Casio Exilim EX-F1 6MP 12x Zoom 2.8-Inch LCD Pro Digital Camera with CMOS Shift Image Stabilization (Black)

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• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 5 inches ; 3.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001FR2W9Y
• Item model number: EX-F1
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,851 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

World's Fastest Digital Camera for the Consumer Market with CMOS Shift Image Stabilization. 6mp, 12x zoom, 2.8-inch LCD, 60fps High Speed Burst Mode, up to 1200fps High Speed Movie Recording.

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very techno geek camera, February 11, 2009

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T. Conrad "Old Grouch" (Colorado Springs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Exilim EX-F1 6MP 12x Zoom 2.8-Inch LCD Pro Digital Camera with CMOS Shift Image Stabilization (Black) (Electronics)

It comes with a 150 page manual. In readable (mostly) English. A zillion options. One very nice feature, you can program it to remember most settings. If you want the flash to stay off (which I need most of the time) you can set it to do that, even if you turn it off and on. It seems to have good sensitivity, the image stabilizer works quite well.

As a still camera, about average. As a video camera, a lot for the money. It shoots normal video, HD (1080p, 60 Hz) and fast video, up to 1200 fps. Low resolution above 300 fps, good for things that go bump, not for fancy presentations. The 30-300 fps adjustable setting is not so convenient, you have to set the frame rate each time you shoot. It should be programmable. The 300 fps fixed setting has a resolution of about 512x390, good enough for most sports work.

A comment on pixels. The Ex-F1 has a 6 Mp sensor. You can get a lot more than that for less money, but it's more marketing than real. You have to look at the sensor (CCD/CMOS) size. Real world lenses are limited to about 100 line pairs per mm in what they can resolve. Based on the specs for the Ex, it tries to get 200 lp/mm. So, not real. My little Olympus P&S is over 400 lp/mm. You just can't get there. Fewer pixels for a given chip size usually means better light sensitivy. That helps more than anything else.

For my use, mostly in sports, a very good compromise. The CS prerecord mode is very good. You can get 60 full resolution frames before you press the shutter. It stores them in internal memory and saves after you press the shutter. So you can see what happened just before (up to 60 fps, programmable) With a 16Gbyte SD card, about $25, you can save over 4500 full resolution pictures.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing camera, July 8, 2009

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J. Campbell "rare-book-finders" (Novi, MI) - See all my reviews
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I find this camera to be extremely good for a consumer type camera. If you don't need super high resolution, this camera is very adequate. The 12X optical zoom and large lens just blow away most digital cameras. The slow motion (high speed) video is very good at 300fps. At the higher speeds (600 and 1200fps), it does take a lot of light to get good results and the resolution is OK, but not great. However, I have found that most outdoor sporting / action type activities are very well suited to 300fps slow motion video.

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent sports video camera, February 10, 2011

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John M. Kell (Tampa Bay FL) - See all my reviews
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I use this camera to capture the golf swing in 300fps @1/2000 mode. This allows me to analyze the golf swing in great detail. This is only for the stout of heart as it will reveal all the flaws of your perfect golf swing. Too bad it has gone out of sight price wise. I understand they quit manufacturing it.

Picture wise it does not compete with my Sony A700 but then I didn't get it to take photographs. The HD video works good too.

Old eyes have some trouble with focus as no auto focus in HS video mode.

Newer models are available less expensive and do the 240 fps HS video.