Casio Exilim EX-S600

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You probably won't be interested, neither will you able, to manually configure the EX-S600 simply because the camera is a point-and-shoot. That aside, you'll likely be a bundle of nerves while changing settings within the menus because you will be booted out of the system back into the recording screen for every control you set.

For the uninitiated, Best Shot is also commonly referred to as Scene modes on other cameras. Whatever creative controls the S600 missed out, its 34 Best Shot scenes more than make up for nearly all conceivable general photography conditions. There are accompanying text descriptions for each which becomes important when some of the scenes require the camera to be kept still, preferably on a tripod to minimize camera shake.

There's no dedicated button for the camera's Anti-Shake feature and you will have to dig into the Best Shot configurations or turn it on from the menus. Unlike optical image stabilization systems where the lens moves to compensate for camera shake, the Anti-Shake on the EX-S600 increases sensitivity levels (up to maximum of ISO 1,600) while using a faster shutter speed in order to minimize image blur.

Nothing can hurt more to see baby pictures of yourself fading away into the background, literally. Despite claims from manufacturers that their printers can churn out pictures which last well over 100 years, at some point in time, they are bound to lose the colors. With the Revival shot on the S600, you probably do some damage control before everything goes away. The camera will record an image of the faded photograph and restore the colors automatically. That does sound a lot easier than powering up your scanner, scanning the picture, transfering it to a PC and doing some post-correction.

While a picture speaks a thousand words, a movie conveys literally moving memories--which is good if you wish to capture grandma crying instead of just a drop of tear on her cheek. The S600 is capable of recording VGA (640 x 480) MPEG-4 movies at 30fps--which is becoming a standard feature in the current lineup of consumer digital cameras. On our 1GB Imation Secure Digital card, we could record approximately 32 mins in high quality and twice as long in normal quality. We know people can get quite fickle-minded, so the movie feature on the EX-S600 allows users to record still shots while shooting a movie. What you give up is a slight second break in the movie which is when the still shot is being taken.

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