Customer Reviews

Casio Exilim EX-S600 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)

5 star:		(49)
4 star:		(24)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

Had the camera for about two weeks now. Although it is not a perfect camera, it's a good everyday camera.

Pros: Battery Life - It's much longer than expected. Went two weeks without charging once. It appears that Casio's claim of 300 shots per charge is accurate.

Picture quality without flash - given the size, indoor pictures without flash comes out pretty good.

Size - no need to say more. Even with a case, the camera can be carried anywhere.

Quick Camera Response - the camera is ready to use as soon as the 'on' button is pushed. Shutter lag time is minimal as well. A great camera to capture 'at the moment' pictures.

Good features - over 20 preset special features including portrait, macro, night shots, etc.

USB Cradle - Very convenient. It charges, downloads and used for viewing pictures. It retails for $50 but it was included.

Looks - Best looking camera on the market. Much better looking than Canon SD550 or Nikon S5.

Cons:

The camera did not respond when on button was pushed for a couple of hours. Thought about returning the unit, but since then it has been fine. Still cannot figure out what the problem was.

No case was included. Had to purchase one for $30 (although I'm totally happy with the case).

Macro Picture Quality - picture quality when taken up close is mediocre.

CD Manual - It's inconvenient as I have to pop in the CD. Although a print manual comes with it, it only covers basic on/off operations. All detail features are covered in the CD manual.

Overall, I'm happy with my purchase. I mainly use the camera to take my son's pictures and the quick response has been the biggest plus as he moves around constantly. I certainly recommend the camera.

My first digital camera was a great camera-an Olympus D-500, but it got left out in the rain, and alas, it died, wet and soggy...

This camera is excellent, I have been impressed with its digital zoom, its screen, and its ease of use... Its digital zoom is so good, that, look at the picture I uploaded to the customer images page, I can zoom in on a book with small print from 5 feet away and read the page. THis is good enough that I no longer have to pay for copies at my school. Yes, like the previous reviewer said, the screen does get fuzzy if you zoom in, but, I wonder if he/she actually purchased the camera, when you take that picture, it clears right up, even on the camera's little screen you have a perfectly clear image...and the screen is good enough that I can read that page in the book easily with out straining my eyes.

I especially like that you can half-press the camera button, and a little square on the screen will light red or green, if its green, that picture will be be perfect everytime, with no blurryness at all...Now the camera can be a little picky as to what it thinks is a good or bad picture, but even if the square doesn't turn green, you're still likely to have a good picture, I've found, but when that square is green, you can jiggle the camera and still take a clear picture. I have noticed that this camera tends towards red-eye, but most small cameras have this problem, it has to do with the small lense, any (most of the time free) photo software can solve this easily, and the camera itself does a pretty good job also...

The Casio Exilim s600 is my first digital camera, and I think it's great. Although the LCD screen may only be over 80,000 mpxls, it works for me. The real selling point for me was how compact it is. This camera really can fit into your pocket, although I do have to periodically check on it to make sure I didn't press the 'on' button, which would make the lense protrude.

Pros:
-VERY small-->about half an inch thick.
-nice 2.2 inch LCD screen
-good picture quality, (see cons)
-easy to use buttons conveniently placed
-I didn't have to read the manual to figure out how to work it
-the video feature can carry up to 2 hours of good footage
-the 'best shot' features are nice. (e.g. sports, night scene, flower, text, portrait)
-won't scratch
-takes pictures very quickly
-has a certain 'wow' factor that gets you a lot of attention.

Cons:
-might feel like you are going to drop it
-the lense sticks out (unlike the sony cybershot)
-no viewfinder..but you wouldn't need it anyways.
-you need a 1gb of storage if you want to fit a lot of photos+video
-pictures don't turn out very sharp
-I'm personally not too keen on the software they give you [photoloader, photohands]
-pricy for a point and shoot

That's just my opinion; hopefully you can draw your own conclusion based on this and other reviews. Thanks!

We've had this camera for 6 months. We loved it. Then the ring around the lens popped off after simply turning it on; it could not be reattached. The machinery inside was exposed. Casio took it back since it was under warranty, but, after we sent it to them, we were told that the lens ring was not covered. Even with their warranty in hand that stated everything (excluding the battery and power cord I believe) is covered, Casio insisted we pay nearly $200. In addition, we have been waiting 2 months to get the camera back (we still don't have it). We're so very frustrated. I would pursue them legally if I could justify the expense and effort. We are using the only alternative left to us of warning people about Casio's actions.

