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Prerecord Continuous Shooting | | Uses a buffer to hang onto what the camera has seen before you pressed the Shutter button. So if you just missed the shot, you can still find it in the buffer where up to 30 images can be held.
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Storage & Battery | | With 85.9MB of built-in memory, you'll still want a much larger SD/SDHC card for real photographic outings. A 1GB card can hold about 151 high quality shots or 4 mins 22 seconds of HD video.
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Shooting | | So apart from being an attractive, competent, compact digicam, what the Casio EX-FC150 brings to the party is high-speed shooting. Dave waxed poetic over high speed shooting in his review of the Casio EX-FH20.
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Movie | | There is one issue with high speed video, however, and that's autofocus. The Casio EX-FC150 does not autofocus during video capture.
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Lag correction | | You have to press the Shutter button before the moment you want to capture. You have to anticipate that moment, not merely recognize it. And then the camera has to get it's electronic gears spinning, which introduces more lag, and soon the moment's changed; then the shutter clicks!
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Sharpness | | At full wide-angle, the Casio EXILIM EX-FC150's lens produced somewhat soft corners, though blurring did not extend far into the frame.
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Geometric Distortion | | There is surprisingly little barrel distortion at wide-angle (<0.1%), and only a tiny amount of perceptible pincushion distortion (~0.1%) at telephoto. Very good performance here (likely the result of in-camera correction).
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Chromatic Aberration | | Chromatic aberration at wide-angle is quite bright, with strong purplish pixels dominating much of the black details of the test target. At telephoto, chromatic aberration is also fairly high, though pixels are a little less bright.
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Macro | | The Casio EXILIM EX-FC150's Macro mode captures a sharp image with strong detail at the center of the dollar bill, with softness and chromatic aberration apparent in the corners.
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ISO: Noise and Detail | | Detail is fair at ISO 100, but as early as ISO 200, the Casio EXILIM EX-FC150's noise suppression efforts interfere with detail definition. At ISO 400, color noise pixels become more visible.
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Flash | | In our manufacturer-specified testing (shown at right), the Casio EXILIM EX-FC150's flash produced slightly dim results at the reported wide-angle maximum distance of 10.5 feet, even though ISO is raised to 400.
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Incandescent | | The Casio EXILIM EX-FC150's Incandescent and Manual white balance settings both produced nearly accurate results under our household tungsten lighting. Auto was decidedly warm.
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Specifications |
File Format | | Still images: JPEG (Exif Ver. 2.2), DCF1.0, DPOF
Movies: AVI format, Motion JPEG, IMA-ADPCM (monaural)
Audio (Voice Recording):
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Recording Media | | 85.9MB built-in flash memory, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card compatible
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Number of Effective Pixels | | Approx. 10.1megapixels (/million)
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Image Sensor | | 1/2.3-inch high-speed CMOS
Total Pixels: 10.62 megapixels (/million)
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Lens Consttuction | | 9 lenses in 7 groups, including aspherical lens
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Lens F-number | | F3.6(W) - F4.5(T)
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Lens Focal Length | | f=6.42 - 32.1mm 35mm Film Equivalent(Approx. 37 - 185mm equivalent to 35mm film)
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Optical Zoom | | 5 x optical zoom
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Digital Zoom | | 4x digital zoom (20 times both with optical and digital zoom)
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HD Zoom | | HD Zoom Maximum 28.5x (@VGA, both with optical and digital zoom)
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Focus Type | | Contrast Detection Auto Focus, with AF assist lamp
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Focus Mode | | Auto Focus, Macro Mode, Pan Focus, Infinity mode, Manual focus
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AF Area | | Spot, Free, Tracking
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Focus Range From Lens Surface | | Auto Focus: Approx. 1.2"- Infinity (W)
Macro: Approx. 1.2" - 1.8'(W)
Infinity Mode: Infinity (W)
Manual Focus: Approx. 1.2" - Infinity (W)
(Using optical zoom causes the aperture to change)
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Exposure Metering | | Multi pattern, Center Weighted, Spot by imaging element
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Exposure Control | | Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Speed Priority AE, Manual Exposure
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Exposure Compensation | | -2EV to +2EV (in 1/3EV steps)
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Shutter Type | | CMOS electronic shutter and mechanical shutter
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Shutter Speed Auto | | 1 - 1/1000 second
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Aperture Priority AE | | 1 - 1/1000 second
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Aperture | | F3.6(W) - F8.5(W) (ND filter is being used.)
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White Balance | | Auto WB, Daylight, Overcast, Shade, Day white Fluorescent, Daylight Fluorescent, Tungsten, manual WB
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Self-Timer | | 10 seconds, 2 seconds, Triple Self-timer
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Flash Mode | | Auto, Flash off, Flash on, Red eye reduction
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Flash Modes | | Auto, Flash off, Flash on, Red eye reduction
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Wide Range | | Approx. .3' - 10.5'(W)
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Tele Range | | Approx. 1.9' - 8.2'(T)
(Range is affected by optical zoom.)
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Flash Charge Time | | Approximately 8 seconds
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Flash Lighting Adjustments | | +2,+1,0,-1,-2
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Monitor | | 2.7-inch TFT color LCD (Super Clear LCD)
230,400 dots (960 x 240)
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Viewfinder | | LCD monitor
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Input / Output Terminals | | USB/AV port (Hi-Speed USB compatible)
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Microphone | | Monaural
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Speaker | | Monaural
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Power Source | | Rechargeable lithium ion battery (NP-40) x1
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Power Consumption | | 3.7V DC, Approximately 4.0W
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