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Casio Exilim EX-Z1080
The fashionable, 10.1 megapixel Exilim Z1080 offers a host of high performance features in a compact body. This 10.1 megapixel digital camera will enable you to capture high-resolution images that reproduce crystal-clear even when printing very large sizes including 8x10. Equipped with a newly developed 2.6-inch wide and bright LCD that is nearly three times brighter than previous models and a Super Life Battery, this camera will allow you to enjoy a wide viewing angle for extended periods of time on a single battery charge. And, with the new combination of face detection technology and an auto-tracking AF system using motion analysis technology, this digital camera can detect human faces in an image while maintaining sharp focus and correct exposure for the human face.
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FEATURES
10.1 Megapixel CCD
In its compact and elegant designer metal housing, the EXILIM Zoom EX-Z1080 contains an unbelievable 10.1 megapixels – a real highlight that opens up completely new possibilities. With 10.1 megapixel resolution, you don't just get pictures of excellent quality, you can also trim photos to the size you wish, enlarge them, and print them out in the format of your choice. This way even the smallest details can be captured for eternity, on large format posters as well as on photos.
YouTube™ Capture Mode
It has never been easier to upload your own movies to YouTube™: With the EX-Z1080, you can film your most memorable moments directly in H.264 format optimized for YouTube™, in optimal movie size and outstanding quality*! And the exclusive software makes uploading your films to YouTube™ child's play.
*max. recording duration 10 minutes/movie
Innovative H.264 Movies
Anything is possible. You just have to want it. With the EX-Z1080, you can turn your brilliant ideas into digital reality – and in extremely high quality too, as the movies* are recorded in innovative H.264 encoding. The H.264 enables you to record up to 1.5x longer high resolution films with sound than in MPEG4** format, with the same memory space and in the same picture quality. Extremely practical: The video clips are optimized automatically for YouTube™ with the new YouTube™ Capture Mode.
*max. recording duration 10 minutes/movie
**compared with EX-S600, resolution: 640 x 480
Bright 6.6 cm (2.6-inch) Wide Screen TFT colour display The EX-Z1080 is equipped with a bright and wide 6.6 cm (2.6-inch) Wide Screen TFT colour display. With approx. 1000 cd/m²* the display also features above-average brightness, allowing the user to clearly view every subject, no matter how bright the sunlight. And to ensure that you have the best view in any situation, you can adjust the luminosity intensity as you wish to suit the individual lighting conditions. There are five default settings available for this purpose: 0 / +1 / +2 / AUTO 1 / AUTO 2
* Max. brightness: measured in the centre of the TFT colour display
Advanced Auto Tracking AF Function
Dogs running, kids jumping around, moving cars – there are countless examples of moving subjects, which can try the patience of even professional photographers. Thanks to the Auto Tracking AF function with motion analysis, you can relax and concentrate on the overall subject. Press the release button half way down, to fix the focus for saving – as soon as you see the picture you want, simply press release!
Face Detection function
Whether you're on holiday, at a party or spending time with your family - people are particularly popular subjects for a photo. It's always a pity when faces turn out blurred on a picture. The Face Detection function now offers the perfect solution, recognizing the individual faces or even entire groups, and automatically applying the best possible setting.
Anti Shake DSP
You photograph the most beautiful settings and discover later that some pictures are blurred. Anti Shake DSP* prevents just that.
*Electronic image- and movie stabilizer
9-Point Multi AF function
If you take photos using the multi-focus, the camera measures the distance from the motif with the 9-Point Multi AF function at nine different points and sets the right focusing range. In addition, all the measured areas are displayed simultaneously which were the object of the focussing procedure. This means that every picture is extremely crisply focused.
Quick Shutter
With moving subjects an autofocus must keep resetting itself - and this wastes time. The Quick Shutter turns the autofocus off when the shutter is immediately pushed down fully. The time between pressing the shutter and shooting starting is now only approx. 0.006 seconds* .
*Flash off
Bright 6.6 cm (2.6-inch) Wide Screen TFT colour display
The EX-Z1080 is equipped with a bright and wide 6.6 cm (2.6-inch) Wide Screen TFT colour display. With approx. 1000 cd/m²* the display also features above-average brightness, allowing the user to clearly view every subject, no matter how bright the sunlight. And to ensure that you have the best view in any situation, you can adjust the luminosity intensity as you wish to suit the individual lighting conditions. There are five default settings available for this purpose: 0 / +1 / +2 / AUTO 1 / AUTO 2
* Max. brightness: measured in the centre of the TFT colour display
EXILIM Engine 2.0
The extremely powerful EXILIM Engine 2.0 combines multiple components in a compact space, works extremely quickly and saves energy. The image processor also has sufficient capacity for the Auto Tracking AF function, hue adjustment to optimise dark areas, targeted noise elimination in critical colour areas and quicker image processing. And the new EXILIM Engine 2.0 also ensures quick reaction times and long battery operating times – which creates great pictures.
