CasioExilim EX-Z120 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Anti Shake Optical Zoom

My first digital camera was the olympus IR-300 which I bought in Office Depot for $150 (after rebate) and returned it the next day. Having been an SLR fan, I was shocked to find the quality and shocked to discover a new 'feature' in Digital cameras - 'Shutter Lag'.This is very apparent when you use your digital camera in night times, shoot a picture and shake your camera a bit (either deliberately or normal hand jitter as it usually happens) - and your picture looks like a non-descript brush work.This experience almost made me think that good digital cameras are atleast another 2-3 years away - until I discovered Panasonic and Casio. Panasonic incorporates a mechanical gyroscope to offset the hand jitter and Casio incorporates a DSP based jitter compensation.Deciding between Panasonic and Casio was a tough one. Some Panasonic cameras come with leica lens, which made them very attractive, but at the same time, they seemed to be bulky.I weighed my chances and went with the Casio and not at all disappointed.Another test which you can do for your camera is to shoot the sky along with a building in the foreground, the colors of the building often get diffused into the sky making the sky white and not blue as it usually is. Casio scored very well on this - the sky was really blue !+ve:(1) Compact (not ultra compact)(2) Runs on AA batteries(3) Ultra bright large LCD Screen(4) Optical view finder (Panasonic lacks this)(5) Good combination of mechanical and digital controls (I've seen cameras that have 100% menu driven controls which require you to go through cascading menus to do even the simplest tasks)(6) And the best part: Excellent picture quality, compared it with the quality of pictures in Sony Cybershot and Casio is far more superior. The colour contrast is excellent.(7) Good sky color contrast (see my test above)(8) Excellent focussing, I will soon upload some photos of my cat the focussing is very fast and very clear(9) Image preview sorted by Date, looks like a calender - very useful-ve:(1) Not very happy with the battery life, but who cares, they are AA, I might buy some rechargaeble ones soon.(2) Wish if the optical view finder was a little biggerOverall, I am very happy with this camera, been with me for 1 week, will update my review if I find anything good or bad in this.BTW, Target carries some excellent camera bags for as little as $7, no need to spend a fortune on them.

Don't remember purchasing this

After the Casio Exilim EX-Z120 came highly recommended by a friend and several of the reviewers on Amazon, I decided to sell my Sony WD7 and purchase this model. When I tried the camera out, I loved the look and feel of the controls as well as the menu system and the price was right, so it looked like I couldn't go wrong. Not quite.When I received my own camera in the mail from 17th street photo (An excellent vendor, btw. Highly recommended.), I noticed that the speed of the camera was very slow, especially as compared to my WD7. You'd snap the picture, the flash would go off and you'd wait at least 5 seconds for the viewscreen to come back up. This was alieviated a bit by autofocusing first or not using the flash at all, but when I brought the camera to a party, I lost the opportunity for several good pictures as a result of this problem. I also lost several good pictures due to the slowness of the flash recharge time. There's also major redeye, which I realize is common, though the flash is so slow, it confused the people I took pictures of, who moved before the second burst went off.Then of course there is the oft-mentioned battery indicator, which is useless. The USB cover feels like it could fall off at any moment and the port itself is so tight that you have to push and pull really, really hard to plug it in and pull it out. Also, the mode wheel on the side is in a bad spot and easy to mistakenly turn when holding the camera. Lastly, the 8.3 MB of internal memory is a joke. They might as well not include any at all and just shave a few bucks off the camera's price.So aside from the software, I would not recommend this camera at all. The only reason I give it 1 star is due to the cheap price of a 7 megapixel camera.

The only complaint i have about this camera is the difficulty of removing the SD Memory Card. When in the ejected position, it gives you about 1/8 of an inch to grab, which is further restricted by the memory card door. I usually need a pair of tweezers to pull it out.Other than that, it is extremely reliable, easy-to-use, and works efficiently

The Casio EX-Z120 digital camera is small, has a solid feeling, and takes great looking pictures right out of the camera. The Anti Shake feature is great, perfect pictures every time. The quick shutter feature is another great feature ensuring perfect focus pictures no matter who takes the pictures. This is an excellent digital camera for anyone who is looking for an alternate to the Canon SD450. I brought this digital camera as a replacement for a Canon S400 as the Canon S400 failed because of a memory card error - Error Code E50 after approximately 2 years. I am very please with the Casio EX-Z120 digital camera. I get 227 images on a PNY 1GB SD memory card. The Casio EX-Z120 is an excellent buy.