Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1 Digital Camera 1200 Fps | 
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| Brand: Casio
Category: Photography
Buy New: $1,299.00
New (4) Used (1) from $1,099.00
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 39605
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Optical Zoom: 12
Display Size: 2.8
Maximum Resolution: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 8 x 5.2
MPN: EX-F1BKFCA
Model: EX-F1
EAN: 4971850623403
ASIN: B00155WX90
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | SPECIFICATIONS: * 6 Megapixel Resolution * 12X Optical Zoom * 4x digital zoom * 60 Frames Per Second-Burst Mode * Pre-Record Still Images * Slow Motion View * Rapid Flash * High Speed Movie Recording Up To 1,200 Frames Per Second * Full High-Definition Movies * Support SD and SDHC * Focal Length: f=7.3 to 87.6mm * CMOS electronic shutter and mechanical shutter * 2.8-inch wide TFT color LCD Screen * HDMI output (Mini) | | • | PACKAGE CONTENTS: * 1 Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1 Digital Camera * 1 Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery (NP-100) * 1 Battery Charger with AC Power Cord * 1 USB Cable * 1 AV Cable * 1 Strap * 1 Lens Cap * 1 Lens Hood * 1 Remote Shutter Release * 1 CD-ROM |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Amazing technological advance October 3, 2008
Joel Williams (Intel, Arizona)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This camera is outrageously good. I've never been able to get the perfect picture before. The speed at which you can capture full resolution pictures makes taking perfect shots very easy. This camera is ideal for capturing fast action. Since it will literally take pictures several seconds before you push the shutter button. It is ideal for almost any situation: waterskiing, children's funny faces, capturing the perfect sports action shots, etc.
The camera has a great range of zoom and can take very good pictures in low light because the flash goes off 7 time per second to give good speed and lighting!
On top of that the video is amazingly detailed both in regular HD 1080p or in the high speed capture that shows details you've never seen before.
 Great versatility, a bit compromised quality September 16, 2008
Skaven252 (Finland)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The key features in this camera are its overall versatility and its much touted high speed video. In fact, at the time of writing this article, this is the only consumer level digital camera that can do this. Mind you, the high speed video can only be done in limited resolution. At top speed of 1200 frames per second, the resolution drops to 336 96, which looks like viewing the action through a half-closed letterbox. As the shutter speed is high, you will also need plenty of light. Indoor lighting won't do at 1200fps, you will need daylight. At 300 fps the resolution is 512 384, which is OK for Youtube. Actually, if you're looking for sample videos, try searching Youtube for "EX F1".
About its versatility; this camera can do almost everything. It can go from macro to 12x - both of which also work in high speed, it can take both pictures and shoot full HD video with stereo sound. You can even take still snapshots while shooting video (not available during high speed). It has a 60fps burst shoot capacity which makes it easier to find the perfect moment. The burst shoot can also be used for "digital anti shake" which is handy for shooting distant objects at maximum zoom. I was looking for an automated time lapse feature though.
Handily, the EX-F1 saves its videos directly in H.264 QuickTime format. These pack quite well and are easy to scrub and edit. As a downside, the videos are quite heavily packed, which becomes very evident especially at 1200fps, when pixel motion gets so slow the motion estimation algorithms go overboard and cause warping.
However, whereas the high speed capacity is a nice extra the camera's designer obviously focused on, this technology comes at a price - compromises have been made to keep the price tag reasonable. The image stabilizer doesn't do its job quite as well as you would expect. The optics are not of as high quality as you would expect from a camera in this price range. The image and video packing introduces a lot of artifacts even at highest quality. The CCD is quite noisy, resulting grainy photos even in indoor lighting (considering this, a 60fps burst "digital noise reduction" mode would have been nice).
I can recommend this camera if you are primarily interested in the cool high speed video shooting ability. However, if your top priority is high quality photos, another camera may do a better job at the same price.
Make sure you get a high capacity SDHC memory card with this camera. It doesn't come with one, and HD video requires plenty (720p video fills your card at 1 Mb / second).
