In summary
With its compact metal body and retracting Canon lens, Casio’s Exilim EX-P600 is an excellent travellers’ camera. Six resolution sizes are supported, with three JPEG compression levels plus an uncompressed TIFF format at all resolutions. The menu system is outstanding and the large 2-inch LCD screen is easy to view, even in bright conditions. The mode dial accesses full auto, Best Shot, aperture (A) and shutter (S) priority auto and manual (M) modes, along with movie and voice recording. In the A, S and M modes, pressing the OK button calls up a Manual Assist On-screen Guidance display that shows samples of the extremes of the selected control. Movies are recorded at QVGA resolution and you can add up to 30 seconds of audio to snapshots in the WAVE/ADPCM recording format. . . [more]
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Casio EX-P600
With its compact metal body and retracting Canon lens, Casio’s Exilim EX-P600 is an excellent travellers’ camera. Six resolution sizes are supported, with three JPEG compression levels plus an uncompressed TIFF format at all resolutions. The menu system is outstanding and the large 2-inch LCD screen is easy to view, even in bright conditions. The mode dial accesses full auto, Best Shot, aperture (A) and shutter (S) priority auto and manual (M) modes, along with movie and voice recording. In the A, S and M modes, pressing the OK button calls up a Manual Assist On-screen Guidance display that shows samples of the extremes of the selected control. Movies are recorded at QVGA resolution and you can add up to 30 seconds of audio to snapshots in the WAVE/ADPCM recording format.
The test camera produced still images with accurate (though slightly saturated) colours and a good dynamic range. Low light performance was excellent, with no noise at ISO 100 and 200 and very little with the ISO 400 setting. White balance performance was above average. Capture lag averaged 0.5 seconds although, when focusing was difficult, it could take up to a second to record a shot.
Strengths
- Tough metal body with retracting lens
- Large LCD monitor
- Easy-to-use menus
- Up to 60 second exposures
Weaknesses
- Weak flash
- Flimsy connection port cover [BG05]
Specifications
Image sensor: 7.18 x 5.38mm CCD with 6.37 million photosites (6.0 megapixels effective)
Lens: Canon 7.1-28.4mm f2.8-4.9 zoom lens (equivalent to 33-132mm in 35mm format)
Zoom ratio: 4x optical, 4x digital
Lens multiplier factor: 4.6x
Dimensions (wxhxd): 97.5 x 67.5 x 45.1mm
Weight: 225g (without battery and card)
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