The latest addition to Casio’s expanding range of digital cameras is the Exilim Pro EX-P505. As a hybrid digicam it combines a 5-megapixel digital still camera with a video camera which is capable of shooting extended video scenes with high image quality. The camera features a 5x optical zoom lens (38-190mm eq.), a large 2inch swivelling TFT screen plus a whole host of automatic and manual functions. Thanks to the incorporation of MPEG4 technology, it also has the ability to capture full size - 640×480 - full motion video with stereo audio at 30 fps in VGA size, at three resolution sizes. Engineered for high image quality, high speed operation and low power consumption in an extremely compact body, this Casio EX-P505 looks certain to become a big success in today’s busy digital market.

Using the camera
When we first laid eyes on a life-size Casio EX-P505 we were struck by how small it actually is. Because of its shape with that large protruding lens barrel, we had expected a camera the size of one of the larger Olympus or Canon cameras. In fact the camera body itself is only the size of a small mobile phone. Add to this a lens barrel the size of an empty toilet roll cut in half, and our Blue Peter fans in the UK will know exactly what we are talking about here.

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