The Exilim EX - Z55 is compact and lightweight , yet it offers a generous 2.5 - column inch LCD . We liked the undimmed , outsized admonisher , but the picture quality descend short of our expectations .
The Exilim EX - Z55 ’s menus are loose to read and pilot . Unfortunately , the camera does n’t have the impressive Ex Finder , found in the more expensive Casio Exilim EX - P600 ( ) and EX - P700 ( ) , that shows crosshairs to help you adjust your shots . But a storage-battery grid display still help with composition and a live RGB histogram helps with exposure .
The EX - Z55 has 23 scene modality in all , admit a Business Shot modality for straightening exposure of business card and white board in - television camera . Manual control are bound to manual direction , vulnerability recompense ( which you get at via a computer menu ) , white residue ( include manual white balance ) , and ISO ( sensitivity is from 50 to 400 ISO ) . The lens is comparatively fast , with a maximal aperture of f2.6 to f4.8 . you could focalise to about 2.4 inch in Macro mode and the television camera will mechanically switch to Macro mode if you focalize on a close subject . There ’s no continuous shooting modality . Movies admit with the EX - Z55 are only 320 - by-240 pixels at 15fps , but the transcription fourth dimension is limit only to the size of your computer memory card .
We bump the color to be Very Good , but the images were noisy and their border were foggy . There was very small fringing or drum distortion .
The EX - Z55 has 9.3 MB of build - in memory , just enough to flick a few more JPEGs in a pinch . You ’ll call for the admit place of origin and AC arranger for recharging and transplant pictures to your computer . as luck would have it , the battery ’s shop for about 400 shot .
Macworld’s Buying Advice
We liked the Casio Exilim EX - Z55 ’s large LCD and little size , but its picture show quality was disappointing .
[ 5/16/05 – EDITOR ’S NOTE : Corrected information about image file data format . The Casio Exilim EX - Z55 take JPEGs only . ]
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