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Casio Exilim EX-S770 (blazing red)

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  • Digital camera type: Ultracompact
  • Resolution: 7.2 megapixels
  • Optical zoom: 3 x
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The good: Slim and stylish; quick performance.

The bad: Mediocre photo quality.

The bottom line: An attractive, pocketable shooter, the Casio Exilim EX-S770 nevertheless has its share of quirks.

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  • CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
    Detailed editors' rating
      Design : 7.0
      Features : 7.0
      Performance : 8.0
      Image quality : 6.0
      Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
  • Reviewed on: 10/30/2006
  • Released on: 09/08/2006
Casio is known for its small cameras and the Exilim EX-S770 carries on that tiny tradition. This 7-megapixel shooter has a few irritating bits, but its size, style, and speed make it a good choice for a pocket point and shoot. The S770 succeeds last year's Exilim EX-S600 by offering a higher resolution and an improved interface.

The S770 is a slim and attractive little camera, with a stylish metal body that's available in silver, blue, or bright red. It weighs 5.1 ounces and is only 0.7 inch thick, making it the perfect size to slip into any pocket. The camera manages to feel solid in the hand, but its small body still has drawbacks. The S770's buttons are quite small and flat, making them feel awkward under large thumbs.

Despite the irritating buttons, the S770 offers great control. The wider-than-usual LCD displays handy status information users can thumb through to change camera settings on the fly, without diving into the menus. This control scheme is leaps and bounds better than that of the S770's little brother, the Exilim EX-Z70.

The S770 comes with the same handy features as all of Casio's Exilim cameras. Casio's Best Shot modes offer users more than two dozen scene presets, including the auction-photo-optimizing eBay mode. Digital image stabilization helps reduce shake and blur when using the camera's 38-to-114mm-equivalent lens, though it shouldn't be confused with the more effective optical or mechanical image stabilization offered by some other camera-makers. The camera maxes out at ISO 400 sensitivity, leaving it somewhat underequipped for low-light or high-speed shooting. The S770's 2.8-inch LCD screen is quite bright, but washes out very easily. Since the display leaves no room for an optical viewfinder, users are forced to use the LCD whenever framing a shot, regardless of the lighting.

Despite a few quirks, the S770's performance was excellent. The camera powers up in only 1.2 seconds and can take a shot every 1.3 seconds thereafter. With the onboard flash enabled, shot-to-shot time increases to a still satisfying 2.4 seconds. Shutter lag measures a speedy 0.4 second in bright light and only 1 second in dim light. Burst mode was sluggish, pumping out 24 full-resolution images in 33 seconds for a rate of 0.7 frame per second.

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  • alaTest.com

    Editors' rating: 88

    Summary: alaTest has collected and analyzed 694 reviews of Casio Comp EX-S770 from international magazines and websites. Experts rate this product 73/100 and users 79/100. Comparing these reviews to 555170 other Digital Compact Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 88/100 = Very Good.

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  • digicamera.com

    Summary: We'll never understand why Casio doesn't have more market share. The Exilim S770 continues a tradition of elegant excellence that is found hardly anywhere else. The much larger 2.8-inch screen is a huge improvement over the 2.2 inch screens of the ...

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  • digitalcameraroundup.com

    Summary: The extra width can be used in two ways. First, you can choose between various hi-res aspect ratios: 3072 x 2304, 3072 x 2048 (3:2), and 3072 x 1728 (16:9). Second, you can elect to have a vertical menu along the right side that provides quick access ...

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  • photographypress.co.uk

    Editors' rating: 80

    Summary: Casio's EX S770 slots into the Exilim Card range at the top, ousting the S600 and providing pretty much the slimmest camera experience you're likely to meet

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  • digitalartsonline.co.uk

    Editors' rating: 70

    Summary: This small camera produces photos with impressive image quality. In particular, the EX-S770 excelled at taking shots with low distortion and sharp details

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  • pcworld.com

    Editors' rating: 77

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