Casio Exilim EX-V8 8MP Digital Camera with 7x Anti-Shake Optical Zoom
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List Price: $299.99
Features
• 8 mega pixel, 7x optical
• 2.5" Super Bright LCD
• Face Detection Technology
• You Tube Video Capture Mode
• MPEG 4 H.264 Video |
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Casio Exilim EX-V8 8MP Digital Camera with 7x Anti-Shake Optical Zoom Customer Reviews
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Great Camera, Terrible Software
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I received this camera yesterday and it was everything I expected and more! The quality of the pictures are excellent for a mid-range camera and the electronics are first rate. It is obvious that the Casio engineers put a lot of time and thought into the design. The "Best Shot" feature encodes a great deal of knowledge about how to set up the camera for various kinds of shot (e.g., If you want to take a portrait shot of someone and you want the foreground to be in sharp focus but the background to be a little blurred, this camera will adjust itself to give you exactly that).
I gave this product a 5 star rating because of the camera (which after all, is what I bought). Nevertheless I need to report two negative experiences with this purchase - one dealing with the software that came with the camera and one with the purchasing experience through Amazon).
The software gets the lowest possible rating. In sharp contrast to the care and professionalism of the camera's design, the software looks like it was thrown together over a weekend by a couple of amateurs. After hours of working with the software I have been unable to get it to upload movies to my computer. I generally get the message, "Bloken file" (that's not a typo .. it actually says "Bloken"). If the software developers didn't even bother to proofread their error messages, I was left wondering just how much care and testing went into the development of the code. I'm guessing that Casio outsourced the software development. Nevertheless, it's their name on the box so they should have made some effort towards quality assurance.
Finally, I am not entirely happy with the service that Amazon provided. When I bought the camera Amazon suggested that I might also want to buy, "1 Deluxe Accessory Kit with Soft Leather Case + Two (2) Spare NP-50 Li-ion Batteries for Casio Exilim EX-V7 & EX-V8 Digital Cameras." The batteries are indeed, intended for the camera but not the case. The case is physically too small to hold the camera. Nevertheless, the batteries were the main reason I purchased this accessory so I'll probably use the tiny case to hold loose change in the car. Upon reflection, I suspect the case is supposed to hold the batteries but given the above product description, a customer can be forgiven for thinking he was getting a camera case. Amazon needs to have a word with the company that supplied this accessory (Cameta Camera).
Overall (in spite of the software and the accessory problems) I am very happy with this purchase. |
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Casio Exilim EX-V8 8MP Digital Camera with 7x Anti-Shake Optical Zoom digital cameras, camcorders for sale