Casio Exilim EX-FH20 9.1 MP Digital Camera with 20x Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD
Casio Exilim EX-FH20 9.1 MP Digital Camera with 20x Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD
Price: Too low to display
- 9.1-megapixel high-speed CMOS sensor; shoot up to 40fps
- 20x optical zoom; High Speed Anti Shake with CMOS Shift Stabilization
- 3.0-inch Super Clear LCD
- High-speed movie capability; up to 1000 fps
- 31.9 MB built-in memory; capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
Casio Exilim EX-FH20 9.1 MP Digital Camera with 20x Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD
Product Description
Compact but Fast Digital Camera that takes stills at 40fps and videos at up 1000fps. It is 7mp, 20x zoom, with 3-inch LCD and 26mm Wide Angle Lens.
Casio Exilim EX-FH20 9.1 MP Digital Camera with 20x Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD
July 23rd, 2010 at 11:28 am
Camera arrived with a dead pixel right out of the box.Eats batteries like I eat cheeseburgers.If you have large hands this is not the camera for you. Very small and hard to hold.
Product score: 3 / 5 stars
July 23rd, 2010 at 11:54 am
I bought this camera specifically for the high-speed capability.
As a general digital camera, it’s ok I suppose. The picture quality for stills is very nice, and it plays back really crisp on my 40″ LCD TV. However, as far as digital cameras go, it’s large and not easy to tuck away in a pocket or bookbag for travel.
I bought this camera specifically for high-speed capture of fast moving objects. And by fast, I’m talking 600 feet per second or more. So I needed something that was at least 1,000 fps. This camera advertised just that, 1,000. What they DON’T tell you however, and I couldn’t find in any ads or materials, even on Casio’s web site, is that the picture quality is HORRIBLE!!! Not only do you not get a full frame record (the actual recording is TINY, I’d guess 0.3mp), but the picture was completely unusable. Out of the 10 times we attempted to capture the object at distances from 6 feet to 50 feet (and varying angles and backgrounds), I was only barely able to make out ONE frame out of about 2,400,000 (seriously) where we could see ANYTHING, and even then it was a matter of 4 people standing around the above mentioned 40″ LCD trying to spot the blurry spec as a difference from the horribly granular background.
So… High speed recording…. HECK NO!
Which makes it nothing more than an average, if slightly overpriced, and fairly sizable 12mp digital camera.
So… I returned it.
Product score: 2 / 5 stars
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:49 pm
I haven’t really tested this camera for all its features. But, it does feel good in hand and does not look cheap. I have my doubts about battery life and I really had hard time finding a suitable case/bag for this camera. I did not like the one offered by Casio.
Product score: 5 / 5 stars
July 23rd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
I just got a brand new Casio EX-FH20 digital camera, loaded the batteries that came with the camera and tried to turn it on, but unfortunately it wouldn’t work. I will have to return it. Didn’t think this purchase would cost me any additional money, but now I will have to ship it back.
You have just learned that nothing is perfect. I got now second Casio Exilim EX-FH20, which works fine, although the outside package as well as the Casio package was also damaged as someone from UPS wanted to take a peek inside of my package. I called UPS but they don’t keep records of opened or damaged packages, unless the item inside is damaged. Fortunately, my Casio was not damaged so I didn’t have to mail it back to the store second time!
*UPDATED REVIEW*
EX-FH20 9.1 MP Does take better video than other Exilim casio cameras,like for example EX-Z1050 10.1 MP. However, EX-FH20 9.1 MP doesn’t take better quality pictures than EX-Z1050 10.1 MP.
Details of pictures taken with EX-FH20 9.1 MP are slightly less detailed than other Casio cameras with high number of Mega Pixels, which are much smaller and compact. This I find strange, as 1 pixel difference (9.1 MP and 10.1MP)between these two cameras is not that much, but the difference in quality of detail in picture is quite big. That is, the compact 10.1MP takes much better detailed pictures than 9.1 MP.
To sum up. I give it 4 stars, -1 for the not so good quality pictures, which lose details that could be seen on pictures taken with EX-Z1050 10.1 MP (much smaller and compact camera). I give it 4 stars for better video quality and of course for the 1000fps, although you need plenty of light to see anything on slow motion videos.
Sunlight is the best or rather required for taking slow motion video, or lots of artificial light.
Product score: 1 / 5 stars
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Very disappointed in picture quality. Color is off and excessive noise. This camera was purchased to replace a similar Olympus camera which took fantastic pictures. The best pictures I’ve taken with this camera with extensive manual tuning don’t compare to an average picture from the Olympus on full auto. The picture quality of this Casio is worse than any point and shoot I’ve owned including a Casio I purchased 5 years ago! Considered that I just got a bad one but found a technical review article which measured the same poor color and excessive noise as I see.
High speed is useful at 210fps but lacks resolution at higher speeds.
Product score: 2 / 5 stars