If you are into timepiece collection, there’s one limited edition of G-shock that doesn’t cost you arms and legs. In celebrating the 25th anniversary of G-shock line, Casio will release a limited edition of G-shock, MRG-8000G in selected countries: Japan, USA, German and England.
Casio EXILIM Pro EX-F1 made it full appearance at CES 2008 last month with world’s fastest burst shooting digital camera. The record setting EX-F1 is capable to capture a full resolution at 60fps and up to 1200fps at 336×92. The revolutionary six-megapixel machine gunner is a piece of high tech digital camera with breakthrough innovation and engineering; it deserves a spot at Popular Mechanics Editor’s choice award. Congrat!
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My brother-in-law came up to me last week and asked about my opinion on which brand he should look into for a digital compact camera. He likes something slim with best performance and pictures quality. (Don’t we all do? ) Heck, what do I know about p&s camera? I write about them but my DSLR set-up weights more than 10lb and that’s what I use most of the time. Of course, that wasn’t my response to my beloved bro but I promised him I will look into one.
Casio brings wider angle for landscape and structure fans at CES 2008 with the addition of new EXILIM zoom duo Ex-Z200 and Ex-Z100. The announcement doesn’t strike us like their big brother, 12 mp EX-Z1200 announced back in May 2007. It uses a mere 10.1 mp CCD sensor with new feature of zoom series first to use 4x optical zoom 28 – 112mm, 35mm equivalent zoom lenses at F2.6 to F5.8. Movie mode is supported from 320×240 up to 848×480 in additional to a YouTube capture mode.
Casio teased us with a prototype of World’s fastest camera back in September; they have the full specification just in time for CES 2008. The EXILIM Pro EX-F1 6 megapixel uses a high-speed CMOS sensor and it is capable of 60 frames per second capturing speed at its largest resolution up to a whooping 1,200 frames per second at 336 x 96. Optical path uses a 12x optical zoom with 35mm equivalent of 36 to 432mm in aperture of F2.7 to F4.6. The EXILIM Pro also has a sensor-shift image stabilization aka built-in body stabilization to help with users that failed the marksmen test.
Benq DSC-X835 claimed the world’s slimmest 8 mega pixel digital compact camera and now it is Casio turn. Casio EXILIM Card EX-S10 doesn’t has the thickness of 12.5mm like Benq did but they bumps the resolution up to 10 mega pixel, packed in an ultra compact EXILIM series with the size of 3.7 x 2.1 x 0.6 in, that is about 15mm in thickness. So there you go, world’s slimmest 10 megapixel digital camera.
Casio is at it again, adding a new model to their Zoom series of digital cameras. This one has 8.1MP and a few other features.
The 8.1MP gets a little help from the Exilim Enging 2.0 and the Anti-Shake DSP technologies. There is a 2.6 inch viewing screen and a 3x optical zoom.
So Casio released the specs, and apparently some hi res shots, but most of the specs can be learned just from the photos. Apparently its destined for the Exilim line.
What makes it the fastest digital camera? Its amazing ability to capture still images at a lightning quick 60 full resolution shots per second, hopefully that means there is a burst mode as I can’t push a button 60 times in one second. It can also capture video at VGA res at 300 frames per second!
If you’re in the market for a new digital camera, Casio has just introduced two new models that might be worth looking into, especially if you like small cameras and uploading YouTube videos.
Cell phones aren’t the only things that will send your embarrassing videos straight to YouTube. Casio has just announced their new additions to the Exilim series that promise make YouTubing much easier for the average Joe.
If you’re looking for a high performance-portable projector, check this out! Casio has introduced XJ-S30, a super slim projector that can fit in the same case as your laptop. It weighs only 3.97 pounds. You can choose any distance to the projection surface and even in bright light from 5.25 to 10.5 feet. With the YP-100, Casio’s pocket-sized presentation tool, you can transfer data directly to the projector and give your presentation anywhere without your laptop.
Purchase a Casio XJ-S30 Super Slim Projector for a price of $1,499 and get $100 rebate offer between November 15, 2006 and December 15, 2006.
High Luminosity Mobile Projector [via superslimprojector]
Years ago, like with many small children, my parents encouraged me to go to piano lessons. At the time it was a frustrating and occasionally annoying addition to my pre-teen schedule; it’s only now that I look back and think “thank goodness”. Because if I didn’t have those basic keyboard skills then I would have to work even harder to appreciate these battery-powered synths by Casio, who have been making them since the days when they cost $30,000 and came as part of an entire music-making computer system.
Tomás Mulcahy has put together a fantastic piece on the history and development of the Casio range, which is well worth a read if you’re turned on by any of today’s portable marvels like the Korg MicroKorg and Novation K-Station.
Casio CZ Series [via Music Thing]
