During the CES show held last month, Casio showed off an interesting prototype of a cam that featured location-aware functions along with the usual point-and-shoot basics. Known as the Exilim EX-HG10, the cam was basically the 12.1-megapixel Exilim H10, but packed with a GPS sensor and 3D accelerometer to make for a location-aware hybrid cam that packed a 10x optical zoom and 720p HD video recording. It’s not a prototype anymore; Casio says they’ll be shipping it in October.
Add photo effects. That’s the answer to “what else can we do to a digital photo frame to make it more interesting?” Casio’s new Digital Art Frame separates itself from the rest of the pack not by adding internet connectivity (which is the answer to “what would be the most unnecessary feature we can add to a digital photo frame to make it needlessly expensive?”), but by adding a “Snapshot-to-painting conversion” function.
Casio has just released the Exilim EX-G1, a 12.1 compact cam that the company lists as the slimmest rugged cam. Measuring just 19.9mm thick, the G1 is designed with a case that can take the hits: it’s freeze- (-10C) and dust proof, waterproof down to 10 feet, and can survive 7-foot drops.
Casio has just announced two new additions to their Exilim Zoom line of compact digicams, the Exilim Zoom EX-Z450 and the EX-Z90. Both come equipped with Intelligent AF, a new function that can detect non-human subjects and adjusts the focus and exposure area accordingly–sort of like face detection for shooting things without faces.
