The Casio Exilim EX-Z1000 is a pocket sized digital camera, which is a ten mega pixel model. The camera has a metal body and it is a well made point and shoot digital camera. Image Quality in this model is great as the colours are strong and the images are also sharply focused. One downside is that some of the blues appear to have more than a hint of purple.

In this model as you move away from the centre of the photo focusing levels are retained to a high degree as the camera copes with the glare of the sun well and is able to bring out plenty of detail in the lighter areas of each shot. However when the zoom is not in use the Exilim EX-Z1000 finds focusing harder. Besides in some outdoor shots the camera also shows purple fringing which is the addition of a thin purple line at the edge of an object. In fact in this model the colors are stronger and this adds some life to the shot.

The indoor shots with this model is great as the image is sharply focusing and the camera handles red eye far better than the majority of digital cameras. Even shots taken in more or less complete darkness is also well focused and quite bright considering the conditions.

The macro shot with this model is about average in terms of sharpness and brightness. The time taken for a single photo is slightly above average in this latest camera model.
The camera has a three times optical zoom lens and a focal length equivalent to 38 to 114mm in 35mm format which is supported by 4x digital zoom.

The lens aperture works in a range of F2.8 Wide to F5.4 Tele and for composing images there is a large 2.8″ LCD screen. The screen has a number of options allowing you to tailor it to your own requirements and these options in this model includes changing the information displayed and increasing brightness levels. The screen is made up of around 230,400 pixels.

The built in flash unit has a maximum range of 3.6m and the flash modes available are Auto, Flash On, Flash Off, High Power Flash, Soft Flash, Red Eye Reduction. Besides this model offers one of the widest selections of scene modes available which include portrait, scenery, portrait with scenery, children, sports, candlelight portrait, party, pet, flower, natural green, autumn leaves, soft flowing water, splashing water, sundown, night scene, night scene portrait, fireworks, food, text, collection, auction, backlight, anti shake, high sensitivity, pastel, illustration, cross, monochrome, retro, twilight, id photo, old photo, business cards/documents and white board. In case this is not enough you can also create your own scenes.
To sum up it’s a great buy.