Casio EX-Z40 Review

(Note: Please excuse the poor quality of these screen captures but the EX-Z40 does not have a video out feature so we had to photograph them.)

The Snapshot record screen. The top-center icon indicates the record mode (Snapshot, Best Shot, Snapshot+Audio or Audio) Upper left is showing icons for macro focus. There's space for 242 pictures at the current settings of 2304x1728 Fine and we are using a SanDisk 512MB Ultra II SD card. Center left is the real time histogram display and in the center are the AF target marks. Lower left is the status of the battery and on the right is the time and date of capture.

There are 21 different Best Shot scenes:

Portrait, Scenery, Portrait w/Scenery, Coupling Shot, Pre-Shot, Children, Candlelight Portrait, Party, Pet, Flower, Natural Green, Sundown, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Fireworks, Food, Text, Collection, Monochrome, Retro (Sepia), Twilight and Register Favorites (custom build your own Best Shot scene)

REC Mode - Snapshot, Best Shot, Snapshot+Audio or Audio

Self-timer - Off, 2 or 10 secs

Size - 2304x1728, 1600x1200, 1280x960, 640x480

Quality - Fine, Normal, Economy

EV Shift - Exposure compensation +/-2.0EV in 0.3EV steps

White Balance - Auto, sunny, cloudy , incandescent, fluorescent, manual

ISO - Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400

AF Area - Spot, Multi

Grid - Enable onscreen grid guides

Digital Zoom - Digital zoom feature, On or Off

Review - Review after capture, On or Off

L/R Key - Assign a function to 4-way controller when in record mode: REC Mode, EV shift, Flash, White balance

Memory (Retain settings from power off to power on)

REC Mode - On, Off

Flash - On, Off

Focus - On, Off

White Balance - On, Off

ISO - On, Off

AF Area - On, Off

Digital Zoom - On, Off

MF Position - On, Off

Zoom Position - On, Off

Sounds - On, Off (camera sounds)

Startup - On, Off (display selected image at startup for 2 secs)

File No. - File numbering, continuous or reset

World Time - Set the time zone for display

Date Style - MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY, YY/MM/DD

Adjust - Set time or date

Language - Menu language (English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese)

Sleep - Sleep timer 30s, 1m, 2m, Off

AutoPowerOff - Turns camera completely off after 2m or 5m

Format - Format the SD card

Reset - Reset all parameters to default