Casio EXILIM ZOOM EX-Z850 Digital Camera

Pros: Beautifully made, big screen, fairly easy to use.
Cons: Picture quality may be bettered by bigger lenses on lower resolution cameras.

This is an 8.1 Million Pixel mini digital camera. Sounds great doesn't it? More pixels = better quality? Well yes, all other things being equal this is true. But in the context of a mini camera like this, the reality is not that simple. There are a ...

Pros: Lite, battery life, features, screen, build.
Cons: Docking station.

Ok, first and foremost, if you intend on traveling, get a traveling battery charger. For carrying the dock will become irritable. If you have laptop, then use the memory reader there to transport the pictures to your laptop and store. I tend to take a ...

Pros: Battery Life, FEATURES, beautiful pictures, build quality, BRIGHT screen
Cons: video, annoying on/off buttons, dock

I was looking for a new digital camera as my Canon S110 was way out of date. 2.1 megapixels, heavy, boxy, small screen, I had to get with the times. As I was looking around reviews, I finally set my eye between the Casio EX-Z850 and Canon SD600. I ...

Pros: Compact, Lots of settings, Amazing battery life
Cons: Poor Video Quality

What a compact camera! Have never seen a camera so small yet so rich in features! Got it for $294 (incl leather case) plus $35 for shipping on e-bay. Purchased Mack 5 yr warranty for $35 and a Sandisk Ultra II 2GB card for $80...the whole package incl ...

Pros: Resolution/ease of use/incomparable battery life
Cons: None

I usually read lots of reviews and pay high attention to tech-data and articles before making any purchase. Well, this time I skipped the rule. While heading to the store, I was determined to purchase the T9 Sony camera when I run onto the Casio EX-Z850 ...

Pros: Compact size, good picture quality in good light, variety of features.
Cons: Needs better high ISO performance; let us choose from a range of apertures!

This camera has features only found in more expensive cameras, such as manual shutter/aperture control, aperture priority AE, shutter priority AE, manual white balance controls, adjustable focus and metering modes, manual focus mode, etc. If you're an ...

Pros: Separate button for still pics and movies - NICE!
Cons: none

I bought this camera when it first came out and I loved it right away... but I'd been buying Exilim cameras for a few years now. I love the widescreen, but they could do a better job of using the entire screen for picture review (some of the screen is ...

Pros: Large screen; multiple preset photo options; easy to use
Cons: Buttons and dial may be too small for some people

Casio got it right this time with a great camera that appeals to the novice user and beyond. This camera is priced right to include such features as the Best Shot option that allows the user to select a setting based on the subject that will be ...

Pros: Good display, excellent zoom, good pictures.
Cons: clumsy to hold, dumb docking station, useless software.

There is a lot in the design of cameras that is subjective, especially as they get smaller. In particular, this Casio has a lot of very nice features, and it’s compact enough to fit smoothly into a shirt pocket, but it was a bit cumbersome for me to ...

Pros: Size, picture quality, features, looks, rechargeable battery
Cons: Quality (trash). Even if you baby it like I did, its going to break.

When I bought my first Casio digital camera, I was very impressed, but initial impressions of most things are pretty good. This is why I NEVER offer my review of something right after I buy it, and this is the exact reason why. My first Casio camera ...

Pros: View finder, fits in purse or pocket, simple, video w/ sound, voice recording feature
Cons: Picture doesn't rotate by turning camera, can't fix red eye after picture is taken, fragile

I have owned my Casio EX-Z850 for a few years now.  And I never leave home without it.  It's compact enough to fit in just about any purse or even a coat pocket.  The picture quality is excellent.  It is super simple to ...

Pros: Quick recovery, eye-level viewfinder, large bright LCD, soft flash feature and ease of operation.
Cons: Could improve camera by increasing the wide angle/telephoto range.

This is my second Casio, the first being the Z750 which I wore out in tropical climate. The Z850 offers many features not on the Z750, including: easy to read flash menu with a "softflash" for close-ups, easy set-up. I especially wanted a small camera that had a viewfinder in addition to the LCD viewing screen, and the Casio is one of very few that offers this feature. Although the LCD screen is large and bright, viewing through a screen in sunlight is sometimes difficult if not impossible, which is why the viewfinder is important to me. I find the quality of prints excellent as I shoot my images at highest resolution with no evidence of excessive noise. I love the size, simplicity of use and quick focus feature. If there is a negative, it might be the short telephoto range otherwise, I find the Casio Z850 exactly to my liking and expectations.

Pros: Load of features
Cons: Disappointing still colour contrast

I own an old Exilim 3.2 Meg Pix camera and happy with the picture quality. I then bought Z850 (China made) for upgrades. However Z850 takes a poor still picture quality as comparred its ansestor Exilim 3.2Meg Pix. The contrast ratio is disappoiting.I tried all possible setting (Contrast, presets, EV) they are the same. I even upgraded the firmware to 1.2 or 1.2B. Still no improvement in Still picture! How disappointing.

Now looking into buying another camara....

Pros: Size and features
Cons: Does NOT work after 3 shots

Got the camera 5 days ago for a trip abroad. Store assured me it had a worldwide "tourist warranty". After charging the battery I managed to shoot 3 pictures when the screen went dark and the camera froze with the lens open. Pressing the Power button beeps and flashes a green light but nothing else happens.

The Casio web site shows no service center for where I am staying. Called the US 800 no. and was told to send it back to the US for repair. What a SHAM.

Pros: Big LCD
Cons: No great improvement form previous model

Not a great improvement for their previous model the EX-Z750. The EX-Z850 is loaded with the same features; the only difference I can see is the additional megapixel which is not a big deal. Like the Z700 it has great features that let you take out passport size pictures very uniquely and advance lighting setting.