Casio announces Exilim EX-S770 digital compact camera

Casio has officially announced the Exilim EX-S770 digital compact camera, making it one of the rare few digital cameras that will be released stateside before it arrives in Japan. The new EX-S770 will boast a resolution of 7.2 megapixels and measures a phenomenal 17mm thin, going the way of Motorola’s RAZR line of cellphones. Features include a crisp 2.8″ LCD screen with an astounding brightness level of 1100cd/m2, widescreen video recording in MPEG 4 format at 30fps, 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, and Casio’s proprietary anti-shake DSP technology. Look out for the EX-S770 when it hits stores next month at the recommended retail price of $379.99. More specs are available after the jump. • Effective Pixels: 7.2 million
• Imaging Element 1/2.5-inch square pixel color CCD, (total pixels: 7.41 million)
• Image File Format Still images: JPEG (Exif Version 2.2), DCF standard, DPOF compliant
• Movies: MPEG-4, AVI format
• Audio: WAV (monaural)
• Recording Media: Built-in flash memory (image area: 6.0MB), SDHC Memory Card / SD Memory Card / MultiMediaCard compatible
• Zoom: 3X optical zoom, 4X digital zoom ( Image size: 3072 x 2304 pixels , 12X in combination with optical zoom)
• Focusing Contrast Detection: Auto Focus
• Focus Modes: Auto Focus, Macro Mode, Pan Focus, Infinity Mode, Manual Focus
• AF Area: Spot or Multi; with AF assist lamp

Edwin Kee
Categories: Photo-Video