3x optical zoom
The EX-Z1080 is only about as thick as your little finger – but has a 3x optical zoom . And so you will be able to see the finest details and will always be in the thick of the action.
RGB histogram
The RGB histogram displays the fractions of red, green and blue. So you have an overview of the colour components in your picture and can correct if required, by adjusting the diaphragm or using colour filters. The RGB-histogram is in addition to the black-and-white histogram, with which you can control the light/dark contrast of a motif.
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SPECIFICATIONS
| Effective pixels: |
10.1 MP |
| Sensor: |
1/ 1.75-inch CCD chip
(10,300,000 pixels total) |
| Recording system: |
Photo: JPEG (Exif 2.2),
DPOF and DCF 1.0 format support
Movie: H.264/AVC, MOV Format
Audio: WAV |
| Recording medium: |
11.4 MB internal memory
Memory card slot for SD/SDHC and MMC/MMCplus memory cards |
| Resolution: |
Photo: 3,648 x 2,736 /
3,648 x 2,432 (3:2) / 3,648 x 2,048 (16:9) / 2,560 x 1,920/ 2,048 x
1,536 / 1,600 x 1,200 / 640 x 480
Movie with sound recording: 640 × 480 (UHQ / HQ / NORMAL), 848 x 480
(UHQ Wide / HQ Wide), 320 × 240 (LP) |
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Photo:
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Image resolution (pixels) |
Quality |
File size
(approx.) |
Approximate
memory capacity (images) |
| Internal memory (11.4 MB) |
SD memory card* 1 GB |
| 3,648 x 2,736 |
Fine |
6.4 MB |
1 |
151 |
| Normal |
3.38 MB |
3 |
286 |
| Economy |
2.27 MB |
5 |
426 |
| 3,648 x 2,432
(3:2) |
Fine |
5.6 MB |
2 |
172 |
| Normal |
2.97 MB |
3 |
325 |
| Economy |
2.0 MB |
5 |
483 |
| 3,648 x 2,048
(16:9) |
Fine |
4.59 MB |
2 |
210 |
| Normal |
2.46 MB |
4 |
393 |
| Economy |
1.67 MB |
6 |
579 |
| 2,560 x 1,920 |
Fine |
2.99 MB |
3 |
323 |
| Normal |
1.62 MB |
7 |
597 |
| Economy |
1.12 MB |
10 |
863 |
| 2,048 x 1,536 |
Fine |
2.0 MB |
5 |
483 |
| Normal |
1.15 MB |
10 |
841 |
| Economy |
720 KB |
16 |
1,343 |
| 1,600 x 1,200 |
Fine |
1.26 MB |
9 |
767 |
| Normal |
790 KB |
14 |
1,224 |
| Economy |
470 KB |
24 |
2,057 |
| 640 x 480 |
Fine |
330 KB |
34 |
2,930 |
| Normal |
190 KB |
60 |
5,090 |
| Economy |
140 KB |
82 |
6,908 |
Movie with sound recording:
| Image
resolution (pixels) |
Recording
duration (max.) |
File size
(approx.) |
Images per
second |
Approximate
memory capacity (movies) |
| Internal memory (11.4 MB) |
Memory card* 1 GB |
640 x 480
(UHQ) |
10 minutes
per movie |
5.8 Mbit/ sec |
25 |
max. 16 sec. |
max. 22 min. 50 sec |
848 x 480
(UHQ Wide) |
7.0 Mbit/ sec |
25 |
max. 13 sec. |
max. 18 min. 55 sec. |
640 x 480
(HQ) |
2.8 Mbit/ sec |
25 |
max. 33 sec. |
max. 47 min. 30 sec. |
848 x 480
(HQ Wide) |
3.4 Mbit/ sec. |
25 |
max. 27 sec. |
max. 39 min. 04 sec. |
640 x 480
(Normal) |
1.4 Mbit/ sec. |
25 |
max. 1 min. 07 sec. |
max. 1 hrs. 34 min. 55
sec. |
320 x 240
(LP) |
545 Kbit/ sec. |
12,5 |
max. 2 min. 52 sec. |
max. 4 hrs. 1 min. 20
sec. |
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| * |
Based on a 1 GB SD memory card from Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co., LTD. Memory capacity varies according to
manufacturer. |
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| Operating times: |
Turn-on time before first
exposure: Approx. 1.0 sec.*
Release delay: Approx. 0.006 sec.**
Image alternation during viewing: Approx. 0.1 sec.
