Exilim EX-ZR200 High Speed 16 MP, 12x Optical Zoom Compact Digital Camera (White)

This is the best electronic device I have purchased for a long time. I have had the cannon powershot and Pansonic Lumix camera's which are meant to be decent point and shoot devices but they are sooooo.... slow taking the shot that have we missed most of the spontaneous fun times when our children have been playing. There is nothing more mood killing for a child than have the parent say 3, 2, 1 ........ before the camera is ready to take one shot. Even then after the shot was taken it seemed that the quality was no better than our phone camera's???? So after reading many reviews it became clear that what I need it very fast shutter speed and great quality optics. The Casio Ex-Zr200we beats all the competitors by a mile for these two requirements especially when you look at the price (cost me $170 new from a Japanese seller on Amazon), I have more great shots of my kids laughing and having fun from one 2 minute session on the deck than I have over the last 3 years. I just asked them to have fun and took picture after picture (there is no delay between photos and it has a burst mode that is just insanely fast) we ended up with 20 photos, fantastic quality, with our kids smiling and laughing. The panorama mode workes very well, which I really wanted for when we travel. The zoom is much more powerful than my other cameras but the quality of the image does degrade if you use the max zoom. The camera feels very solid, and looks great. I would recommend you purchase the SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SDHC Class 10 sd card, it is very fast and does not slow down the camera at all, much faster than most of the class 10 cards and about the same price ( I purchased a refurbished card from a Hong Kong company on ebay for $ 22 and it is working great) I purchased the camera from SUNONE, in Japan. I was worried that I was going to get ripped of but they did deliver exactly what they promised a new camera in the box with all the accessories for about $ 100 less than buying locally. They did take a long time to deliver, nearly a month, and never responded to my questions but in the end I would buy from them again because the price was so good and they did give exactly what they promised. The camera was set up in Japanese but it is easy to change the language using the comands in the menue. The manual is in Japanese but you can download a english version from the web. There are a lot of other features that I am going to have fun playing with but the photos I have now of my kids have made this the best purchase I have made for a long time.

I ordered and then received this camera from Japan on May 11, 2012. It only took a few days to receive. I've been so busy I haven't had time to read the manual which I downloaded from Casio.com, since my manual came in Japanese. I first read about this camera in Jan 2012 and couldn't wait for it's debut in April but was dissapointed with the Amazon asking price of $699.99. When I read about it Casio said the asking price would be $379.99. I was kind of scared to order from Asuka of Japan, but since I have 3 other casio cameras I was familiar with the menu and it wasn't hard to change from Japanese to English. Plus Miki sent me instructions how to change it. I paid $429.99 and now I see the price has dropped to $329 or $379 which is a very good buy. Don't be afraid to order from Asuka,Inc. Miki sent me a very nice personal letter and beautiful chopsticks. The only issue i have is the longevity of the battery. My last casio camera the Casio EX-H10's battery was bigger and lasted so long. This one only last a couple of days if I go on a trip and take pics all day. But that's okay I just ordered a backup battery that I will take with me on trips. Another issue is that the movies are in mov. file. My computer was able to play movies from my 3 other casios which had the avi. file. But, that's no problem I will just download apples Quicktime and I'll be able to see the movies. I haven't done that as yet, I don't know if it will change all my movie files from avi. to mov. And I'm kind of afraid of that since I like using my Windows Media Player. Anyway, when I watch my movies on my camera I can tell that they are crystal clear. I was happy with the very first pic I took which I will add to the pictures as well as the two food pics I have already uploaded. As soon as I have time to read the manuel I know I will like the pictures even more. Right now, I'm just using the regular snapshot mode and the macro mode for my food pics and movies occasionally. I like to use natural light so I have rarely used the flash on this camera. I've been shooting most of my pics with the flash turned off and an 800 ISO. If it's really bright outside I change the ISO to 400. I've always wanted a SLR camera, but I like to carry my camera in my purse or pocket to take spur of the moment pictures without carrying a bulky camera around. I am very pleased with this camera.

