It turn out to be a challenge to get very make for up one way or the other about Casio ’s Exilim EX - V7 , a camera that balances out to be an almost perfectly ordinary item - and - shoot . On the plus side , the 7x zoom electron lens covers a spate of district , and the photographic camera ’s battery liveliness of almost 1,195 nip per charge is olympian for its year . ( The Nikon Coolpix S50c [ ] holds the lowest score , with 347 jibe per billing ; Samsung ’s NV11 [ ] performed well , reach 1,233 . ) discombobulate in a few points , too , for a full range of manual exposure control , a tenuity in this category .
On the mildly annoying side , there ’s the rapid climb slipper control , which is awkwardly placed side by side and perpendicular to the LCD screen . Also , figure of speech stabilisation show too ineffective in most situation . And the formative docking cradle , required to recharge the battery , will take up more elbow room in a suitcase than most folk music would care to give .
Overall , the camera ’s image timber was medium for its course of instruction , with some loss of point and meek picture issues .
Color and flash tone were rated as upright , but range tone garnered only a Fair military rank in Macworld Lab tests .
Macworld’s buying advice
With some retail merchant selling the Casio Exilim EX - V7 at big discounts , you could get a lot of camera for your money . Just do n’t gestate to develop a passionate attachment to it .
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Scale = Superior , Very beneficial , Good , Fair , and Poor .
How we essay : The ikon - quality rating of the camera is based upon a dialog box of judges ’ opinions in five class : exposure , color , keenness , optical aberration , and overall . shelling - life tester succeed a exact playscript , let in shots with and without trice , until the battery dies.—Testing by Jim Galbraith and Brian Chen
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[ David Beckeris a writer and photographer based in San Francisco who regularly spell about personal applied science , convenience , and travel . ]
