Digital Camera

Casio digital cameras were introduced in 1995 with the QV-10, the first compact digital camera with an LCD screen. In 2002 the Casio Exilim digital cameras line, featuring megapixel technology, debuted with the EX-S1. About the size of a credit card, and at 11.3mm, it was the thinnest digital camera in the world.

Tiny but Powerful

Casio’s latest card sized digital camera entry is the EX-S500. Just over half an inch thin, it sports 5.0 megapixels, 3X optical zoom and a 2.2″ LCD screen. Additional features include anti-shake digital signal processor and the ability to record over an hour of VGA quality video at 30 fps. With over 200 pictures per battery charge in a rugged stainless steel body, this is truly a go-anywhere, do-anything camera.

Another highly rated versatile model is the Casio Exilim EX-Z750 with 7.2 megapixels, 3X optical zoom and a 2.5″ LCD screen plus optical viewfinder. The Z750’s long life Li-ion battery allows up to 325 shots or nearly 3 hours of continuous video on a single charge. Measuring just 3.5 x 2.3 x .88 inches, the EX-Z750 features aperture and shutter priority AE as well as manual exposure controls.

Casio Prosumer Digital Cameras

In addition to pocket sized digital cameras, Casio offers the sophisticated Exilim Pro models like the EX-P600. Still compact at 3.8 x 2.7 x 1.8 inches, this feature-rich camera includes 6.0 megapixels, a Canon 4X optical zoom, both auto and manual exposure controls and more for the serious photographer.

For compact size and versatility, Casio’s digital cameras are hard to beat. Reviewers and consumers alike consistently rate them among their favorites.

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One of the most important and very easy things to do is make sure that you format your memory card. The reason for this is that when you delete the photos the information isn’t wiped from the card as you might think. Basically, it just tells the camera or computer that it isn’t really there which allows the camera to record another picture over the top. Sometimes when the card is very full this can cause a memory corruption which renders your card inaccessible.

Another possible cause for corruption can be by taking the memory card out of the camera before it has finished saving the files to it. This has been overcome in a lot of newer cameras but you should always make sure that the camera is turned off first.

By formatting your card you do a clean wipe of the card and
start fresh. Generally this means that no photos can be recovered although my Minolta Dimage 7i seems to go against that theory.

To format your card, first make sure that all the pictures you want to keep have been saved to your computer or to CD or DVD. Then check your manual for where the Format Command is hiding in the menu system.

I just looked where I thought mine would be and it was in a totally different spot. Generally though it’s in the replay menu. Go to Format Card and say yes. It will only take a few seconds and will give you a fresh start

By the way if your card does become corrupted, stop using it straight away and take it to a photo lab who will in most cases be able to recover the photos from it. Software is also available to do it yourself but for the price it is cheaper to use your photo labs expertise and they will generally have a number of different programs available to them.

Gary French is a photographer and minilab operator in Melbourne Australia
with a number of years experiance in selling and serviceing digital cameras.
His website http://www.photosatthepark.com.au has a number of useful articles for digital camera users.