Casio Exilim EX-G1 Reviews

PhotographyBlog reviews the Casio Exilim EX-G1 and writes;
“Casio EX-G1 has a very cool design and control layout and is fun to use – it’s just a real shame that the sense of frustration when you feel when downloading the resultant images to your desktop means that the lion’s share of its pluses are quickly forgotten.”
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

DCI reviews the Casio Exilim EX-G1 and writes;
“Overall, the EX-G1 feels like a case of style over substance: it’s a small stylish camera, but the images it captures aren’t that good. “
Rating: N/A

Steve’sDigicams reviews the Casio Exilim EX-G1 and writes;
“The image quality of the G1 is really good. I struggled with how to label its performance because as crisp and focused as they are, images look flat to me…. Our indoor shots were equally good. I think anyone would be happy with its performance.”
Rating: N/A

PocketLint reviews the Casio Exilim EX-G1 and writes;
“The Casio EX-G1 may look marginally cooler than an Olympus Mju Tough or Panasonic Lumix, but they, along with the uglier Canon D10, take better photos whilst sharing many (if not the exact same) toughened attributes. Fun to use, but there are better examples out there .”
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

DCR reviews the Casio Exilim EX-G1 and writes;
“It’s survivable, shoots promptly, and produces good images if you can hold the ISO sensitivity below 400 and don’t need huge prints. All in all, that’s not a bad combination – if I were in the market for an all-weather compact digital I’d buy a G1.”
Rating: N/A

Casio Exilim EX-G1 User Reviews

Casio EX-G1 Rocks! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
“I’m happy it’s here, and that it comes in a waterproof, shockproof design. Even the packaging (the box it comes in) for the camera is cool; it looks sort of like a rock.” – WFuchs

Impressive Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
“… Overall, I’m very happy with it. It does not have adjustability that DSLR provides, but as a point and shoot goes, it does really good job at taking pictures with minimum involvement from the user. “ – MrV

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Casio Exilim EX-G1 Sample Photos

- Casio Exilim EX-G1 Sample Photos @ PhotographyBlog
- Casio Exilim EX-G1 Sample Photos @ Steve’sDigicams
- Casio Exilim EX-G1 Sample Photos @ DCI

Casio Exilim EX-G1 User Manual (PDF)

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Casio Exilim EX-G1 Features

Shock Resistance
The Exilim EX-G1 offers the world’s thinnest profile of .78 inch (excluding protruding parts) in a shock-resistant digital camera. The camera passed multiple drop tests of seven feet based on Casio’s own standard.

Waterproof/Dustproof
The EX-G1 offers waterproof and dustproof performance corresponding with IEC/JIS Protection Class 6 (IPX6) equivalency, and can be used for 60 continuous minutes at a water depth of three meters. It also withstands water jets based on IEC/JIS Protection Class 8 “IPX8,” and can be directly rinsed under running water.

Freezeproof
Withstanding ever the coldest of temperatures, the EX-G1 endures through temperatures as low as 14 degrees F.

Shock resistant/waterproof construction and design

Exterior
The outer body of the EX-G1 is made from stainless steel to withstand external shocks while a polycarbonate cover absorbs shocks to the body side near the shutter. The camera’s wrist-strap holder is made of die-cast zinc to withstand drops while a rotating lock secures the external memory slot cover. For additional protection, the EX-G1 comes with two types of detachable protectors to absorb shocks.

Internal construction
The waterproof inner body of the camera is made from polycarbonate reinforced with fiberglass while a buckle-lock construction is added to absorb impact, using fewer screws to secure the inner body. Additionally, the camera’s frame comes equipped with speaker and microphone filters to prevent water from penetrating the camera.

Lens
To prevent damage to the camera’s lens, a resin ring as been added around the glass casing to ease shocks to the lens area. With the addition of a reinforced, glass lens cover, the EX-G1 is tooled with a multi coating that is water-repellent and prevents light reflection from ruining pictures. To further protect the camera from impact, high-performance damping material has been added to protect the lens unit from external shocks.

LCD panel
The acrylic plate to protect the LCD from water pressure and shocks is 1.5 times thicker than conventional point-and-shoot cameras. The LCD panel features a resin mount to ease shocks to the LCD panel area.

Interval shooting
The interval shooting function allows users to automatically take still photos or movies at fixed intervals while engaged in action sports such as cycling, snowboarding, and wind surfing. With the EX-G1, users can take powerful photos from inside the action, the kind which are usually almost impossible to capture. The shooting interval can be set at 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 3 minutes, and the capture time for movies may be set at 3, 10, 20, or 30 minutes.

Great for a variety of outdoor photography scenes
The BEST SHOT function enables users to take beautiful photos just by selecting the desired subject scene. The EX-G1 includes additional BEST SHOT settings suitable for various outdoor situations, such as “snow” and “beach” scene settings, which automatically adjust to prevent subject underexposure due to the brightness of snow or sun. There is also an “underwater” setting to control the tendency of underwater photos to come out looking too blue.

12.1 effective megapixels
This thin stylish model features a large 2.5-inch monitor with 230,400 dots of high resolution and a non-extending 3X zoom lens ranging from 38-114mm (35 mm film camera equivalent).

Intelligent AF
When the camera is pointed at a desired shot, the Intelligent AF function automatically detects the photo subject even if it is not a human face and determines the focus and exposure area accordingly.

Advanced Dynamic Photo function
Casio’s original Dynamic Photo function, which creates composite moving images using the camera’s own high-speed image processing technology, now does even more. When a moving subject is cut out of a number of images and combined with a different still shot that forms the background, the size of the subject can be changed to suit the background image. Additionally, the Dynamic Photo video can easily be converted in-camera into a motion JPEG movie file. Moving graphics such as hearts and bouquets of flowers are included so that users can have fun decorating their still images using the Dynamic Photo function. Casio not only allows users to have fun taking and viewing photos, but also provides innovative new ways for them to create original images, right on the camera.

Wide Screen Movies
The camera also features a wide format (16:9) Movie function. Just press the dedicated Movie button to take beautiful movies at 848×480 pixels.

What’s in the Box

* Exilim EX-G1 digital camera
* Rechargeable lithium ion battery
* lithium ion battery charger
* AC power cord
* USB cable
* AV cable, strap
* CD-ROM

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