Casio Exilim EX-H10

Review Index – (updated 29 October’09)

ComputerActive
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Verdict: A practical compact camera, but the photo quality is middle of the road Good pointsLittle but with a big lens; long battery life; easy to use Bad points Photos looked digital; confusing quick-start manual; stabilizer is not completely effective at reducing camera blur”
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WhatDigitalCamera
“Overall the Casio EX-H10 is a solid performer – mainly due to its 24-240mm (10x optical zoom) lens and long lasting battery life. Beyond this it’s not particularly ground-breaking though and, considering the price point, isn’t necessarily going to have other competitors’ advanced products running scared.”
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PCW
“Good points: Small but with a long lens; long battery life; easy to use – Bad points: Images had a noticeable digital look; confusing quick-start manual; stabiliser doesn’t completely kill camera shake blur”
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TrustedReviews
“Casio’s compact cameras keep getting better and better. The EX-H10 is quite expensive, but it offers the kind of features and image quality that you’d expect for the price. Build quality is excellent, the camera is easy to use and has superb low-light performance. Shooting speed is a little slow though, and the auto white balance is a bit poor.”
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ePhotozine
“I like this little camera, it certainly seems to be pretty versatile and I’ve always been impressed with the set of features found on Casio compacts. Sure, it suffers from noise maybe a little bit too much and it’ll get marked down for that but other areas make up for it and if you use the flash properly, you should be able to avoid having to crank the ISO up.”
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Pocket-lint
“Shots from the Casio are reasonably sharp and colorful for what is, at its heart, an entry-level snapper, and offer healthily warm flesh tones – which means that white skin is occasionally rendered closer to Tango orange. Also, images more noticeably have a digital look and feel straight out of the camera than certain competitors – occasionally looking like video “grabs”.”
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GoodGearGuide
“The Casio Exilim EX-H10’s emphasis on fun is clearly geared toward a younger crowd, or to a user base looking for a “beginner’s megazoom”. If it’s entertaining in-camera features you’re looking for, the EX-H10 should be at the top of your list.”

CNET.uk
“The Casio Exilim EX-H10 is alright. The zoom range is good, the battery life is excellent and it’s slim enough to slide into a pocket. But there are other long-zoom compacts out there that are just as good or better. The EX-H10’s well-made, but the interface, gadgets, and weak movie and photo quality make it feel cheap.”
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Imaging Resource
“Image quality for this 12.1 megapixel camera was very good in general with accurate color and good contrast. Digitally zoomed shots were the one disappointment, which is also not a surprise. Lens quality is rather good, with reasonable corner sharpness for the focal length range. You have to decide, though, if you want the 24mm wide angle or would rather have a longer telephoto on this 10x lens. We wouldn’t call that a disadvantage as much as a choice.”

PhotographyBlog
“Image quality is satisfactory rather than outstanding, with noise and loss of detail at relatively slow ISO speeds, limited maximum shutter speed of 4 seconds and a disappointing macro mode. This isn’t the camera to buy if you’re looking for the best ever image quality, but it does produce well-exposed and accurate photos that will please the majority of its target audience.”
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