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| 8.9 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.4 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.95 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.38 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.34 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.88 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 11 reviews |
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43 of 43 found the following review helpful:
 Mighty miniNov 06, 2007
By music fan
Fantastic take everywhere camera. Standout features are (i) excellent image detail (ii) tremendous auto white balance, best appreciated on a calibrated monitor (iii) very easy to use (iv) highly portable and unobtrusive. If the camera is held super steady, the pictures can be sharp too. At the highest quality settings, the files allow for significant crops and enlargements.
The lens is competent enough and does the job. The let down is that it's not wide enough at the wide end and is pointlessly long at the long end. In 35mm terms, it is a 37-111 zoom; a 24-70mm would have been more useful for day to day and travel snaps. The longer focal lengths are unusable handheld because they greatly magnify vibration and the really unimpressive anti-shake system is of little help there. A shorter, wider, optically superior lens would have given the camera more bite. To be fair, though, most comparable compacts have the same lens coverage; even the Canon G9 does not go much wider, but Casio could have been more innovative and daring.
The packaged software transfers images to a computer but does nothing beyond that. For non-destructive jpeg editing, Picasa is necessary and is brilliant.
My unit persistently overexposes so I routinely reset exposure to EV -0.7 or more before each shot. The -0.7 setting is lost at power-off and has to be reset at each power-on which is very frustrating. If there's a way to store this setting, I still haven't found it.
The z1200 gets 5 stars because if I were buying again today, this is the one I'd get. Used with discipline and imagination, the results are frequently breathtaking.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Great but I was waiting for more...Oct 29, 2008
By Deborah Alzuru
Ok, this cam is very very good, it takes great pics but only when you are close to the person... I know, it only has 3X Zoom but I wasn't expecting it to be so poor!!! My cellphone (Nokia N73) take better pictures using zoom than the ones taken with my Camera!!! I couldn't believe it!!! In general the cam is great, it is totally user friendly and easy to set... but if zoom is something that matter to you consider buying something else!!!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 The optical failureOct 09, 2008
By LESTER
"LB III"
I received my Exilim EX-Z1200 camera two days ago and turned it on twice. The second time I turned it on the telephoto casing jammed and would not close. The camera doesn't work now. I did not even get the charger out of the wrapper. I just got off the phone with Casio, they did not help at all. Yes, I am looking to get it replaced so now I will try to see what Amazon can do for me.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
I GOT BURNED. BAD.Jun 30, 2008
By aficionado guy
"aficionado guy"
Although this camera took good pictures and was user friendly, it broke down after only two months. I sent it to Casio repair and they said it had suffered water corrosion and the damage was NOT covered by warranty. I did not get it wet, take it out in the rain, or treat it badly...yet it broke down in almost no time...and I am out $300 bucks. So, I MUST warn anyone considering buying it: WHY TAKE THE CHANCE WITH A CAMERA SO OBVIOUSLY FRAGILE?? DON'T DO IT!!
Needless to say, I'll NEVER buy a Casio camera again.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Awesome CameraJun 15, 2008
By Nhan Nguyen
I bought this camera a week before my trip and I really like it. It is very compact and light weight but very powerful with 12.1MP. So far I like everything about it from a very stylist design to many necessary functions that suitable for travelers...
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