Casio Exilim EX-Z60

June 15th, 2006 | by Vince Veneziani

Features and Design

Though not as stunning as its bigger brother, the Exilim EX-S600, the EX-Z60 is indeed a fine looking digital camera. With dimensions of 95.2mm (Width) x 60.6mm (Height) x 19.8mm (Depth), this is a slim camera that wears a polished silver color, resembling most other digital cameras on the market. Nice looking, but nothing we haven't already seen before.

You'll be getting plenty of use out of this camera since it has lots of options to make photos look great. The use of Casio's BestShot technology will make every shot look great regardless of the circumstances. The EX-Z60 camera features a total of 33 BestShot settings guaranteed to wow users. You can also shoot movies with this camera, unfortunately they don't come out as well as the EX-S600's results do. It's more of a gimmick that a useful feature.

On the back of the device, you'll find a huge 2.5” LCD screen. This is a great feature Casio has included because it allows you to view photos without squinting and navigate through menus with ease. The button layout on the back is similar to the EX-S600, but is slightly trimmed down. It looks less robust and a little cheap. A menu button, zoom buttons, playback and movie record buttons, a circular d-pad, and a BestShot button take up the rest of the camera's space. Everything is very easy to use and fits together well.

The bottom of the camera features a hole for a standard tripod, a proprietary USB port, and a compartment to put the battery and memory card into the camera. There is also a little loop for a lanyard included on the side of the EX-Z60, which is great, but a small pouch would be most appropriate for a camera like this. In the future, it would be wonderful if Casio included a case of some sort for their Exilim line of cameras since most of them tend to be thin and fragile. Though overall, this little camera has a nice, clean design that many will be happy with.

Image Courtesy of Casio