needs to use a high iso or flash, it produces enormous amount of noise. many times even worse than my 2 year old 6mpx Konica-Minolta G6. The noise levels renders most of interior shots hard to print out and give to friends. I don't want to be harsh but I think a highly capable webcam can produce less noisy pictures. Based on image quality alone, I would not recommend this camera.

Problems: Bad Image quality.

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Opinion: Not bad. For me it's low-cost replacement for QV-R40.
Bestshots and manual are usefull.

Problems: F3.1-5.4 and 1/2.5 CCD

My previous Casio had F2.8-4.9 and 1/1.8 CCD

This means for example in same situation
QV-R40 - ISO80 - 1/50s
Z110 - ISO100 - 1/20s ISO200 - 1/40s etc..

And no lens-zooming during video.. digital zoom only. Maybe to make it quiet.. but R40 zoomed with lenses. And no ISO selectable in video mode.. on R40 ISO320 could be set in night..

Another thing is much smaller optical viewfinder covering only about 70% of scene.. but still better than having none.

1/2.5 CCD at 6MP is a bit noisy and images are processed with noise-reduscton, which is a bit annoying and images are more soft than on QV-R40 were.. (but on QV-R40 there was some visible noise too even at iso80 :)

Z110 Noise is visible on ISO400/800/
ISOs1600/3200 are only for fun or 1024*768 size max after noise reduction and postprocessing :)
On ISO 50/100 its OK and 200 acceptable. ISO400 needs some postprocessing like sharpening, contrast etc..

Good camera for that money.

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Opinion: The good things about this camera is as follows
1. reasonable picture quality up to iso400 but see problems below
2. small size and light weight
3. AA battery
4. I think the flash is stronger than the spec. I could take pictures at correct exposure at 19' away at fixed iso100 in my living room
5. pan focus from 3.6' to 14.1' and the camera can be set to remember the pan focus when turned on
6. left and right buttons can be set to adjusting iso
7. full manual control
8. iso400 is at least about iso600
9. optical zoom viewfinder
10. unlimited audio recording with loud playback
11. user can preset up to 999 different shooting conditions
12. iso800 and 1600 but see problems below

Problems: 1. very soft upper left corner. My canon A70 is sharp from edge to edge
2. very slow continuous shooting. At 1/15 shutter speed and regular sandsk card it requires 7 sec for first 4 shots and 19 sec for first 8 shots. It is however much faster if you shoot at 3mp(3.3 sec for first 4 shots). My canon A70 can do 8 shots in 4 sec
3. camera cannot remember continuous shooting when turned on. My minolta X20 can do that
4. the details captured in iso800 is not much better than my canon A70 in iso400 while the casio having slightly more noise
5. iso1600 is ABSOLUTELY useless not because of the noise. In fact it has surprising lower noise than I would have expected but the resolution is reduced to the level of about a 800x600 camera. Using iso400 with -2ev and brighten up the image afterward would yield much more details than using iso1600
6. one cannot choose iso800 or iso1600 mauually. The camera chooses this is anti shake or high sentivity mode. So if I want to use iso800 but not iso1600 I have to use -ev at high sentivity mode to force it back to iso800. A nuisance
7. no iso data in exif. Fortunately the camera always show the iso value even for autoiso
8. no room to place my thumb except on the dial which is strange but ok
9. the strap that comes with the camera is too small

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Opinion: I used the camera a couple weeks before writing this review. I’m submitting it because I find owner reviews very helpful to me when choosing a camera.

I own a Fujifilm FinePix S7000 and am very happy with it. The Z110 is replacing a Minolta Dimage Z1 (which I was also a very happy with).

I was searching for a good pocketable camera in the $300 range. Some I took a real close look at were the Canon PowerShot A520, Olympus Stylus 500, Panasonic DMC-FX7, Casio Exilim EX-Z57, Samsung Digimax A50, Fujifilm FinePix E510, Fujifilm FinePix F10, and a couple Pentex Optio models.

I purchased the Casio Exilim Z110 for under $200, and it has features many of the more expensive cameras I was considering don’t have. I can carry it in my pocket, it has a large display screen (and a view finder), it uses double A batteries, and has manual controls if I want to use them. I took about 150 pictures on one pair of batteries (2000 mah NMH rechargeables) and many of them were with flash.

This camera may not be the ultimate in digital photographic perfection, but if you’re shopping for a pocket size camera in the $200 range, you are not seeking perfection. If you’re seeking a great little camera, this is it.

