Casio EX-Z80BE 8 MP, 3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera - Blue

Awful, awful camera. I have a nikon d40-x, which I am in love with, but I wanted something smaller and something to take videos with. I also didn't want to pay very much since I wouldn't use it that often.

I keep thinking that I must be doing something wrong with this camera, but I have tried changing all of the settings, and nothing has helped. The ISO is set to automatic by default, and the photos are terrible and grainy. Even when I set the ISO to 200 the photos are less grainy but still not good. None of my photos have ever come out in focus. The videos are insanely grainy as well. The only good thing I can say about this camera is that the sound recording quality is pretty decent for concerts. That's it. Do not buy this camera. Spend $100 and get something you won't hate.

Someone recommended the Casio Exilim to me and I was not disappointed. I'll just outline my favorite features:
1 - Small, lightweight and comes in 'girly' colors
2 - the delay between taking the snapshot and photo capture is almost non-existent
3 - the screen is very large
4 - it comes with a re-chargeable battery!! (no money to be spent on batteries yay)
5 - Easy to use
In summary I absolutely love it!

I was disappointed in this camera. It was smaller than my last Casio which was alright except my new batteries did not fit in this camera. The opening on the bottom was flimsy, it seemed like it would not take long to break.

I purchased this camera first in a green color for one daughter at a local store. It was so easy to use, she caught on quickly and the big view screen on the back is so wonderful. The quality of picture put side by side to two other digital camera's in the household, is so much clearer and crisp colors. I have always enjoy the quality of my other cameras and didn't know that there was anything lacking. Really the first and formost reason for buying my first one of this brand and style was for the color. Since a few months have went by and only impressed with my daughters pictures, I bought this one for one of my other daughters because she loves blue. I went for the same camera because of how impressed I am with the quality and ease of use. I have since purchased another in pink for my 3rd daughter and yet another one step up for myself. I was going to get the same camera for me, but they only had one like this in the 10MP, not many other changes between the two. I have put the pictures from these cameras against my husbands $550.00 camera's pictures and my pictures are better so are my daughters.

This camera produces way too much noise. The screen resolution is extremely lousy, and the images, everytime, without fail come out blurred (even though I set the sharpness to the highest setting.) In addition to this, the color quality is extremely poor. I initially thought that the noise was due to the poor screen resolution, but when I transferred the images to my camera, the noise was even worse! Also, there is no viewfinder and the camera altogether seems very cheap and poorly made. You have been warned! Stay away if you wish to be able to take at least have decent pictures.