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v1ct0r · March 22nd, 2006, 05:28 AM

Well I went ahead and bought the Casio Exilim EX-Z850. Since the reviews for the 750 were so good and they only made improvements from the reviews of the 850 I couldn't pass it up. The Z850 was 339.99 on Buy.com, bought a 1gb SD card for 38 (can't remember), case for 11 bucks. Used the 25 dollar discount when you sign up for their credit card (no annual fee, i did the same thing with verizon and i never even activated the card, pretty much free money), then a $14 mail in rebate for the SD card, and another 25 dollars off with the get fun thing (just have to remember to cancel within a month). So total ended up being $338 USD. Not bad considering the camera just came out a month ago, along with an SD card and a case. I also purchased a screen protector on ebay for 10 bucks, nothing to lose there. I'll give a review once I get it!!

thanks for everyones help

I was seriously going to buy the canon sd600 but all the features on the casio won me over, also the travel charger can be purchased on ebay for around 10-15 bucks so that one set back was gone.

oh yes the battery life for the 850 is 440 shots!!!!!!! way better than the canon sd600's miniscule 160 and better than the 750's by about 70 shots. Canon will have to win me over some other time in the future, I do enjoy their cameras but the competition is just catching up.

AxlxA · March 22nd, 2006, 06:28 AM

waht's on this casio that the canon doesnt have? i'm just curious.

v1ct0r · March 22nd, 2006, 07:34 AM

bigger sensor size, manual focus, anti-shake stuff, iso 1600, stronger flash, a nd a bunch of other stuff i probably wouldn't use lol and the amazing battery life

andyhui01 · March 22nd, 2006, 09:59 AM

good man v1ctor... I promise you you'll love the casio images/smilies/biggrin.gif

. Don't worry about the dock, its not that annoying, it isn't very big

v1ct0r · March 24th, 2006, 06:50 AM

does anyone else hate waiting for shipping?

jeffy777 · March 24th, 2006, 06:58 AM

^^ That's what 2nd day air is for images/smilies/wink.gif

v1ct0r · March 24th, 2006, 07:19 AM

lol the marginal benefit doesn't exceed the marginal cost

jeffy777 · March 24th, 2006, 07:30 AM

Then stop complaining images/smilies/lol.gif

v1ct0r · March 24th, 2006, 08:36 AM

it keeps me busy as i wait for it to get here images/smilies/tongue.gif

jeffy777 · March 24th, 2006, 05:18 PM

I always drool over the specs and product shots. Seems to keep me occupied images/smilies/biggrin.gif

v1ct0r · March 28th, 2006, 12:38 AM

yay it's finally here, but my 1gb SD card doesn't get here until tomorrow images/smilies/sad.gif

well with the crappy 8meg on board memory i took about 3 pictures at 4MP resolution and fine quality (the highest on the camera) and it looks insanely good. I took some macro shots as i really had nothing to take pictures of

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1046/cimg0011102435ds.th.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1029/cimg001010246aa.th.jpg

if anyone has some tips on how to take pictures or some links to guides that'd be nice

thanks for everyones help once again

cvrefugee · March 28th, 2006, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v1ct0r

if anyone has some tips on how to take pictures or some links to guides that'd be nice

thanks for everyones help once again

I don't think I can help a traitor images/smilies/thumbdown.gif

...should have bought a Canon...

v1ct0r · March 28th, 2006, 08:33 AM

the casio just had more stuff, i still have a canon 8) it's just old

March 22nd, 2006, 06:28 AM	#22
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March 24th, 2006, 07:30 AM	#28
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	Then stop complaining __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

March 24th, 2006, 05:18 PM	#30
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	I always drool over the specs and product shots. Seems to keep me occupied __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

March 22nd, 2006, 05:28 AM	#21
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	Well I went ahead and bought the Casio Exilim EX-Z850. Since the reviews for the 750 were so good and they only made improvements from the reviews of the 850 I couldn't pass it up. The Z850 was 339.99 on Buy.com, bought a 1gb SD card for 38 (can't remember), case for 11 bucks. Used the 25 dollar discount when you sign up for their credit card (no annual fee, i did the same thing with verizon and i never even activated the card, pretty much free money), then a $14 mail in rebate for the SD card, and another 25 dollars off with the get fun thing (just have to remember to cancel within a month). So total ended up being $338 USD. Not bad considering the camera just came out a month ago, along with an SD card and a case. I also purchased a screen protector on ebay for 10 bucks, nothing to lose there. I'll give a review once I get it!! thanks for everyones help I was seriously going to buy the canon sd600 but all the features on the casio won me over, also the travel charger can be purchased on ebay for around 10-15 bucks so that one set back was gone. oh yes the battery life for the 850 is 440 shots!!!!!!! way better than the canon sd600's miniscule 160 and better than the 750's by about 70 shots. Canon will have to win me over some other time in the future, I do enjoy their cameras but the competition is just catching up.

March 22nd, 2006, 07:34 AM	#23
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	bigger sensor size, manual focus, anti-shake stuff, iso 1600, stronger flash, a nd a bunch of other stuff i probably wouldn't use lol and the amazing battery life

March 24th, 2006, 06:50 AM	#25
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	does anyone else hate waiting for shipping?

March 24th, 2006, 07:19 AM	#27
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	lol the marginal benefit doesn't exceed the marginal cost

March 24th, 2006, 08:36 AM	#29
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	it keeps me busy as i wait for it to get here

March 28th, 2006, 12:38 AM	#31
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	yay it's finally here, but my 1gb SD card doesn't get here until tomorrow well with the crappy 8meg on board memory i took about 3 pictures at 4MP resolution and fine quality (the highest on the camera) and it looks insanely good. I took some macro shots as i really had nothing to take pictures of if anyone has some tips on how to take pictures or some links to guides that'd be nice thanks for everyones help once again

March 28th, 2006, 08:33 AM	#33
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	the casio just had more stuff, i still have a canon 8) it's just old

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