The most usable hybrid camera money can buy? July 23, 2008
Timothy Takemoto (Yamaguchi-shi, Japan)
7 out of 15 found this review helpful
I owned the predecessor, not this camera, but the Casio EX-F1 looks like the hybrid camera of my dreams, *if only the viewfinder flipped out to face the front*.
This looks like an excellent hybrid camera that will fit in the palm of the hand. Though the obsession with pixels that no one uses may never fade, 6M pixels is enough for large prints and should satisfy all non pros. (And some Pros for that matter. I have sold images from my Canon EOS 6.3MP.)
The ability to take a second or two of 6M pictures and choose the frame you want to save is superb for nature, sports and news photography. I heard of a US newspaper company getting their staff to use the Panasonic AG-HVX200 in order to be able to take photo-quality video and then choose the best frame. The Panasonic Pro AG-HVX200 costs 5300 USD.
One reviewer was right to call it "Casio's Time Machine," because
You can leave this camera running all the time, taking photos all the time, and then pressing the shoot button tells it to let you select a frame from x seconds before you pressed the button!
The slow motion at 300FPS is usuable and dreamy. It will brighten up anyones sports videos or just family pictures - see that expression, that toddler walking, that splash in slow motion.
And make no mistake, Video to SD card is the business. SD cards beat the pants off tape, and mini-DVD because you can access any video you have taken in any order like files on a HD. And SD cards are becoming so cheap (now < 30USD for 8GB SD cards which will shoot 2 hours of HD movie) that soon people will purchase a new SD for each shoot to keep as backup like in the days of tape. SD video is P2 for the masses, at a realistic price.
Important for me is the fact that this camera has an external microphone input so you can take good sound and allow you to do reportage and interviews. So many Japanese cameras do not have a microphone input. The comparable Panasonic Panasonic HDC-SD9 does not have a microphone so when you shoot video you pick up all the sounds in the room. Speech and language are not so important in Japan. With this camera anone can vlog an interview of reportage to vimeo or (way surpassing the quality of) YouTube from location.
The only drawbacks I see are
1) The viewfinder no longer (as did the Casio Exilim EXP505) swings around so that one can video oneself and oneself with others. I feel that this is a major drawback in a hybrid. There are few video cameras that do not allow the viewfinder to be pointed forwards.
2) For me there is too much glass. 12 telephoto lense is nice very occasionally, but how often do non-bird watchers use them? How often can we keep the camera that still? I think that "12 X Zoom" is a lot like "12M pixels," both are numbers that people obsess on, but thave have little use. So, I wish that this camera had a shorter zoom and were a bit more pocketable, with a screw on telephoto for those that need it when they need it.
3) At the other end 36mm is a bit long to be able to video oneself I suspect. That probably means that a wide angle adapter will be needed when taking video, even not of oneself, because wide means less shakey.
I almost wish that hey had kept the previos Casio Exilim EXP505 super-light, pocketable, 5x zoom body and put the extra functionality inside. That would have been the ultimate in usability for me.
I have a Sanyo Xacti HD1A 5.1MP which is a reasonable competitor. I would prefer the Casio standard-SLR (non-gun) format, build quality, picture quality and all the time-machine features of this beast. But the Sanyo Xacti HD1A 5.1MP, and its latest incarnation the Sanyo Xacti HD1010, has a swivel front facing view-finder, so I will be staying with Sanyo at least until the next Casio comes out.
If you are looking for a good quality digital still and video camera all in one, and you don't video yourself, I recommend you purchase this Casio.
I like reviewing items I never touched, too! July 6, 2008
P. Ryan
10 out of 18 found this review helpful
Re: Empty's claim that the resolution is too low at full 1200 fps: Le duh, it'll be like another five years until that technology becomes feasible; that full six-MP photos might be captured at 1200 fps is a little much to ask of any camera anyone could make today. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is fully content to use the 300 fps movie mode as seen on YouTube or the unprecedented 60 fps burst mode which surpasses even the highest end pro cameras such as the Canon Eos 1D Mark III. Personally, I can't even imagine what one would do with 1200 fps that one couldn't do with 300 fps. But thank you for your astoundingly uninformed and altogether pathetic review. Cheers.
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