Casio Exilim EX-H10 Ratings and Reviews
October 21st, 2009 • Filed Under•41 views
One of the thinnest and lightest long-zoom point-and-shoot cameras currently on the market, the EX-H10 is a 10x zoom camera with a 24-240mm range, and when coupled with an energy-efficient processor and high-capacity battery, this camera can shoot as many as 1,000 images before needing a recharge!
Index of Casio Exilim EX-H10 Expert Reviews
- TrustedReviews— “Casio’s compact cameras keep getting better and better. The EX-H10 is quite expensive, but it offers the kind of features and image quality that you’d expect for the price. Build quality is excellent, the camera is easy to use and has superb low-light performance. Shooting speed is a little slow though, and the auto white balance is a bit poor.”
- GoodGearGuide— “The Casio Exilim EX-H10’s emphasis on fun is clearly geared toward a younger crowd, or to a user base looking for a “beginner’s megazoom”. If it’s entertaining in-camera features you’re looking for, the EX-H10 should be at the top of your list.”
- CNET.uk— “The Casio Exilim EX-H10 is alright. The zoom range is good, the battery life is excellent and it’s slim enough to slide into a pocket. But there are other long-zoom compacts out there that are just as good or better. The EX-H10’s well-made, but the interface, gadgets, and weak movie and photo quality make it feel cheap.”
- PhotographyBlog— “Image quality is satisfactory rather than outstanding, with noise and loss of detail at relatively slow ISO speeds, limited maximum shutter speed of 4 seconds and a disappointing macro mode. This isn’t the camera to buy if you’re looking for the best ever image quality, but it does produce well-exposed and accurate photos that will please the majority of its target audience.”
- Imaging Resource—”Image quality for this 12.1 megapixel camera was very good in general with accurate color and good contrast. Digitally zoomed shots were the one disappointment, which is also not a surprise. Lens quality is rather good, with reasonable corner sharpness for the focal length range. You have to decide, though, if you want the 24mm wide angle or would rather have a longer telephoto on this 10x lens. We wouldn’t call that a disadvantage as much as a choice. Auto White Balance does a decent job with tungsten lighting, and autofocus speed is about average for the long-zoom category. Time between shots is a bit slow, as is flash recycle time. Printed results are impressive up to ISO 400, where they rather abruptly degrade. This, too, is about average performance, with a high grade at the lower ISO settings.”
- Pocket-lint—”Shots from the Casio are reasonably sharp and colourful for what is, at its heart, an entry-level snapper, and offer healthily warm flesh tones – which means that white skin is occasionally rendered closer to Tango orange. Also, images more noticeably have a digital look and feel straight out of the camera than certain competitors – occasionally looking like video “grabs”.”
- About.com—”The best feature on the EX-H10 is its 10X optical zoom lens, which is a large zoom for a point and shoot camera. The EX-H10 moves through its zoom range very quickly, which is nice, although it takes a little while for the autofocus to catch up to the zoom, especially in low light. I especially liked the wide angle setting of 24mm. Having good wide angle options gives the EX-H10 versatility. “
- Personal Computer World—”A useful pocket-sized camera, although image quality is only run-of-the-mill. Good points: Small but with a long lens; long battery life; easy to use. Bad points: Images had a noticeable digital look; confusing quick-start manual; stabiliser doesn’t completely kill camera shake blur.”
- MacWorld—”The EX-H10’s emphasis on fun is clearly geared toward a younger crowd, or to a user base looking for a “beginner’s megazoom.” Pocket-megazoom shoppers who want full manual controls should look for a different camera. If it’s entertaining in-camera features you’re looking for, the EX-H10 should be on your list.”
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Joseph Conrad on 22 October 2009:
I’ve had the Casio Exilim H10 about 2 weeks, during which I was on vacation taking a lot of pics. I chose this camera over the competing pocket super zooms for several reasons. 1) The telephoto range is good – not quite as much as the Canon or Panny, but plenty for hand held photography. I really appreciate the long lens for candid photography – even if the subject is aware that you are photographing them, the extra distance makes the subject less self conscious. 2) The camera allows a good deal of manual control – I expecially like the ability to manually focus for those tough shots (this also eliminates focus lag). 3) This camera has the ability to focus quickly (important to me because shutter lag drives me nuts when I’m taking candids). The standard focus is pretty fast, and there is a quick focus mode that is very fast at the cost of a few mis-focused shots. 4) It is small – fits in my pocket easily, or in a very small belt pouch (Tamrac 3805 Neoprene). It is small enough to take everywhere, so I always had it with me when I saw an opportunity. 5) It takes HD video – a real advance from my last camera.
I was very happy shooting with the H10. This is the first camera I’ve had with optical image stabilization – a great invention for those of us who like long lenses or available light photography. Almost all my shots, day and night, were done with available light. If flash is turned off in the menu, it stays off when the camera is cycled off and on (avoiding those embarrassing unintended flashes in museums etc). My biggest complaint is that the zoom is too fast, making it hard to frame exactly. Although I generally don’t take wide angle shots, I did find the extra-wide angle useful on more occasions than expected. I did not use ‘best shot’ scene modes, nor did I find the makeup and vivid landscape gimmicks useful. I wish there was more direct menu access (or buttons) for features like self timer, picture brightness, flash and focus mode. I wish there were an optical viewfinder, but no direct competitor has one either. I have not yet had a chance to critically evaluate picture quality, but the pics look good on a computer screen. [...] A small camera like this can’t be as good as one with a larger sensor (and consequently larger size), but the pics look fine to me.
Update 1: I keep discovering good things about this camera. It can be configured to remember the last zoom setting before it was turned off — great One can configure the rocker buttons to quickly change an often used setting (I set it to control exposure brightness (EV shift), but it can alternatively be used for metering, white balance, ISO setting or self timer (but only one of these).
I’m very pleased with this camera — it may not be perfect, but it is amazingly good.
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