Pros: Small size, great Movie Mode, Large LCD, many manual control options
Cons: Picture quality very disappointing. Lacks the crispness I expected and overall color balance seems off.
The Bottom Line: Take your OWN photos with it and satisfy yourself you like the quality before purchase. I'm not satisfied with quality of these 7 mp photos.
tomntempe's Full Review: Casio Exilim EX-Z750 Digital Camera
I've had half a dozen digital cameras going all the way back to the early 640x480's that were the first really usable ones. I researched ultra compacts extensively and finally settled on the 750. This was after buying a Canon SD300 (a 4 mp camera) at work and REALLY liking that one. But I wanted one "at home" to use too. So after all the research I got the 750 and started making comparisons. First comparisons were between the 750 and my really old 2 MP canon. First big surprise was that when I compared some shots from the old 2 MP canon to the new 750 I was stunned that for NORMAL computer type use, i.e., just looking at them on the screen, the OLD camera had better looking pictures!!! The color on the old camera was better and the old camera didn't wash out in the highly saturated areas. In particular, the greens and yellows on the old camera looked a lot more like the actual objects did. Hmmm. Then I compared to the SD300 and again did not see much difference in NORMAL viewing. To be clear here, there WAS a difference when you zoomed way in on the photos from these 3 cameras, the 750 did capture the finer details with greater pixel count - less jaggedness when you zoomed in to where you started to see the individual pixels. And for printing large pictures that will make a difference. But mostly I was looking for sharpness in what I'm calling normal viewing and like I said, I was disappointed I seemed to be gaining nothing and in some cases losing ground.
Chapter two: Of course, there are many types of pictures to be taken so I took some outside shots to compare the SD300 to my 750. The first batch were a big disappointment as some were just plain blurry. After some fiddling around I finally figured out that the auto focus was defective on my brand NEW camera. Bummer. Sent it back. Made the mistake of not recording the serial number so I don't know if they replaced it or "fixed" it. But the returned camera seems to be auto focusing properly. HOWEVER, it still seems like the picturs from it are no better, and sometimes worse, then what I get from the SD300. The ones from the SD300 ALWAYS seem sharp, with the 750 it's hit and miss and too often miss. When taking pictures of trees and bushes the 750 never seems to really catch the details in the leaves and there always seems to be purple fringing in the high contrast areas. And many pictures still strike me as having an "off" coloration to them.
The good news is that the movie mode on it does work really great as long as there is decent light and the files are much smaller then most other of these kinds of camera movies from other cameras due to the use of MPEG 4 compression.
Another note, and it's not a complaint, is that you would be surprised at the difference just a few millimeters in size makes. The SD300 just seems tiny and I can easily slip it into my pocket even with it in the case. While I can slip the 750 and it's case into my pocket too, and it's only a couple mm larger, it seems to have crossed the line from "I can hardly tell it's there" to "I've got a camera in my pocket".
If I had it to do over again I *might* buy the Canon SD400, which is the same size at the SD300 but has 5 mp instead of 4. The 750's 7 MP's don't seem to be gaining me much of anything except larger file sizes.
The reason I say *might* in the above is that the 2.5 inch LCD on the 750 is much easier for me to use then the considerably smaller one on the Canon. I haven't checked lately to see if they have come out with the same sized canon but with a larger LCD. The SD500 might be worth a look too, I don't recall it's details offhand although I know it's a slightly larger camera then the SD300/400.
In any case, I strongly recommend you try out the 750 before you buy it and satisfy yourself you will be satisfied with it's picture quality - In my experiance the pic quality was NOT nearly as good as the reviews made it sound. Maybe I'm just unlucky and got two bad cameras.
Recommended:
No
Amount Paid (US$): 350 This Camera is a Good Choice if You Want Something... Easy Enough for Anyone to Use
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