You usually have to choose between two types of digital cameras: slim-line beauties with large LCD screens or bulky enthusiast cameras capable of heavy lifting. The Casio Exilim EX-Z750 scores a coup by integrating these two schools of camera design -- or rather, squeezing the benefits of the latter into the tight-fitting trousers of the former.
The 7.2-megapixel EX-Z750 is the impressive spiritual successor to the handsome Exilim EX-Z55, a camera with admirable looks but disappointing image quality and a dearth of manual features. It offers the same 64mm (2.5-inch) screen and trendy sub-25mm-thick jeans-pocketable design as its forbear, but it brings a host of new features to the table, as well as solid performance and very good image quality. Though it still lacks some of the advanced manual features found in Casio's larger but similarly priced EX-P700, we're willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If you're a photographer who craves style but also has a creative itch, the EX-Z750 is one of the few cameras we've seen that adequately addresses both.
Design
The ultracompact Casio Exilim EX-Z750's brushed-metal frame looks great without scratching easily, and its bevelled edges won't dig into your hands at the corners. The rear of the 128g camera is dominated by the gorgeous 64mm LCD screen, which at its brightest can be easily seen in daylight, but can also be dimmed to save battery life. A screen this large is useful for distracting from the Z750's woeful optical viewfinder, which is so small and ineffective as to be largely useless.
This model retains the very appealing Exilim menu system, with a few new twists that make operations more efficient. Recording options, such as autofocus area and digital zoom, now live on a different tab to image size and white balance, so you can get to the functions you need more quickly. The drive mode and the EX button, which calls up frequently used settings, are squeezed onto the left edge of the camera's rear, just next to the LCD screen. One gripe we do have with the Z750's design is its dependence on the bundled dock for charging the battery and uploading images to your computer. Though we're hesitant to complain when the end result is a camera this sleek-looking, the dock creates more of a travel burden when you want to take your photos on the road.
Features
The Casio Exilim EX-Z750's feature set may be its greatest trump card. As we've mentioned, it packs shutter- and aperture-priority modes into a camera-body size unused to such manual delights. The camera's lens moves quickly through its 3x zoom range, which corresponds to focal lengths of 38mm to 114mm (35mm equivalent). The wide-angle focal length of 38mm is too narrow for anyone hoping to take lots of indoor shots, but it's not entirely unexpected in a camera this slim.
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Peter8878 19 January 2010
Good: Extremely Robust and Long Lasting
Bad: Out dated Now - Of Course
Comment: I had this little camera when it was first launched in 2006 (I think - too long now to remember) and I used it a lot until recently I bought another one of another make. I am still using the battery that came with the camera now occasionally. The camera is working perfectly and the battery is still offering long power for me to play around. For a camera of this price, what else can you say. Of course it is slightly out of date but this is a camera that I satisfy entirely over the last 4-5 years!
Carson McNab 23 August 2006
Good: Everything: size, screen, quality and colours
Bad: Nothing
Comment: I got this camera in the rarer anthracite colour and I absolutely love it. I looked for a digital camera for a long time and was torn between a bigger camera (Panasonic FZ5 and Canon S2IS) and this. In the end size, style and sex appeal won. And it doesn't disappoint in the performance field either. Pictures are very clear and accurate and produce lovely results at A4. I'm sure it would go higher.
It has a very vivid 2.5-inch screen which shows images with tremendous clarity. Even has a mode that lets you view photos as a slideshow! But, truly, one of the biggest advantages is that there are over 30 presets, ranging from fireworks to macro to soft flowing water. One of the reasons I got the camera was because I liked the flexibility of having manual user settings, but with this many presets I haven't yet needed to do explore, although I may find something, sometime which needs me to think a bit more!
I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending this camera to anyone who wants a terrific point and shoot, high definition 7.2-megapixel digital camera combined with the creative control afforded by user defined manual settings.
Mark Doherty 16 December 2005
Good: Size, screen, feature set
Bad: Small view finder, manual focusing difficult
Comment: I wanted a camera to fit into my pocket to take shots wherever I was... without carting around my digital SLRs - the missus gives me grief when I take them away with us.
My needs for a compact camera was a high pixel count, manual modes to enable me to get the shot that I wanted, a large screen to view the pictures on and a simple camera for my better half to use (not that I'm calling her simple - I would never do that!).
Anyway... I owned one of Casio's 4 mp cameras in the past and was very happy before going down the digital SLR route... so when I went to buy a new compact... I took a look at their current range. I also considered the Canon compacts - as my SLRs are all Canon... and I'm very happy with them.
Casio had all the features that I wanted and having seen the quality of the shots taken with the camera (with the sharpness, saturation etc settings set to the recommended -1 setting), I was sold.
Very pleased with the camera - it produces nice images out of the camera with default settings and also having tweeked the setup - I am very happy with what it can produce.
Buld quality of the camera is excellent - it has a nice feel to it.
The only real downsides that I can see are: -
1) No carry case supplied - you will need one to keep the screen scratch free.
2) No memory card supplied! Come on manufacturers... I'd sooner buy the camera and memory card together... at least give us the option!!!
3) I'd like to be able to charge the camera without the dock... one more thing to carry around.
4) Manual focus is a little tricky due to having to use the left/right buttons on the dial at the back of the camera.
Overall - I like this camera a lot - the all round package is fantastic and it should provide the owner of the camera to take some nice pictures. I would recommend it!
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