Casio Exilim EX-Z40

Opinion: I loved this camera when I first bought it but I realized after a while that the pictures were not a good as I thought they should have been. It's a point and shoot so you will not get the best quality. The battery lasts a very long time. The LCD screen is nice. It was the biggest screen around when I was shopping for a p and S digi cam.
The start up is very fast, the battery life is long and the screen is nice size and good macro pics.
The pic quality is poor. Takes a bad low light picture, but most all digi cameras do, I think.

Opinion: The Z-40 is a nifty little camera. It has a wide range of features and tools. Good things about this camera are the quick startup, the build (feels very comfortable in my hand), and in well-lit areas captures great photos. Although, I always have to leave the ISO setting at 50. 100 and up are very noisy/pixelated in out of focus areas (not a big deal to digitally fix). In dim lighting/dark areas however, image quality deteriorates. Hence why I use a lamp at night. It produces some nice photos when set to FINE on Image Quality. Bestshot is a great too as well; I find it very useful.

Opinion: I got this camera when I went to Taiwan a year ago or so. The price at the time was a littler higher than I expected, but I was attracted by the look and the size of this camera. Which was a stupid reason.

I give props to the construction, it's ultra slim size fits well in my shirt pocket, I hated when I have to carry around my heavy duty Canon PS S40. Also the battery life is pretty amazing, super long I can say. The menu is easy to understand, self-explanatory.

However, the image quality really hurts my feeling. If you are looking for a GOOD quality image camera, don't even bother to get this camera. Really poor image quality. In general, not recommended for those who wish to have good quality pictures.

Opinion: This is a great little camera, my second digital. Large LCD screen, easy to use menu and best of all, it is really compact. Great photos and features for such a compact camera. Good battery Life

Opinion: This is a great little camera, my second digital. Large LCD screen, easy to use menu and best of all, it is really compact. Great photos and features for such a compact camera. Good battery Life

Opinion: I have owned 3 digital cameras in the past 5 years a Toshiba PDR-M60 A Minolta E223 now a Casio Z40, the Z40 is a very good pocket camera, it is fast, takes pretty good pictures for its size, comparing it to my past camera's its a Rolls Royce! there is some grain in the picture when taking in low light as the camera tries to compensate by adjusting the ISO automatically to 200 or 400 if you set it manually to 100 the pictures in low light are very good. The battery life is unbelievable!, if there is anything negative to say about it is the Video its fairly poor, but most camera’s of this price range has some negatives, I think this is the best camera in this class overall.

Opinion: I hesitated some while before buying the Z40 but was seduced by the fantastic styling (especially in black), size and user friendly facilities. I already have a Canon G5 but need something to slip in the top pocket for holidays. Granted the image quality isn't as good but I wouldn't expect it to be. Nonetheless I find the images (especially on ISO 50)pretty amazing - better by far than my 1938 Leica IIIb and that was considered state of the art 60 years ago. It is easy to get camera shake on the Z40 - I would suggest extra stability by screwing one of those small, flexible leg tripods into the base and using that as a grip. The Z40 is a triumph - an amazing camera and (in my view) bordering on a work of art.............

Opinion: Bought only for snapshots. Was well impressed with size, construction and all its features for the price. Image quality is not so good ( grainy ) at ISO200 and above and Auto. I locked it at ISO100 and images are much better. Still some noise in dark areas.

Opinion: + Long baterry life
+ small size
+ big lcd