Earlier this year, Casio introduced the 4-megapixel Exilim Zoom EX-Z40, a thin-bodied digital camera with a large 2-inch TFT LCD screen. This successful model has now been followed up by the 5-megapixel Casio EX Z50 and Z55 models. Both of these cameras represent all the good qualities from the previous model, such as improved battery life and high response time, together with a few other nice improvements that we will discuss later.

The new Exilim Zoom models both incorporate Casio’s heralded Exilim engine, the compact image-processing module that enables high picture quality, speedy response time and even lower power consumption than the Z-40. Casio claims that capturing close to 400 pictures on a single charge should be well possible. For this test we will restrict ourselves to the Casio EX Z50, as that was the model we received on loan for our test. The Casio Z55 is basically the same camera but sports a 2.5-inch LCD screen with 115,000 pixels as opposed to a 2-inch screen with 85,000 pixels on our EX Z50.

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