Time between shots: Approx. 1.5 sec.*/***
Serial shot function: Interval of approx. 1.1 sec.***
Hi-speed serial shot function: 7 shots/sec. with 2 MP until memory full
Rapid flash: 3 shots in approx. 1 sec.
* Flash off, internal memory
** After focussing, flash off
*** Image resolution 3648 x 2736, image quality NORMAL
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| Deleting procedure: |
One picture, all pictures |
| Lens: |
F2.8 (W) - 5.1 (T), f =
7.9 (W) - 23.7 mm (T) (corresponds to approx. 38 mm to 114 mm with a 35
mm small image camera), 7 lenses in 5 groups incl. aspherical lens |
| Zoom: |
3x optical zoom, 4x
digital zoom
(12x total, combination of optical and digital) |
| Focus: |
Contrast AF (spot, multi
or tracking), manual focus (MF), pan focus (PF only for movie), macro,
infinite, auto-focus auxiliary light |
| Sharpness range*: |
Standard AF: Approx. 40
cm - ∞
Macro: Approx. 10 cm - 50 cm
Infinite mode: Approx. ∞
Manual: Approx. 10 cm - ∞
*depending on the selected sharpness |
| Exposure control: |
Exposure measurement:
Multiple field, centre value and spot exposure measurement
Exposure control: Programme AE
Exposure correction: -2 to +2 EV (in units of 1/3 EV) |
| Shutter: |
Electronic, mechanical |
| Shutter speeds*: |
Normal: 1/2 - 1/1.000
sec. BEST SHOT night shots: 4 - 1/1.000 sec.
*Shutter speeds vary when using BEST SHOT scenes and different ISO
settings |
| Aperture: |
F2.8 / 8.0, automatic
(the aperture values vary when using the optical zoom, aperture F8.0
when using an ND filter) |
| White balance: |
Automatic, manual (6
modes) |
| Sensitivity* (SOS/REI)**: |
Photos: ISO 80 / 100 /
200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200, automatic or manual switch
* Max. ISO 1600 with the "Anti Shake" BEST SHOT motif programme
Max. ISO 800 with the "Anti Shake" menu setting: "Auto"
Max. ISO 6400 with the "High Sensitivity" BEST SHOT motif programme
Movie: automatic
** SOS: "Standard Output Sensitivity", REI: "Recommended Exposure
Index"
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| Recording functions: |
Single frame, BEST SHOT,
single frame with sound recording, movie with sound recording (Short
Movie, Past Movie, You Tube™ Capture Mode, serial shot function, face
recognition, voice recording, macro, self-timer |
| Audio recording duration: |
Image with sound
recording: approx. 30 sec. max./photo
Speech recording: approx. 35 min. (with internal memory)
Audio dubbing: approx. 30 sec. max. / photo |
| Self-timer: |
10 sec., 2 sec. or 3x
resolution |
| Flash: |
Auto, Manual - On, Manual
- Off, Red Eye Reduction, Soft Flash, Rapid Flash |
| Flash range: |
Approx. 0.1 to 3.3 m (W)
/ approx. 0.5 to 1.8 m (T)
Serial shot function*: approx. 0.4 to 2.0 m (W) / approx. 0.5 to 1.1 m
(T)
* the values vary when using the optical zoom (ISO setting: "Auto") |
| Monitor/Viewer: |
6.6 cm (2.6 inch) wide
screen TFT colour display (114,960 pixels, 479 x 240) |
| Time/date functions: |
Date and time are
assigned to each picture, calendar function to 2049, date/time stamp |
| World time: |
162 cities (32 time
zones), city names, date and time, summer time |
| Inputs/outputs: |
USB/AV connection
(PAL/NTSC) |
| Data transfer: |
USB 2.0 (full-speed) |
| Microphone / Loudspeaker: |
Mono |
| Power supply: |
Rechargeable lithium-ion
battery (NP-40) incl. |
| Battery life duration: |
Normal exposure*/***** -
up to approx. 370 exposures (CIPA)
Continuous playback** - up to approx. 9 hrs 50 min.
Continuous movie recording*** - up to approx. 2 hrs 40 min.
Voice recording**** - up to approx. 12 hrs
* CIPA standard
** Continuous playback requirements: temperature: 23°C, scrolling of
one image around every 10 seconds.
*** Continuous movie recording without zoom
**** The voice recording is based on continuous recording.
***** Automatic setting, standard brightness of the TFT colour display
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| Dimensions: |
91.1 x 57.2 x 24.2 mm (W
x H x D, without projections, 20.7 mm at the narrowest point) |
| Weight: |
Approx. 125 g (without
lithium-ion battery and memory card) |
| Basic equipment: |
Charger (BC-31L), AC
connection cable, USB cable, AV cable, hand strap, rechargeable
lithium-ion battery (NP-40), basic reference, CD ROM |
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