Casio goes on megapixel high, skims on size

Damian Koh | Jan 30, 2007

Unlike Samsung which usually employs an "overwhelm or biggest-fastest-tiniest" strategy, Casio is its usual gentle self when announcing new cameras--this time with the 10.1-megapixel Z1050 and the 7.2-megapixel Z75.

Both cameras are fairly mild upgrades to the current Z1000 and Z70 with support for SDHC flash media. By trimming the size of the LCD screen from 2.8 inches down to 2.6 inches, Casio has managed to shave a few "significant" grams off the Z1050. Maximum sensitivity, however, gets a boost to ISO 800. The thinner of the two--the Z75--has even less to talk about save for a slightly larger 2.6-inch LCD compared with the 2.5-inch panel on the Z70. No optical image stabilization like the V7 announced earlier at CES, though.

These two cameras are expected in Asia by the end of this first quarter.

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