Product Summary
6.6
out of 10View score
The bad: Awkward control system; slow maximum aperture range; merely average image quality.
The bottom line: Casio tries to make a statement with the EX-V7's 7x optical zoom and sensor-shift image stabilization, but awkward controls and ho-hum image quality make this camera merely mediocre.
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Average User Rating
from 3 users
7
out of 10CNET Asia Review
On closer inspection, you'll notice that the lens covers a 7x optical zoom range, covering the equivalent of 38mm to 266mm. Also, Casio includes sensor shift (aka mechanical) image stabilization to help minimize blurry pictures with that long lens.
Design and features
While the body design seems slick at first, it does have certain issues. Foremost for us was the camera's control system. Almost entirely menu driven, we found it annoying compared to the systems used by most other manufacturers, which provide quick access to essential functions, such as ISO, white balance, and macro mode. It's easy to switch between shooting modes using the mode dial, but changing ISO, even in the best case scenario, takes at least nine button pushes.
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For comparison, on the Canon PowerShot A570 IS, the same manoeuvre took three button presses. Also, Casio puts macro mode in the menu under Focus. While this is technically correct, it would've been better to include direct access via a button, as most other manufacturers do. Image stabilization also deserves its own button.
Since image stabilization typically changes the way the camera's exposure system chooses shutter speeds, it's best with any camera to turn it off if you are in a situation that doesn't demand it, so a dedicated button really makes sense for this feature as well.
As usual, Casio includes a vast number of scene modes. We don't know why they refer to them as "best shot" modes instead of scene modes, but this model has 33 of them, including specific modes for shooting text, whiteboards, and business cards, as well as one mode made specifically for eBay.
We were glad to see that the V7 includes aperture- and shutter-priority exposure modes, along with full manual, should you wish to choose your own exposure. The live histogram in capture mode makes manual exposures a bit easier to calculate, and the static version in playback mode makes double-checking your work less confusing.
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User Reviews
a real compact with 7x zoom
Dec 16, 2008Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: long zoom, good video quality
Cons: pictures shot are average
Opinion:
this camera is awesome, i brought it everyday, it has a big capacity card slot, and im happy with it
i can capture pictures that is so far....
all i can say is this camera is one of the best even some are just looking for the picures shots
Best Digicam on Video capabilities
Dec 6, 2008Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: h.264 video format, 7x otical zoom, 36 best scene mode and easy to use
Cons: auto focus is sometimes is out of focus, average picture quality
Opinion:
casio v7 is one of the average camera, but if you look on the other side it really has a good features,one is the
widescreen video capture in 848x480,
the video quality is geat, and you can manually change its option or you can use the best scence..
for picture quality, well its good too but not that as great as the video, but still its has a natural color..
im using this cam for video purposes only and i love the 7x optical zoom.. also the picture quality of this manage to beat up the olympus sw850...
that's cool...
Pictures qualioty bad
Oct 4, 2007Rating: 3 out of 10 (Poor)
Pros: compact strong battery life - start up is sure fast.
Cons: nice 7 X zoom
Opinion:
Picture quality not on par with lots of other makes.
Very inferior picture quality under low lighting with no flash aid. Coloring could be very unnatural.
Not able to capture fine details even at minimun zoom.
noise is a issue here.
AT that price range there are other makes that offers better quality pictures.
Had it for about 2 weeks before selling it off. Bought it new during an overseas trip. Was very disappointed with picture quality.
