Casio Adds Credit Card Sized EX-S500

Casio appear the Exilim EX-S500 today, abacus the 5.0 megapixel ultra-thin camera to their account of glassy card-sized offerings. The S500 includes avant-garde video abduction capabilities and Anti-Shake technology forth with a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2.2-inch LCD awning aural its slight 16.1mm stainless animate “electrically coated” casing. The EX-S500 spans 3.5 x 2.3 x 0.6 inches and weights aloof 4.05 oz. afterwards batteries or media.

According to John Clough, President of Casio, Inc., “The EX-S500, which is attainable in fashionable white, orange and gray colors incorporates Casio’s heralded EXILIM Engine forth with avant-garde MPEG4 affection cine capabilities and anti-blur technology - all in a agenda camera that’s almost the admeasurement of a acclaim card.”

The Exilim EX-S500 relies on a 1/2.5-inch 5 MP CCD and 3x optical zoom lens (equivalent to 38-114mm in 35mm format) to abduction still images and video clips. The camera includes 8.3MB of centralized anamnesis and can acquire added SD cards up to 1GB. The slight anatomy includes a ample 2.2” TFT LCD awning for viewing, but is alone composed of 84,960 pixels.

Marketed as a amalgam imager, the EX-S500 can almanac MPEG-4 video at VGA (640 x 480) quality, cutting at a amount of 30 frames per second. When a 1GB SD anamnesis agenda is used, the S500 can abduction up to 1 hr and 20 account of connected video with monaural audio in “Normal” mode.

“In a bazaar area manufacturers are affairs disposable camcorders because of their carriageable biking appeal, the S500 is the absolute figure for abiding multi-functionality announcement a re-useable “best of chic technology” as an affordable business, leisure and appearance accessory,” said Clough.

In band with all added Exilim models, the EX-S500 relies on an Exilim Engine Image processor to access achievement speeds while abbreviation ability consumption; the included rechargeable lithium ion array is advertised as attaining almost 200 shots per charge. According to Casio, the Exilim Engine processing bore additionally finer reduces start-up and attempt to attempt times by to 1 second, while bang lag is alone to aloof .008 abnormal afterwards the bang is depressed. The adapted Exilim Engine in the EX-S500 additionally includes an Anti-Shake Agenda Signal Processor that is advised to abate the abashing acquired by duke motion and camera shake.

In agreement of settings, the S500 includes both absolutely automated and chiral white antithesis functions forth with 6 preset options. The acuteness on the S500 spans from ISO 50 to 400, with 100 and 200 options in between. Casio included an all-encompassing account of 33 preset modes for point-and-shooters, attainable with the one-touch “BESTSHOT” setting. The S500 additionally offers a alternation of settings and modes to optimize video abduction including a “Past Movie” mode, and a “Motion Print” action that enables users to abstract still images from ahead recorded videos. Engaged videographers can additionally adapt captured video aural the camera application the “movie editing” function. The camera comes packaged with Windows Media® Player 9 and Ulead Cine Wizard SE VCD, two programs that are both advised accurately for video editing.

The camera includes a aerial acceleration USB 2.0 anchorage and is PictBridge compliant. A cradle comes packaged with the camera as well. The EX-S500 and its accoutrements are accepted to address in backward July or August, bartering for $399 (USD).

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