Casio Exilim EX–FH20 Digicam Packs 1000fps High–Speed Video Mode

Posted by Mike Slocombe on 16 September 2008 at 12:45 pm | Tagged as: Platforms, Photography

Casio Exilim EX–FH20 Digicam Packs 1000fps High–Speed Video Mode Looking to snaffle a slice of HD action is Casio who have just announced their new Exilim EX–FH20 digital camera.

The SLR-like compact snapper certainly packs in the consumer-wooing features, sporting a 9.1MP sensor and an almighty 20x optical zoom, starting off at a modest 26mm wideangle setting and zooming in to a tweety bird-bothering 520mm - great for wannabe paparazzi stalkers - with optical image stabilisation trying to keep things crisp.

Casio Exilim EX–FH20 Digicam Packs 1000fps High–Speed Video Mode Aimed at the point’n’shoot brigade, the controls are kept simple on the top plate, which features just a mode dial, on/off switch and combined shutter release with zoom control.

Things get a bit more interesting in the video department, with the EX–FH20 offering 720p video shooting and a truly bonkers ultra high speed 1000fps video mode for super slo-mo video playback. We can’t think of any reason why we’d use it, but I guess proud parents keen to squeeze every single ounce of excitement from their little Timmy’s winning goal on the school playing fields may find it useful.

It’s a bit of a speedy fella all round, with a breathtakingly fast top still capture speed of 40fps, with images captures in this burst mode being recorded at 7MP. The high-speed film mode can also work in HD film mode, capturing movies at 1280 x 720 pixels/30fps.

Casio Exilim EX–FH20 Digicam Packs 1000fps High–Speed Video Mode The Casio Exilim EX–FH20 is scheduled for an October release with a price of £399.99

First impression
It’s a neat looking camera, but unless you really need that crazy high speed shooting, we’d suggest taking a good look at some of the alternatives like the Finepix S100FS - or if you can live without the video mode, you’ll get much better results with any of the budget dSLRS on the market.