Casio QV-3500EXCF 3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Casio QV-3500EXCF 3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
Manufacturer: CASIO
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Casio QV-3500 has a superb image quality and is easy to use. Even as a "point-and-shoot" camera many automatic features are working in the background. Features such as auto flash, auto focus, auto exposure and auto white balance. In BestShot mode, you simply select the icon that best reflects your imaging situation. The camera will select the best combination of aperture and shutter speed for you. Casio built-in icons such as "night", "fireworks" and 26 others to handle touch photographic situations with "point-and-shoot" simplicity. QV-3500 also features built-in the right "ins and outs" such as Video-out (NTSC or PAL), AC-in, serial and USB in/out.BestShot can be described as a one-button shortcut to reset camera functions to match given shooting situation. For the first time, a completely non-technical person can succeed where all-automatic cameras fail. All-automatic cameras average the exposure settings and are unable to predict where and when the photographic scene requires fast or slow shutter speeds, ASA sensitivity adjustments, or focus shifts. BestShot delivers 64 shortcuts for customized shooting situations where automatic cameras fail. Interestingly, the BestShot feature doesn't limit pros affinity for custom setups and manual overrides. A dedicated photographer still has a full access to all high end setup modes and features including manual focus, exposure or a white balance settings. Even an advanced photographer will agree that BestShots are life savers, where a fast moving action doesn't give time to fiddle with camera settings.

Average customer rating:

Pretty dam good for the price!
Excellant Camera
Excellent camera-Excellent Value
The unexpected extra
Great combination of features and value

Casio QV-3500EXCF 3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: CASIO
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Product Description

Casio QV-3500 has a superb image quality and is easy to use. Even as a "point-and-shoot" camera many automatic features are working in the background. Features such as auto flash, auto focus, auto exposure and auto white balance. In BestShot mode, you simply select the icon that best reflects your imaging situation. The camera will select the best combination of aperture and shutter speed for you. Casio built-in icons such as "night", "fireworks" and 26 others to handle touch photographic situations with "point-and-shoot" simplicity. QV-3500 also features built-in the right "ins and outs" such as Video-out (NTSC or PAL), AC-in, serial and USB in/out.BestShot can be described as a one-button shortcut to reset camera functions to match given shooting situation. For the first time, a completely non-technical person can succeed where all-automatic cameras fail. All-automatic cameras average the exposure settings and are unable to predict where and when the photographic scene requires fast or slow shutter speeds, ASA sensitivity adjustments, or focus shifts. BestShot delivers 64 shortcuts for customized shooting situations where automatic cameras fail. Interestingly, the BestShot feature doesn't limit pros affinity for custom setups and manual overrides. A dedicated photographer still has a full access to all high end setup modes and features including manual focus, exposure or a white balance settings. Even an advanced photographer will agree that BestShots are life savers, where a fast moving action doesn't give time to fiddle with camera settings.

Customer Reviews:

Pretty dam good for the price!.......2003-12-10

I've had this camera now for going on 2 years and I must say, it a great camera for the money. It's small and doesn't really take up too much storage. I must recommend that you get a real good case for it. You don't really want this camera exposed too much to elements..or children in my situation. I've had my three year old pull the camera off a kitchen table and drop it (no noticable change in performance.) I use this camera for work and for family events. It's just been great to have all that storage capacity. There have been a few times, however, that I've been less than happy with it's performance. For example, at my nephews graduation, the dark ambient light caused the camera to lose track of the subject. It gets confused in dark settings, even with the Best shot feature set properly. I also don't like how it takes sometimes up to 30 seconds to fully get powered up and ready to shoot. In most cases where it takes that long, you've missed a great shot. But seconds after it's ready, it takes really good pictures. I've never been dissapointed with the image quality. It captures very good details. So, I highly recommend this camera for the everyday user.

Excellant Camera.......2002-06-26

I had taken lots of shots. The pictures are very good.

Excellent camera-Excellent Value.......2001-08-24

I am not a professional photographer, but I wanted top end image quality. This may not be the camera for the serious photography professional, but an excellent camera for the rest of us. The image quality may not be the ultimate best, but it is very, very good and the camera does not cost $5000+. A major reason for purchase was the bundled 340MB IBM Microdrive which is a must for shooting a lot of images at the fine setting. I recently went on a vacation/college visiting trip. I fired off over 200 images at fine setting and came home after two weeks on road with 80-90 images to spare on the drive-excellent, excellent feature for the price. This camera eats batteries, the included AA batteries are a joke, they were gone in 5 minutes. Advise buying two sets of NiMH and/or a set of Lithium Ion batteries and keep one set charged to alternate with-that gives you all the battery capacity you need (until fuel cells are available). Also a must is the AC adapter. Two minor complaints: 1)If you turn the camera on with the lens cap on, it shuts off automatically and the manual warns this can cause damage to the camera. Guess how many times this tends to happen?! 2) The camera should have a watch battery to keep the time and date current, it doesn't. If it goes without power it loses that info which has to re-entered at each shooting session if there are long time lapses between sessions. All in all I am very satisfied with the performance, features and storage capacity of the camera. Great value for your money!

The unexpected extra.......2001-08-20

Casio's new solgan - the unexpected extra. Boy do they have that right! I read a ton of reviews for 3.3 megapixel cameras trying to find what I wanted. I bought the casio because it uses AA batteries, supports microdrives, 3.3 megapixel, and has a Canon lens.

Then I got the thing and can't believe all the other features. The "BestShot" modes are FABULOUS, basicly macros that sets everything on the camera for the picture you are taking. "Candlelight portrait, water stopped in motion, sports, landscape, etc..." The Panaromic mode is the coolest, lets you "see" the edge of each of the previous pictures so you can take truely panaromic pictures. The camera even has a sensor to detect if the camera is turned sideways so your pictures will be orientated correctly when you download them to the computer.

This is a GREAT camera!

Great combination of features and value.......2001-08-16

I wrestled long and hard before I purchased this camera. This is my first every purchase of a digital camera. The film cameras that I have owned in the past have been mainly very simple "point-and-shoot" cameras, either 35mm or low end APS cameras. I wouldn't know an f-stop from a hole in the ground, so I wanted advanced features that I could learn to use as well as have a camera that was useable as a point-and-shoot camera.

One of the biggest features about this camera for me was the support for the IBM Microdrive. I purchase this camera witht a 340 MB Microdrive. At full resolution, it will hold about 245 pictures. A 3 megapixel pictures takes up about 1.4 mb in a jpeg format, so I wanted the extra storage space without buying a bunch of memory cares. The software packaged with the camera makes transferring the picture to my computer very easy.

The camera comes with 64 "Bestshot" macros that have automatic settings for many different types of shots that you want to take. The macros can be used to set pictures for different scenes such as sunsets, low light photos, etc. Given my lack of photographic sophistication, it has a number of settings that allow me to take very nice pictures.

In my opinion, the quality of pictures from this camera is comparable to other high end 3 megapixel cameras such as the Nikon 995. The big difference though is that for about the same price, you can get this camera with a 340 MB microdrive vs. a 16mb memory card for other 3 megapixel cameras. I am very happy with my purchase.

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