Casio EX-Z80 Review

Note: Please excuse the poor quality of these screen captures, the Z80 does not output video in record mode, so these screens had to be photographed off the LCD or taken from the manual.

• Auto - Program AE snapshot mode
• Best Shot "scene" modes:
  Portrait, Scenery, Portrait with Scenery, Pet, Self Portrait 1 person, Self Portrait 2 people, Flower, Food, Fashion Accessories, Magazine, Monochrome, Retro (Sepia), Cross, Pastel, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Party, Sports, Children, Sundown, Fireworks, Underwater, Backlight, High Sensitivity, For Ebay, White Board Etc., Prerecord (movie), For YouTube, Voice Recording, Register User Scene

Focus - AF, Macro, PanFocus (movie only), Infinity, MF
Focus Frame - Choose the focus frame icon
AF Area - Auto focus area: Spot (center only), Multi (9-area), Tracking
Continuous - Normal Speed, High Speed, Flash Cont., Off
Self-timer - Off, 2 or 10 secs, and x3 (takes a series of three shots)
Auto Shutter - Off, Detect Blur, Detect Panning, Detect Smile, Adjust Sensitivity
Face Recognition - Family First, Normal, Off, Priority, Record Family, Edit Family
Anti Shake - Auto, Off (still image mode only)
easy Mode - On, Off (enter fully automatic exposure mode)
L/R Key - Assign function to the Left and Right keys of 4-way controller
Quick Shutter - Super fast snapshot mode, On or Off
Grid - Display grid lines, On or Off
Digital Zoom - Digital zoom feature, On or Off
Review - Review image after capture, On or Off
Icon Help - Onscreen text labels, On or Off
Memory - Memorize settings between power off and on

Size - 8m (3264x2448), 8m 3:2 (3264x2176), 8m 16:9 (3264x1840), 6m (2816x2112), 4m (2304x1728),
2m (1600x1200), VGA (640x480)
Snapshot Quality - Fine, Normal, Economy
Movie Quality - UHQ, UHQ Wide, HQ, HQ Wide, Normal, LP
EV Shift - Exposure compensation ±2.0EV in 0.3EV steps
White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Fluorescent N, Fluorescent D, Tungsten, and Manual
ISO - Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
Metering - Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
Metering - Multi, Center Weighted, Spot
Dynamic Range - +1, +2, Off
Portrait Refiner - Noise Filter +2, Noise Filter +1, Off
Color Filter - Off, BW, Sepia, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Purple
Sharpness +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
Saturation +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
Contrast +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
Flash Intensity +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
Flash Assist - Auto or Off

Casio has added 3 auto shutter modes to several of their new model cameras. These modes allow the camera to automatically take pictures at specific times without you having to press the shutter release. The first mode will determine when the camera and the subject are still so that there will be no blurring or camera shake. The second mode will take a picture as you follow your subject. The camera will wait until the subject is in focus no matter how blurred the background is. The third mode will automatically take a picture when the camera determines that the subject or subjects are smiling, whether you are ready or not, making sure you never miss a smile.