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4.5 stars
"Beautiful camera with lots of features"
Pros: really thin design, 3x optical zoom, alot of best shot scenes, separate Best shot button, beautiful colors, same battery as M and S series, fast shutter
Cons: tiny power button (nit picking), a bit heavy, no coupling shot, Macro mode not as good as Z series exilims
Summary: Ive had an Exilim M2 for 2 years and i loved the camera. What i really liked was how small and thin it was (and how many people would gasp at how small it was), but that the photo quality wasn't too shabby. Well i wanted to move on, and i wanted a camera just as small but 10x better than the Exilim M2. So i got the Exilim S500 and it is GREAT. it is just as big as the Exilim M2, and indeed is 10x better. The best shot scenes are great, the zoom is great and it feels great in your hand.
Everyone has probably heard all the pros, so here are some cons: There is no coupling shot. Even though most people don't care, i think it was the most interesting and fun best shot mode there was, and i expected it would be on this considering it's the newest most advances smallest camera Casio has to offer. In the Z55, the focus for Macro is 4cm, while the s500 is 17 cm. Still way better than the M2, but still slightly disappointing. For Best shot, there are 33 Best shot scenes, and if you choose one and want to go back to camera, there is no dedicated button for that, so youll have to press BS, then scroll through however many before going back to Auto. Just nit picking though. The power button is small as well.
Overall, this is a great camera. I didnt talk much about the pros because everyone knows them. This camera is for someone who wants to look stylish, while keeping a pretty good camera that can take a large variety of photos. Its a fast photo taking camera, with great movies.
Better get a big SD card.
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ps. anyone care to correct anything i had wrong?Updated
My earlier annoyance of pressing the BS button, then having to scroll back to auto is fixed. When in the BS chooing screen, All you have to do is press "Menu" and it goes back to Auto. awesome.
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As Amgatjr.. the guy who did a 7/10 on the post up there said.. i also had a problem. the lens has jammed for me too and i need to either get it fixed at wolf camera or send it in to Casio. This apparently seems to be a problem.. it couldn't be coincidence that both of us gave gotten the same problem.
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The last time it broke, it was around May 2006. I sent it into repair on June 27, paid an outrageous 150 dollars (to me it was outrageous) and finally got it back on August 27, 2 months later. I have the camera for less than a month and the camera lens error happens AGAIN! I send it back and they repair it free of charge, and i get it back 2 weeks later.
The problem was that the two buttons on the camera (the play button and camera button), i had set those to turn on when i pressed the buttons. Mixed with a tight-skin case, the camera would try to turn on while in the case, thus causing the problem. So i turned those features off.
THIS TIME, i didnt even do ANYTHING and the camera broke, all by itself! This is the third time it's broke and i'm sick of treating this camera as if it's going to break by the slightest puff of air. I'm calling casio and seeing if i can get a refund, because this is just ridiculous.
TO EXILIM OWNERS: DO NOT activate the "quick button" things, the buttons near the LCD. it'll just cause problems.
-wes-Updated
The last time it broke, it was around May 2006. I sent it into repair on June 27, paid an outrageous 150 dollars (to me it was outrageous) and finally got it back on August 27, 2 months later. I have the camera for less than a month and the camera lens error happens AGAIN! I send it back and they repair it free of charge, and i get it back 2 weeks later.
The problem was that the two buttons on the camera (the play button and camera button), i had set those to turn on when i pressed the buttons. Mixed with a tight-skin case, the camera would try to turn on while in the case, thus causing the problem. So i turned those features off.
THIS TIME, i didnt even do ANYTHING and the camera broke, all by itself! This is the third time it's broke and i'm sick of treating this camera as if it's going to break by the slightest puff of air. I'm calling casio and seeing if i can get a refund, because this is just ridiculous.
TO EXILIM OWNERS: DO NOT activate the "quick button" things, the buttons near the LCD. it'll just cause problems.
-wes-
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