Casio Exilim EX-S880 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Anti-Shake Optical Zoom (Red)

I wanted a thin camera 4 vacations/travel. This fit & the reviews looked good. However the pictures were very disappointing. We went on a cruise & the majority of outdoor pictures (pretty normal travel pics)are exposed badly; too dark, no clarity. Example: many pictures taken from the balcony of our room looking at a nearby island are not even focused, you can't see any detail of the island (too dark); pictures of the boat from standing outside are too dark. Dozens of other bad pictures. Flash consistently washed out the subject being photo'd. Truly amazingly bad pictures.
Of course there could always be a user issue, however I've got other digital cameras (old Sony 3.2) that has always given outstanding pictures. The point of these cameras is 2 take out user issues & give great pictures. This camera doesn't seem 2 able 2 do it.

I bougth Casio Exilim EX-S880. The product was delivered in good conditions & on time. Just I would like that amazon could deliver in Mexico.

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The size & features are great, but worthless if the camera won't hold a charge. I've made mutliple phone calls & had 2 pay $95 4 a repair that didn't work. The camera was less than a year old, but I didn't have the original receipt so they wouldn't honor the warrenty. I received the camera as a gift last Christmas and, the original purchasor did not keep the receipt. I've been dealing with Casio 4 months now. I do have the original box, manuals & everything else. The camera still looks brand new because I could only use it a couple of times before it quit holding a charge.

Similar 2 another reviewer's experience, the repair center will hold your camera hostage once you send it in. If you don't have the original receipt, your choices are 2 pay 4 the repair (roughly half the original cost of the camera), buy someone else's repaired, used camera with a new warrenty 4 even more money, or send in money 4 shipping 2 get your broken camera back.

Casio has been less than helpful. I would not recommend buying anything from this company, especially this camera.

I've gone back 2 my old Cannon digital camera. It's bigger, but at least it works.

I am very unhappy, I bought the camera 2 take 2 a district athletic event, but the battery wouldn't charge, so needless 2 say, I couldn't take it. I had seen such good reviews of this camera, but am very disappointed.

Ernest G. McKay

I bought two units & bouth came with a defective battery, that forced 2 call the service department 2 replace. i was informed that they were aware of this kind of defect. Why casio sell a unit that know that has a defective battery. Camera is working now after my call 2 replace the batteries.

The EX-S880 comes equipped with an extremely bright & wide 7.1 cm (2.8") widescreen TFT color display. The wide movie shooting function allows you 2 shoot films in 16:9 formats so you can watch your movies on a plasma or LCD television in widescreen & say goodbye 2 annoying black edges or distorted images. With the EX-S880, you can edit your film directly in the camera without the use of complicated software or computer. Upload your optimized H.264 format movies easily 2 YouTube with included software. H.264 enables you 2 record up 2 1.5x longer high-resolution video with sound than in MPEG4 format with the same memory space & in the same picture quality. Use one of 39 flexible pre-setting 2 take photos & movies with the Best Shot button. From Landscape 2 Sunset your EX-S880 readily adjusts 2 the most demands scenes, regardless of whether you are taking photos or movies. Recording Formats - JPEG (Exif 2.2), DCF 1.0, DPOF Stills, H.264/AVC, MOV Movies & Mono WAV Sound White balance - Automatic & 6 manual modes Self-timer - 10 seconds & 2 seconds Shutter Speeds - Normal 1/2 - 1/2.000 seconds, Night shots 4 2 1/2000 seconds Focus - Contrast-AF (Spot, Multi & Tracking-AF), manual focus (MF), Pan Focus (PF), Macro, endless & AF-auxiliary light Recording functions - Still images, still images with max 30 seconds audio, macro, self-timer, continuous shutter (Normal, high speed, Rapid Flash), Best Shot, Face Recognition, movies with audio (normal movie, short movie, past movie, YouTube Capture Mode), voice recording Dimensions - 94.5 x 60.4 x 17.3 mm without projections Weight - Approx. 128 grams without lithium-ion battery & memory card