Casio Exilim EXP505 5MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom

by Casio

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007KQWCS
• Item model number: EX-P505
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,849 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 30, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The new Exilim Pro EX-P505 is a stylish digital camera equipped with a 5.0 megapixel imaging element and a 5x optical zoom. It not only takes superbly detailed digital photos, it is also capable of shooting extended video scenes with high-image quality.

The new Exilim Pro EX-P505 is a high-performance digital camera with an amazing high- quality video capability. The EX-P505 features a 5x optical zoom, an imaging CCD with 5.0 effective megapixels, Casio's Exilim engine, and a large 2-inch TFT color rotating screen that makes angle shots a snap. It offers the same manual operation made famous by the EX-P600, as well as high-quality video shooting capability of 30 frames per second, in VGA size, thanks to the incorporation of MPEG-4 technology.

Authentic manual operation puts the user in control
With a CCD imaging element with 5.0 effective megapixels, along with the advanced Exilim engine, remarkably detailed images can be taken with ease. The 5x optical zoom lens has macro capability down to 1 centimeters, as well as aperture priority or shutter priority automatic setting, along with manual exposure mode for completely manual operation.

High-quality video shooting
The adoption of MPEG-4 technology enables full-scale high quality video shooting in VGA size (640 x 480 pixels) at 30 frames per second. Movie Best Shot allows the user to select from sample scenes for a wide range of shooting styles. Short Movie lets users film short movies during a single shutter, while other shooting and editing functions such as Motion Print can be used to obtain a still image from a movie.

Authentic manual shooting of photo subjects

• CCD with 5.0 effective megapixels and the Exilim engine assure detailed images
• Optical 5x zoom lens with macro shooting down to 1 centimeter
• Super Life Battery gives approximately 220 pictures per battery charge
• High-speed startup enables shooting only 0.8 seconds after the power is turned on
• Release time lag of only 0.01 sec. means images are recorded approximately 0.01 seconds after the shutter is released
• High-speed picture playback of approximately 0.1 second interval
• Automatic power on/off when the LCD panel is opened and closed
• Best Shot function: 22 different types of shooting possible by simply selecting a scene from various samples
• Flash automatically pops up when needed (Auto pop-up flash)
• Aperture priority, shutter speed priority, and manual exposure modes can be selected
• EX Finder shows shooting information by easy-to-understand graphics Various manual settings can be quickly set on a single screen (EX Button) Various shooting effects possible by changing the manual settings are shown in sample images (Manual Assist)

High-quality video shooting

• MPEG-4 format used to enable long-playing video shooting
• VGA size (640 x 480) pixels), 30 frames per second, stereo audio high-quality video possible
• Optical 5x zoom lens with macro shooting down to 1 centimeter
• Movie Best Shot: select a scene from among the samples (Portrait, Scenery, Night Scene, Fireworks, Silent) to achieve the desired shooting effect
• Approximately 2 hours of movie shooting on a single battery charge (continuous recording)
• Past Movie function enables video recording to begin from five seconds before the shutter is pressed
• Short Movie function enables up to eight seconds of movie to be taken during a single shutter
• Motion Print function enables either 9 or 1 frames to be converted to a still photo
• Movie Playback Zoom function enables zoom display during video playback
• Three types of Movie Editing operation (before, during or after) can be used to eliminate unwanted scenes

Other Features

• New compact body reflects the high performance features of this stylish line of cameras
• Large 2-inch TFT color rotating LCD panel enables angle shooting
• High-speed USB 2.0 compatible for high-speed image transfer
• Both still images and video images can be viewed on a television or monitor
• Photo Loader PC software included to enable automatic transfer of images to the user's personal computer
• Windows Media Player 9 video playback software and Ulead Video Studio video editing software included
• Menu display can be set in 10 languages, including Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
• Compatible with PictBridge specifications for direct connection to a printer
• ExifPrint (Exif 2.2) and Print Image Matching III compatibility

Product Description

MD) CL) U) CASIO EX-P505 DIG CAM

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect!, March 24, 2005

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pfennig_san (Tokyo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casio Exilim EXP505 5MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I'm very happy with this purchase. I've had it for a month now and it has worked flawlessly. It takes great stills, on par with other 5mp cameras, but that's not why I got it. I wanted something that could do decent stills & videos - so I wouldn't need my camcorder anymore. The vids are not quite as good as a DV camcorder, but I'll settle for 90% of dv camcorder quality for the joy of leaving the camcorder at home. Another thing - tape sucks! It takes forever to get a movie on tape into my computer for editing/burning. Saving movies on a SD card rocks!

My only gripes are the included software and camera computer interface.
Each time you take a movie clip, it is saved on teh SD card as a seperate mpeg4 file. That's OK, except Casio doesn't include an easy way to link the clips together again. The included Movie Wizard software will let you link together clips, but you must save them as dv or mpeg1/2 files which are much bigger and the conversion process is very slow. I searched the net and found a program called avi joiner to quickly splice together mpeg4 clips.
As for the camera computer interface, I have had trouble moving large video files from the camera to my HDD. The process errors out and I get a message that the connection to the camera is lost. I have to cycle power on the camera and try again. I always get them off eventually, but it is a pain. I haven't tried it with a different computer, so it might not have anything to do with the camera.

But overall I am very happy with the EX-P505

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice dinky little camera that perform above its size, August 31, 2005

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Denise Lee - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Exilim EXP505 5MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

Had this camera for about 2 months for a good trial, still images captured on the 5 MegaPixel sensor is acceptable not great, manual controls like aperture and shutter priority will appeal to the budding amateur looking for more options to practise true photography. The swivel LCD is a real bonus for taking photos above a hoarding crowd, but visibility is less than adequate in bright sunlight.

Some of the neat features include a built-in -2EV ND (Neutral Density) filter, a macro setting that automatically kicks in when focusing upclose, a 5 step incremental adjustment of flash intensity, which generally perform better than a normal compact, giving a decent 'throw' up to 6 meters. And not forgeting a very useful fast start-up time of less than a second, plus a good battery life for >200 shots on a single charge.

The 5X optical zoom lense perform well on photo. A point to note, the zoom isn't smooth but graduated in 5 steps, a real letdown. The lense will also accept 43mm add-on lense mount or filter, e.g. wide angle lense or a polarizer.

The best feature however has to be the 30 fps VGA MPEG-4 capture, with the HQ setting, a 1GB SD card gives you 30 minutes of excellent live action. An added feature lets you record video 5 seconds the shutter is press, nice! With a firmware update, this camera now accepts the newly introduced 2GB SD card.

In general, this camera packs a lot of features for its size, definitely worth a look if you want something that is light and compact yet has the tweaks only available on digital SLRs.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, August 31, 2005

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Melvey "Rick F" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casio Exilim EXP505 5MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

This is an excellent little Camera, a lot smaller than the pictures would indicate. Not only does it take great stills, but also takes excellent videos. As far as the videos go, this is how I burn them to disk for play in a dvd player. The camera video files (avi files) copy easily to the computer via the usb connection. Each time you turn the record button off, an avi file is created. Use Movie Joiner software to combine all files into one avi file. 2nd, use Cucusoft software to convert the avi file into mpg. 3rd, use Cucusoft software to Author the completed mpg file ( a step needed to create the necessary files for DVD). 3rd, use Nero software to burn the resultant files to DVD (must use blank DVD disks).
The only things missing from ths camera that would make it perfect are 1. Anti shake, 2 and EVF to view the subject in brite sunlite. The 5X optical zoom is excellent !