Casio Exilim EX-Z1080 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Anti-Shake Optical Zoom (Black)

I bought this camera 2 replace another one & I love. My daughter has the same camera so I know it works well & has many great features. I was a little hesitant because it is refurbished, but once I got it, all my concerns went out the window. It looks & works like brand new. I am very happy & pleasantly surprised with this purchase.

We recently purchased a Casio Exilim, after reading the great reviews on-line.

While it is a nice little camera, with many handy features, includng an exceptionally large display screen, it was missing one rather important feature 4 me - a view finder! The vast majority of pictures that we take are outdoors, often in bright light. From mountains 4 distant scenes, 2 close-ups of flowers, etc. In bright light conditions, it is very difficult 2 impossible 2 see what is on the screen, & I need a view finder in which 2 view what image is being captured. Barring that feature, I found myself guessing & hoping I'd be getting what I wanted in my picture, with varying degress of success. However, when I wanted 2 get some up-close pictures of rain-drops on flowers, I could not capture it at all, since I couldn't see the image on the screen!

Sadly, this issue has caused me 2 decide I need 2 return this little guy, & find one with an old-fashioned view finder 2 use when I need it.

For those who can function with just the screen, by all means, give it a shot! For the price, it will be hard 2 beat.

I bought this camera (EX-Z1080) 4 both my daughters 4 Christmas 2007 because they were cute & small. I should have known 2 stick with the Big Guys. One daughter began having battery difficulties immediately & has 2 rotate far too often between the main & the spare, keeping one charging. My other daughter's camera simply stopped working completely four months after purchase. Although under the one-year manufacturer's warranty, Casio has questioned her treatment of the camera & warned her of default if they find the camera was abused, which it was not. My daughter is a 40 year old mother of five - she knows how 2 handle a camera. In addition, they want the camera returned in the original box, which she no longer has, & have told her she can expect a four month wait while they try 2 figure out the problem. Casio should have mailed her a new camera within five days - no questions asked! Her children are rapidly growing & she should not have 2 wait 4 a repaired dime store camera. I sent her a Nikon Coolpix S550 as a replacement. I assume I will soon have 2 replace my other daughter's camera as well with a real camera. To add insult 2 injury, these cameras were $100 more than I paid 4 the Coolpix! My two year old grandson's Fisher-Price camera works better than this. I won't ever make this mistake again. Stick with the Big Boys - they know how 2 build a camera & they stand behind it.

Great images from a compact 10MP camera.
Easy 2 use, battery last long time...

Exilim z1080! great digital camera!!! pretty pocket camera! Loved the material! is a little heavier than other digital cameras, but that's because of the material! metal! & I like that! gives the camera an stylish look! & of course it's way resistant! It has a lot of modes that are very handy!

PROS:
- Beautiful camera
- Pretty slim & small
- Big LCD
- Resolution! 10.1 effective pixels
- Mic & speaker
- Battery life! AMAZING! & it's better if you buy an extra battery! although the charging is pretty quick!
- 1 gb memory is enough! you can take lots of pictures!
- Audio in videos

CONS:
- Videos taken at night are not high quality ... but c'mon! this is a pocket camera! if you take videos during day light the results are going 2 be great!
- Optical zoom ... but again: pocket camera! we are not talking about some SLR camera!
- I have 2 agree with other customers, the manual is useless! pretty manual but that's it!

Maybe you'll read something about the white balance or color balance ... I haven't notice the problem with my pictures, but maybe the videos are a little dark sometimes (fixable)! & apparently theres a firmware update at casio web page! I highly recommend this camera!!!!

The 10.1-Megapixel EX-Z1080 produces beautiful photographs even when making large prints. 6400 ISO enables high sensitivity photography & ideal 4 photographing darker scenes & reducing blur caused by shaky hands & subject movement. The Exilim Engine 2.0 high-performance image-processing module allows high quality movies 2 be recorded at the high compression rate of the next-generation H.264 standard. Modern H.264/AVC video encoding ensures movie file sizes remain small, yet high quality, & YouTube Capture Mode sets all the right parameters 4 easy posting. YouTube allows people 2 easily upload & share video clips on YouTube & across the Internet through websites, blogs & e-mail. Casio has also included an exclusive software application that makes it fast & simple 2 upload movies 2 YouTube. Other headline features include face-detection, Anti Shake DSP & sensitivities up 2 ISO 6400. Anti Shake DSP reduces blur due 2 shaky hands & subject movement, using high shutter speeds & high sensitivity settings. YouTube Capture Mode allows users 2 shoot movies at the optimum size, quality, & other settings 4 uploading 2 YouTube The combination of face detection technology & the auto-tracking AF system, using motion analysis technology, maintains both sharp focus & correct exposure 4 a human face Blur reduction technologies driven by the Exilim Engine 2.0 image-processing module Shutter speed - 1/2 - 1/800 second (Program AE) Scene modes - 41 Best Shot modes Flash - Auto, Forced On, Forced Off, Soft Flash & Red-Eye reduction Dimensions - 3.59 x 2.25 x 0.95 Weight - 4.41 ounces