Bought this camera for the ability to shoot high speed video. This is my second camera first lasted about a year before high speed video stop working, so I would recommend to get an extended warranty

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This does everything I wanted. The 1000 fps video works ok, you can clearly see the action. The zoom is great. When taking regular photos, the rolling shutter is pretty slow, for example I tried to take a picture of lightning using burst mode and the bolt only ever appears in a few horizontal lines. Using the self timer to take a self portrait is almost impossible unless you use manual focus. The auto focus doesn't work until you touch the shutter button, so it ends up focusing on the background and holding that focus after you step into the shot. Overall, I love it.

Bel appareil, pratique, facile à utiliser. Pas d'erreur d'exposition ou ni de mise au point, possibilité de faire des vidéo de bonne qualité et de filmer au ralenti: à essayer pour filmer du sport ou de la danse l'effet est bluffant. Assez bonne autonomie, beaucoup de qualités.

Una cámara perfecta para grabar deporte, ya que permite grabar tanto en alta definición como en cámara lenta, para poder verlo en el momento

It would be impossible to review this camera fully in the space available on Amazon. In any case, there are plenty of reviews elsewhere so I'll just concentrate on some different aspects of its performance. I was looking for a camera which would give me reasonable video slow-motion which did not cost a five figure sum. This little Casio seems to be the best on the market for this. Having said that, the two fastest modes, "1000fps" and "480fps", produce such rough results that they are virtually unusable. Another point to watch is that these figures are inaccurate. They only apply when shooting in American NTSC mode. Once you switch to PAL the speed drops by a factor of 25/30, these being the frame rates of "normal" video in our respective countries. Despite this, the "240fps" and "120fps" settings give good results. Be warned that files are saved in the .mov mode so not all video editors will accept them. So how is it as a still camera? Very acceptable, but what appeals to me most is the large number of extra facilities available. I am a great fan of horizon to horizon panoramic shots. With my previous camera this meant taking a series of overlapping shots and then spending time on the computer stitching them together. This camera does all that for you. In another mode it will give you the 35mm equivalent of a 14mm lens. There are plenty of other facilities to explore although I suspect with many of them once I have tried them out I shall not use them again. One rather sour note. There is a cable available, the EMC-8A, which will allow you to watch your pictures and movies on your TV. Unfortunately Casio UK seem to be unable to supply this. They sent the wrong cable, a mono one for this stereo sound camera, and now seem to have abandoned me. Perhaps it is being sent from Japan by "Snail Mail". I live in hope.

Eine neue Kamera musste her, da meine alte schon 6 Jahre auf dem Buckel hatte. So habe ich mich nach intensiven Überlegungen für die Exilim EX-ZR200 entschieden und muss sagen, ich habe es nicht bereut! Nach ca. 300 Fotos kann ich sagen, das die Bildqualität ausgesprochen gut ist. Der Zoom (nicht abschrecken lassen, das "nur" 12,5-fach draufsteht, es ist mehr drin!) ist klasse. Durch den "Super-Zoom" kann der optische Zoom nicht ganz, aber annähernd verdoppelt werden. Aber wirklich überragend ist die Schnelligkeit der Exilim. Wie schnell sie nach dem Abdrücken wieder bereit für das nächste Foto ist, ist echt klasse. Und wie gewohnt bei Casio-Kameras ist auch die Akkuleistung nicht zu überbieten. Einiger kleiner negativ-Punkt ist der Bildstabilisator im maximalen Zoombereich. Aber wer in diesen Zoombereichen arbeitet, sollte sich meiner Meinung nach sowieso keine Kompaktkamera zulegen.

Considerando il costo contenuto di questa fotocamera a 16 megapixel, la ritengo veramente ottima. Gira video spettacolari grazie anche alla funzione slow motion. Apparecchio completo per occasioni diverse ed eventi sportivi, grazie agli scatti multipli e HS film. Modesta invece la risoluzione a 1000 fps ma soprattutto troppo piccolo il formato a questa velocità. Acquisto consigliato per chi non vuole spendere troppo per una fotocamera digitale.