I owned one of the original Exilim the EX-S2, which I loved for its convenience. This new one is a little bit bigger and the screen sticks out a bit, but the improved image quality at 6 megapixels and inclusion of a 3x zoom more than make up for it. Realizing that there are limitations to the form factor, the picture quality is very good. I also have a larger Nikon SLR, which produces a better picture, but I have found that I would rather take the Exilim with me. I can just stick it in my pocket, instead of having to drag a camera bag with me everywhere I go. I also found that the improved video function to be another bonus, don't need to lug a separate video camera around, and the quality was surprisingly good compared to previous models.

The only negative is that it takes a bit longer to start up, especially when you need the flash. And the delay for the flash meant missing a couple of shots. But then again I would not have been able to even get the SLR out of the bag by the time the Exilim was ready.

I wanted this camera basically because of its small size- I never take a camera out w/ me anymore as, being a guy, I have no where to put one other than my jeans pockets!

This camera fits perfectly in your pocket- and takes high quality photos..the best shot feature is really cool and will help non-experts to take great shots!

The only downside to this camera is that it is not as flexible as I would want it to be manually- I love photography and would like to customize the shutter speed/ISO setting/etc. more. For example, you can only manually drop the ISO to 800 speed- but in the Best Shot Indoor dim light mode the ISO goes past 1000 (I forget exactly what)- why can't I set the camera to that manually??

The Best Shot auto mode also does weird things, which somehow take very good photos-- for example the camera seems to love ISO 100- even indoors and in indirect light...I would think 400 would be a standard setting? Whatever it does w/ the color balance, etc. seems to work though, as the pics still come out nice.

I also dont get why I can't take non-blurry pics w/ faster shutter and film speeds manually even while using the same settings that the Best Shot mode does...unless I set the camera to Best Shot Sports mode, which adjusts everything for you.

One more thing- this camera is hard to keep stable due to its small size..tough taking non-blurry pics in dim light sometimes.


Do I wish this camera was more flexible? Yeah, but thats a lot to ask for somethign this tiny and for under $300... overall a great all-around camera that you will actually take with you!

This camera packs a lot of features for its size. Large viewscreen, 640x480 30fps video recording with audio, 3x optical zoom lense, vibration stabilizer... this camera does it all. Plus it looks great! Except that it doesnt take that great of a picture. I have noticed that many of the pictures I take come out fuzzy or blurry. This was never a problem with my old digital camera. My old camera however was about the size of a brick. This one on the other hand, fits very easily in my pocket and I take it everywhere with me. After changing some settings around I have gotten the camera to take better pictures. If you want a camera with lots of features that is conveinient to carry, this is the camera for you. If you are primarily concerned with the quality of your pictures, you might want to consider a different camera.

This is the perfect camera to keep with you all the time. You end up getting so many more pictures, just because you always have a camera. Sure you can get better pictures with an SLR, but no one wants to carry one of those every time you leave the house. With the Casio, you can.

The video is 30 frames per second, at 640 x 480 resolution with sound. That's DVD quality video. You can shoot 40 min on a 1 GB card, without the battery running out.

The only downside is if you use the optical zoom while shooting video, it gets a little blurry.

I was looking for an ultra compact camera as an addition to my G2 that I never carry anywhere because it's too bulky. I was hesitating between a canon (SD450) and this casio. The SD450 has an optical view finder and is supposed to have better picture quality. The casio is supposed to have a much better battery life, mpeg 4 video and image stabilisation. After playing with them, I found that the optical viewfinder is hard to use on these tiny cameras and that the LCD of the casio ex-s600 is good even in full sun light so the optical viewfinder which I thought would be a deal breaker was now a moot point.

The movies that I shoot with the ex-600 are good quality (but not as good as my mini-DV camcorder which isn't a surprise at all). If I go somewhere and don't want to lug a camcorder, I won't hesitate to use the casio and since it's all encoded in mpeg4, I can fit an hour of video per 1GB SD card as opposed to 8 min of video per GB on the other cameras such as the canon SD450. While I'd never record as much movie on a single card, what it means is that I can film as uch as I want and still have room for pictures.

Indoor picture quality is not as good as my G2 (as expected) but based on what I've seen, the Canon SD450 wouldn't have been better. The flash works well, the menus and buttons are intuitive. I'm really happy with my choice.

I bought this camera after a refereal from a friend, and it did just as they said, for a week. Then all of a sudden it didn't want to start and it wouldn't focus properly (everything was blurry). After contacting the company they said that I would have to send the camera in and have it fixed, and I wouldn't get it back for at least 3 weeks!! This isn't what I want when I buy a camera that I wanted to take pictures with now, not in 3 or 4 weeks. Well, I ended up just dong who knows what and it somehow worked and now I have it working fine again, but I am always careful no tto put it in the sun, bang it too hard, or put ANY pressure on the lens.