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Casio Exilim EX-Z77

August 20th, 2007 | by Jason Tomczak

Effective pixels: 7.2 million
Sensor: 1/ 2.5" CCD-Chip (7.38 million in total)
Recording system: JPEG (Exif 2.2), DPOF and DCF 1.0
Movie: H.264/AVC, MOV format
Sound recording/voice recording: WAV (Mono)
Recording medium: 11.4 MB internal memory
Memory card slot for SD-/SDHC-/MMC-/MMCplus memory cards
Resolution: Photo: 3072×2304, 3072×2048 (3:2), 3072×1728 (16:9), 2560×1920, 2048×1536, 1600×1200, 640×480
Movie with sound: 640×480 (UHQ/HQ/Normal), 848×480 (UHQ Wide/HQ Wide), 320×240 (LP)
Operating Speed: Power on to first shot: approx. 1.4 second*
Shutter release time lag: approx. 0.004 second**
Image playback: 0.1 second
Shot to shot time: approx. 1.3 seconds*/***
Continuous shutter: approx. 0.7 second intervals***
Hi-speed continuous shutter: 5 frames per second (with 2MP) until memory is full
Rapid Flash: approx. 3 frames per second
*With built-in memory, flash off
**After focussing, flash off
***With image size set at 3.072 x 2.304; image quality NORMAL
Deleting procedure: One picture, all pictures
Lens: F3.1 (W) – 5.9 (T), f = 6.3 (W) – 18.9 mm (T) (corresponds to approx. 38 mm to 114 mm with a 35mm small image camera), 6 lenses in 5 groups incl. aspherical lens
Zoom: 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom (12x total, combination of optical and digital)
Aperture: F3.1 / 4.4, automatic, (depending on the selected sharpness range)
Sharpness range*: Normal: Approx. 40 cm - ∞
Macro: Approx. 10 cm - 50 cm
Manual: Approx. 10 cm - ∞
Infinity: ∞
*depending on the selected sharpness
Focus: Contrast-AF (Spot, Multi, Tracking-AF), manual focus (MF), pan focus (PF), macro, endless
Light control: Light measurement: multi-field, central value, spot lighting measurement
Exposure control: AE programme
Exposure correction: -2 to +2 EV (in units of 1/3 EV)
Shutter: Electronic, mechanical
Shutter times: Normal: 1/2 – 1/2.000 sec.
Night scene (BEST SHOT): 4 to 1/2.000 seconds
(Shutter times differ when using BEST SHOT scenes)
Sensitivity (SOS/REI)*: Photo: ISO 50 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 (automatic / manual)
Movie: Automatic
*SOS: Standard Output Sensitivity, REI: Recommended Exposure Index
**Max. ISO 800 with BEST SHOT Scene: Anti-shake
Max. ISO 1600 with BEST SHOT Scene: High sensitivity
White balance: Automatic, manual (6 mode)
Self-timer: 10 sec., 2 sec. or 3x resolution
Recording functions: Still images, still images with audio (max. around 30 seconds), macro, self-timer, continuous shutter (Normal, High Speed, Rapid Flash), BEST SHOT, Face Dectection, movies with audio (normal movie, short movie, past movie, YouTube™ Capture Mode), voice recording
Microphone / Loudspeaker: Mono
Audio recording duration: Image with sound recording: approx. 30 sec. max. / photo
Speech recording: approx. 35 min. (with internal memory)
Audio dubbing: approx. 30 sec. max. / photo
Flash: Auto, manual-on, manual-off, Red Eye-Reduction, Soft Flash, Rapid Flash
Flash range*: Approx. 0.1 to 3.5 m (W) / approx. 0.6 to 1.9 m (T)
Serial shot function: approx. 0.4 to 1.7 m (W), approx. 0.6 to 0.9 m (T)
(ISO sensitivity: automatic, dependent on zoom factor)
Monitor/view: 6.6 cm (2.6-inch) Wide Screen TFT colour display, 114.960 pixels (479 x 240)
Time / date functions: Date and time are allocated to each picture, Calendar function up to 2049
World time: 162 cities (32 time zones), city names, date and time, summer time
Data transfer: USB 2.0 (full-speed)
Inputs/outputs: USB/AV connection (NTSC/PAL)
Power supply: Rechargeable lithium-ion battery NP-20 (incl.)
Battery life duration: Up to approx. 190 recordings *,
Continuous play: Up to approx. 3 hrs. 10 min. (photo) **
Movie recording: Up to approx. 1 hrs. 15 min. ***
Voice Recording: Up to approx. 3 hrs. 10 min. ****
*CIPA Standard, continuous recording requirements: Temperature: 23°C, monitor screen: switched on, flash light: switched off, alternately with full wide-angle and telephoto zoom.
**Continuous playback requirements: temperature: 23°C, scrolling of one image around every 10 seconds.
***Movie recording without zoom
****The voice recording is based on continuous recording.
Dimensions: 95 x 59 x 19.8 mm ( W x H x D, without projections, 16.2 mm at the thinnest point)
Weight: Approx. 118 g (without battery and memory card)
Basic equipment: Battery charger (BC-11L), AC connection cable, USB-cable, AV cable, hand strap, rechargeable lithium-ion battery (NP-20), Basic reference, CD-ROM