Speed is the catchword when it comes to the 21st Century. Everything about it – from gadgets, food, work as well as the people – moves faster than we had ever thought it would. People just don’t have the time to wait for food to cook, why would they then have any time to wait for a simple compact camera to initialize or to change between two pictures. It is just too much time wasted. Thus, the demand for high speed cameras can never go down; if it has to go anywhere, it has to be up. The Casio EX-Z400 is one such camera that will never make the consumer wait. This is a high speed 12.1mp and 4x optical zoom camera.
Design and FunctioningAs has already been stated, the Casio EX-Z400 is an ultra slim point and shoot camera, with a width of hardly three inches and weighing a mere 130gs. Its design and shape is fluid and it comes in colours like Muddy Brown, Champagne Gold and Baby Pink. Taking advantage of the high-speed image processing abilities of Casio’s state-of-the-art EXILIM Engine 4.0, which is built into this model, the new Dynamic Photo function allows the photographer to cut out the main subject of interest in an image that has just been captured and then combine it with another image to form the background. It also features a large 3.0-inch high-resolution and super clear LCD monitor and the CCD shift anti-shake mechanism. The long life battery can take around 550 shots on a full charge. In addition to the Face Recognition function, which recognises human faces and adjusts focus and exposure accordingly, these cameras can make adjustments to smooth skin in images and soften facial shadows caused by sunlight, creating beautiful photographs of people’s faces. The photographer can choose from one of twelve levels of skin beauty using different strengths of image processing, and can shoot after viewing the results in the LCD monitor. This camera is compatible with SDHC Memory Card, SD Memory Card and Eye-Fi Wireless Card.
