The Casio Exilim EX-V7 is a seven megapixel digital camera with a longer than standard seven times zoom lens. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 38 to 266mm in 35mm format. Four times digital zoom is also available. The maximum lens aperture is F3.4 (W) to 5.3 (T).

There is a special resolution for taking photos to be made into 6 x 4" prints.

A self timer with a two or ten second delay allows you to appear in a picture.

The camera can be used purely as a voice recorder.

30 seconds of sound can be stored with a still photo.

Colour filters for black and white, sepia, red, green, blue, yellow, pink and purple can be used. You can also adjust levels of sharpness, saturation and contrast.

For close up photography macro mode allows the Exilim EX-V7 to focus from 10cm away from the subject. Manual focusing is available too.

The 2.5" LCD screen is made up of around 230,400 pixels.

The maximum range of the flash unit is limited to 2.2m. This falls even further to 1.4m when the zoom lens is in use. Flash modes are Auto, Flash On, Flash Off, Soft Flash, Red Eye Reduction. The intensity of the flash can be adjusted through the menu.

As ever with Casio digital cameras there is a very wide range of preset scene modes. Selecting a scene identifies to the camera the type of photo you are about to take. It will then use what it considers to be the best settings for the shot. The scene modes are: portrait, scenery, portrait with scenery, children, sports, candlelight portrait, party, pet, flower, natural green, autumn leaves, soft flowing water, splashing water, sundown, night scene, night scene portrait, fireworks, food, text, collection, auction, backlight, high sensitivity, monochrome, retro, twilight, layout, auto framing, id photo, old photo, business cards/documents and white board.

Widescreen movies with a resolution of 848 x 480 pixels can be captured. Sound can be recorded and zoom can be applied while shooting a movie. There are also a range of special movie scene modes.

Fully manual, aperture priority and shutter priority modes are all available. Shutter speeds work in the range 60 to 1/800 seconds in shutter priority and manual mode, 1 to 1/800 seconds in aperture priority mode and 1/8 to 1/2000 seconds in automatic mode. The aperture has three steps F3.4, 4.6 and 9.2.

Other advanced features include metering (Multi-pattern, centre weighted, spot), exposure compensation (-2EV to +2EV (in 1/3EV steps)), white balance (auto, sunny, cloudy, shade, fluorescent night, fluorescent day, tungsten and manual) and ISO sensitivity (Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800). A higher ISO sensitivity of 3200 is available in High Sensitivity mode.

Cables and software are included in the box to connect the Exilim EX-V7 to a television set, computer and compatible printer. Casio Exilim EX-V7

Description:	Seven megapixels and a seven times zoom lens
Ease of Use:	8
Features:	8
Colour:	7
Macro:	7
Indoors:	8
Value for Money:	8
Style:	8
Movie Mode:	9
Image Quality:	8
Build Quality:	8
Total:	79
Verdict:	I found the Casio Exilim EX-V7 to be above average in terms of picture quality. Add in the manual exposure controls and the longer zoom lens in such a small cameras and I think many people are likely to be interested in checking this camera out carefully.
Review Date:	June 2007
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Casio Exilim EX-V7