Exilim is a brand of digital cameras produced by Casio from 2002 to 2018.
The Exilim Card series was notably thinner than other small digital cameras at the time of its introduction, typically 10–15 millimetres thick compared to other manufacturers' comparable models that were 25–35 millimeters thick. This sparked competition to make slimmer compact digital cameras, with other manufacturers bringing out lines of comparably thin cameras from 2004.
Many Exilim models also followed the golden ratio in their design. This mathematical proportion, often found in nature and art, was subtly incorporated into the cameras' dimensions, giving them a visually pleasing and balanced appearance.
On April 24, 2018, Casio ceased the production of its digital cameras, including the Exilim brand following the loss of some 500 million yen for the fiscal year that ended in March 2017.[2]
Features
The Exilim Card series are ultra-compact models. The cameras were first branded as "Wearable Card Cameras" and are about the size of a credit card and 9 mm-16 mm thick. The early models only had digital zoom, though more recent models have optical zoom as well.
The Exilim Zoom series is the all-purpose line, all including an optical zoom. Several newer models support H.264 video compression which uses much less storage than Motion JPEG format.
The Exilim Professional is the bridge digital camera line, with higher-quality optics and greater zoom.
All models use Secure Digital (SD) or Multi Media Card (MMC). They come with a small amount of internal memory and are not bundled with a memory card. Many Exilim cameras come with a bundled charging and docking cradle. The cradle is used to recharge the camera's battery and to connect the camera to a PC or PictBridge compatible printer.
Images are recorded as JPEGs with Exif data. Raw images from the CCD are not available by default, though on some models a service menu can be accessed allowing images to be recorded as the raw data.[3]
The cameras use a Casio "proprietary" lithium ion battery.
Bundled software
- PhotoLoader — Casio's software to automatically copy pictures to a hard drive.
- Photohands — Casio's image editing software. Photohands allows rotation and resizing of images and print a picture with the date superimposed.
- Camera User's Guide — the manual for the camera.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — to read the Camera User's Guide, which is a PDF.
- AVI Importer
- Ulead Movie Wizard — used for editing movies software (bundled with the EX-Z750, EX-V7 and EX-Z850).
- Dynamic Photo Manager — Used to view and edit dynamic photos
Table of models
Cameras whose model number ends in U (e.g. EX-Z4U) are models only released in North America, without some of the functions of the non-U models.
M models are based on the corresponding S model but also record audio (as WAV) and play back WAV and MP3.
Casio's NP-20 batteries are claimed to hold 700 mAh of charge, while the thicker NP-40 is rated for 1230 mAh and the NP-90 has 1700mAh..
External links
References
- Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1000 at DPreview; 26 April 2006^
- Marcus Wong. End of an Era: Casio Is Reportedly Pulling Out of the Digital Camera Market April 27, 2018, retrieved March 13, 2019^
- Delaney, Maurice. Casio raw format files ; Foto Foto; Accessed September 22, 2010^