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Casio, QV-700 Digital Camera
A 'Digital Time Machine' with myriad features anda boxful of software!

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	*	640X480 w/flash, macro modes
	*	Multiple time-recording modes
	*	Unique panorama-shooting support
	*	In-camera image combination/editing
	*	Video-out for presentations
	*	*A LOT* of software..**

Consumer electronics giant Casio has been one of the true innovators in theworld of digital photography, although their role is seldom recognized as suchby industry commentators and pundits. Their original QV-10 camera was the firstto include an LCD display panel, a feature that has become nearly ubiquitousacross the entire digital point and shoot camera marketplace. The swivelinglens first seen in the QV-10 has also become more common among other manufacturers.

With the QV-700, Casio is not only making a move toward more mainstream photographicfeatures (with the inclusion of a built-in flash), but continues their historyof innovation with unique timed-exposure modes. These modes are so genuinelyuseful and take such unique advantage of digital capabilities that we expectto see them mimicked by other manufacturers in the near future. All in all,the QV-700 is a dense package of unique imaging capabilities unavailable inany other device on the market.

Overview
The first thing that caught our eye about the QV-700 was the unusually largeLCD panel it carries: 2.5 inches doesn't sound that much bigger than the 1.8inch units that are standard on most digital cameras, but the total viewingarea appears much larger than the 0.7 inches of difference in diagonal measurementwould suggest. The camera fits the hand well, with the bulge of the batterycompartment providing a comfortable bulk to wrap your fingers around. The cameraalso features the by-now-trademark Casio swiveling lens on the left-hand sideof the camera body, rotating through 270 degrees to capture shots below, infront of, above, or behind the camera. A 1/4-inch (6mm), 350,000-pixel CCD sensorcapture images at a basic resolution of 640x480.

As mentioned above, the camera is unique in offering a wide range of unusualfeatures, many of which we found highly useful. Foremost among these are itsvarious timed-exposure modes, which we'll explore further in the 'Exposure'section of this review. Of the timed-exposure modes though, two deserve specialmention: 'Past' and 'Future' shooting. Each of these modesallow you to capture a total of 4 frames in the space of two tenths of a second(0.2 seconds). These modes virtually insure that you won't have to worry aboutyour subject blinking just as you click the shutter. Even better, the 'Past'mode scans the subject continuously, and saves the two frames just before youpressed the shutter, helping to compensate for lagging reflexes that normallyresult in pictures snapped just after the critical moment has passed.

Overall, the QV-700 offers a tremendous package of features, full VGA resolution,a rich software bundle, and an attractive price for the whole package.

Design
The QV-700 is shaped much like a conventional film-based point & shoot camera,but the plethora of buttons, knobs, and switches give away the fact that thisis definitely an electronic-age device. At 5.8x2.7x2.0 inches (147x69x50mm),it will fit into a roomy shirt pocket, but its weight and bulk make it moreat home in a coat or jacket pocket instead. At 10.2 ounces (290g) without batteries,it's about in the middle of the weight range for cameras in its class. Designedto be held primarily by your right hand, the most often-used controls are readilyavailable under either your thumb or forefinger. If you haven't used a camerawith a swiveling lens before, it may take a little getting used to: Conditionedby years of using less flexible devices, we at first found ourselves tiltingthe whole camera body up or down to get the shot we needed. Once we became accustomedto the freedom offered by the swiveling lens, we loved the convenience, andthe opportunities it provided for candid shots.

Viewfinder
Casio originated the concept of an LCD panel as the camera viewfinder, and continuesthat tradition in the QV-700. The advantage of a direct LCD viewfinder is thatit avoids the parallax problems of optical viewfinders at close quarters, lettingyou see exactly what the lens is looking at, a particularly useful feature whendoing macro photography. Likewise, the combination of LCD and swivel lens letsyou unglue your eye from the viewfinder, and hold the camera wherever makesmost sense for the shot you're taking. In a crowd, you can hold the camera overyour head and still see what you're shooting. Alternatively, ground-level close-upsdon't require you to be a contortionist to compose the shot.

Of course, there are downsides to LCD viewfinders too: Direct sunlight canswamp the illumination of the backlight, making them hard to read. LCDs arealso famous for their power consumption, meaning that near-continuous usageas a viewfinder can lead to short battery life.

Optics
We've already talked quite a bit about the swiveling lens mount on the QV-700,so won't spend more time on it here. The lens itself is a very fast f2.0 design,with a focal length equivalent to 38mm on a 35mm film camera. The lens is afixed-focus design, with two modes; normal and macro. In the 'normal'setting, everything from 2.3 feet (0.7m) to infinity is in focus, while at the'macro' setting, the focal range is reduced to 5.5 to 6.3 inches (14to 16cm). At closest approach in macro mode, the QV-700 can capture an areaas small as 3.2x4.2 inches (8.0x10.7cm). (This was one of the best macro performancesamong the VGA-level cameras we'd tested as of this writing - 3/15/98.)

The lens uses a switchable iris, with two fixed aperture settings. The widersetting corresponds to a very fast f2.0, while the smaller opening stops thelens down to f8. When moving from a brightly-lit scene to a dimmer one, there'sa delay of four or five seconds while the smaller aperture is switched in orout. Accordingly, if there's a sudden, drastic change in illumination, allowa few seconds for the camera to get things sorted out before attempting to takea picture. One consequence of the QV-700's switchable aperture is that imagesshot with lots of light are noticeably sharper than those taken under dimmerconditions. If you're shooting a subject for which sharpness is critical, youmay want to use the manual override on the aperture to choose the f8 setting.

Exposure
Casio doesn't give the QV-700 an explicit equivalent ISO speed in their literature,but does claim a usable exposure range of EV 5 to EV 18. This is a very widerange, and extends quite a bit lower

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