Problems: The on/off button can be accidentally pushed while the camera is in your pocket or pack. I think the camera has a sensor, if the lens does not extend freely, the camera returns to off.

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Opinion: Very, very good camera for the money. It´s compact, fits very nice, takes great photos! I bought this as a compact backup for my Nikon D50 (SD) an it´s very good at all!

Problems: Some problems with focusing in dark, but not a real problem. Should have a focus assist lamp or something like that...

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Opinion: Good pictures
Great movies with zoom
nice features

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Opinion: This camera seems to be the perfect camera for me. It is very user friendly and seem to be well built. It has a much better battery life than my Olympus D-565, and it has a larger screen. I think that the SD card is very well done. It was not any more difficult for me to remove it as it is from my olympus.
The movies seem to be great quality and the camera power up in a flash.

Problems: I do not like the fact that there is no room for the thumb. I like cameras that have thumb action zoom but that is just a personal preference.

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Opinion: Here is LONG review of this Casio. This Casio is a fair 6mp digital camera with noticeable characteristics. I have worked with it for couple of days. Here is my opinion
POS
• Customizable in most aspects – remembers selected settings after switching on and off
• Manual Controls (A, S, M, Manual Focus, Wide&Spot AF, Matrix &Spot &center Photometer, Manual ISO, Manual WB) – Also many Auto modes and scene modes
• Fair 640x480 (VGA) 30fps unlimited video with sound (no zoom while in video) (42mb/min = 12min in a 512, also better quality with 72mb/min, and economy 320x480 15fps)
• Very fast startup (switch on) – You can capture the moment
• Large 2’’ TFT display (not so bright thought) with many information modes (4 including off). Also has optical view finder.
• Fast adequate AF in most cases (no light assistant)
• Nice flash with adjustable brightness (Flash EV)
• Good picture quality (like most in this category) with 3 levels of Jpeg compression and many MP selections modes (6mp, 4mp, 2mp,..). But then again.. not a DSLR.
• Relatively low ISO noise (after all it has usable ISO 400). And DON'T use "digital image stabilizer" (it inserts noise)
• AA batteries last long enough (I have used 2300mAh)
• 3/2 Grid display (optional setting for TFT) to assist new photographers in composing better photos (not to put peoples heads on the center)
• WAV sound recording (can be used as Digital recording device, >25 hours (hours not mins) on a 512card). Also you can add voice on pictures.
• Handy controls, easy menu (but only two shortcuts)
• Many useless functions (crop, resize, edit, effects etc)
• Portable size - Cheap for 6mp (188E in Athens-Greece)

CONS
• Lens with ONLY two aperture (in 35mm it has 3.1max and 4.1min, same in telephoto). This practically makes ALMOST useless manual controls (‘A’ program has no use as you only have two options. Also ‘S’ program is almost useless as you have to set "auto ISO" or else you easily end up with over-under exposed pictures). Do not buy it to learn photography principles. But well.. as is, manual controls are better than no manual controls at all.
• It has 6 distinct steps in zoom (not analogue zooming). But this is not bad. Most x3 lens are of this kind. It is like 35-50-65-80-100-114 (well I guess so). Those 6 steps are OK for MOST people. Or is it 7?
• Very confusing connection with PC. USB jack too delicate. Also don’t follow manual instruction for initial connection. Do first switch on the camera and then connect for FIRST time.
• SD slot too tight (you need a needle to remove SD)
• Only ONE (2 in a pair) shortcut buttons (left right arrows). I use the as EV compensation, but other useful functions need shortcut like self timer, ISO setting, etc You need to access menus to find them f you don’t put it to the ONE shortcut. On the other hand you have Focus mode by default on the up arrow (why? Who changes Focus mode more often than using self-timer?). If you are an amateur user you can accidentally set your camera in “Manual focus” and have all your photos unfocused (till next time you switch on the camera).
• Relatively SOFT pictures. But ok for most people (and me). Don’t forget pros prefer soft pictures as it is more natural and leaves room for further possessing (Photoshop). Also remember that Sharpness (as saturation and contrast) are adjustable. This means you can have “sharp” pictures after all.
• Cold colors, (I prefer Olympus on this). Fills like.. Sony (?) pictures
• Relatively litle information in EXIF tags on JPG file. (ISO value is not recorded :-( ).

Problems: USB connection was and still is tricky (not always recognized by the PC). I hope a firmware update will correct this issue.

SD slot too tight for my SD.

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