Press release

10.01.2012

Casio Releases Flagship EXILIM with Advanced Auto Features and Rapid Shutter
State-of-the-art Premium AUTO PRO takes beautiful pictures every time; shoots in as little as 0.27 seconds between photos

Norderstedt, January 10, 2012 — Casio Europe GmbH and its parent company, Casio Computer Co., Ltd., today announced the release of the new EXILIM® EX-ZR200 compact digital camera. The new digital camera, boasting Casio's new Rapid Shutter feature, makes it easier than ever to shoot beautiful pictures.

Casio is a pioneer in the digital camera market, and the new EX-ZR200 introduces a whole new world for compact digital cameras. As the new flagship model in the EXILIM lineup, the EX-ZR200 uses Casio's own high-speed technology to achieve new heights in camera performance, effortlessly taking beautiful pictures at any time.

The camera also comes with Casio's HDR-ART function, which creates impressive artistic images with nothing more than a press of the shutter button. The Blurred Background function processes images to make a soft background that accentuates the subject, and the manual shooting function gives users control over shooting parameters. As one expects from a flagship EXILIM camera, the EX-ZR200 delivers advanced ease of use that raises that bar for functionality in a compact digital camera.

Main Features of the EX-ZR200

EXILIM ENGINE HS with high-speed shooting and high-speed image processing
Premium AUTO PRO function produces beautiful photos with just a press of the shutter button
The Premium AUTO PRO function incorporates all the features of Premium AUTO mode—which automatically analyzes the shooting scene to choose the best settings and perform image processing—while making it even better. Premium AUTO PRO can now automatically combine images from high-speed continuous shooting according to shooting conditions, to create gorgeous photos. Users can easily take sophisticated photos at the press of the shutter button, thanks to the automatic activation of functions such as HDR technology for high-contrast conditions, High Speed Night Scene mode for night shots, and High Speed Anti Shake for high-power zoom shooting.

HDR technology faithfully reproduces images as they really appear

HDR-ART creates artistic photographs

The EX-ZR200 features Casio's HDR-ART function for enabling anyone to create truly artistic photographs at the press of the shutter button, unlike anything possible with conventional cameras before. The function works by combining continuous shots with differing exposures and performing highly precise image analysis to locally change levels of contrast and color saturation. Users can select from three different processing levels of art effects. The HDR-ART function can also be applied to movies (only one level of art effect available), allowing them to produce dramatic movies from everyday scenes.

Blurred Background function lets users take impressive photographs like a single-lens reflex camera
Casio has employed its high-speed burst shooting technologies to create an original technique for processing the background scene of a shot like the soft blur effect attainable using a single-lens reflex camera, thereby accentuating the subject of the photo.

Scenes come alive in their full expansiveness with the Wide Shot function
The EX-ZR200 combines continuous shots taken with high-speed burst shooting when the user is moving the camera, enabling powerful super-wide-angle shots. Users can choose wide-angle shooting modes equivalent to 14 mm or 18 mm.

Casio's Multi Frame SR Zoom maintains refined image quality to a maximum zoom of 25x
The wide-angle 24 mm, 12.5x optical zoom lens offers zoom performance equivalent to a maximum of 25x optical zoom with Casio's Multi Frame SR Zoom, which actually combines a number of still images to maintain the image quality needed for high-resolution photography.

Users can enjoy producing high-resolution Full HD movies
The EX-ZR200 enables beautiful high-resolution Full HD movies. Even while shooting a movie, users can take still 16-megapixel high-resolution images with high-speed burst shooting using the Snapshot In Movie function, and can also use the optical zoom and continuous auto focus.

Mode dial for rapid access to shooting modes
The mode dial enables users to choose from 10 shooting modes, including scene modes and Premium AUTO PRO, Multi Frame SR Zoom and HDR modes.

EX-ZR200 Specifications

						EX-ZR200
Number of Effective Pixels						16.1 megapixels (/million)
Image Sensor						1/2.3-inch high-speed CMOS
	Total Pixels					16.79 megapixels (/million)
File Format	Still Images					JPEG (Exif Ver.2.3, DCF 2.0, DPOF)
	Movies					MOV format, H.264/AVC, IMA-ADPCM (stereo)
Built-in Flash Memory (Image Area)*1						52.2MB
Recording Media						SD Memory Card*2, SDHC Memory Card , SDXC Memory Card compatible
Number of Recorded Pixels	Still Images					16M (4608 x 3456), 3:2 (4608 x 3072), 16:9 (4608 x 2592), 10M (3648 x 2736), 5M (2560 x 1920), 3M (2048 x 1536), VGA (640 x 480)
	Movies					FHD:1920x1080 (30fps) / HD*3:1280x720 (15fps) / STD: 640x480 (30fps) / HS 1000 (224x64 1000fps)/ HS 480 : 224x160 (480fps) / HS 240 : 512x384(240fps) / HS 120 : 640x480 (120fps) / HS 30-240 : 512x384 (30 to 240fps) / HS 30-120 : 640x480 (30 to 120fps)
Recording Capacity (Maximum Image Size Setting)	Still Images (JPEG)				SD Memory Card 16GB*2	Fine: Approx. 1072 shots Normal: Approx. 1654 shots
	Movies				Recording Time	Maximum recording time per file: 29minutes*4
					SD Memory Card 16GB*2	Approx. 35 minutes 59 sec. (FHD)
Continuous Shooting Speed						30 frames per second / 15 frames per second / 10 frames per second / 5 frames per second / 3 frames per second (Image is fixed at 16M pixels)
Lens	Construction					9 lenses in 8 groups, including aspherical lens
	F-number					F3.0 (W) to F5.9 (T)
	Focal Length					f= 4.24 to 53.0mm
				35mm Film Equivalent		Approx. 24 to 300mm
Zoom Ratio						12.5 x optical zoom, 18.8x Single Frame SR Zoom, 25.0x Multi Frame SR Zoom, 4x digital zoom, 199.3x maximum digital zoom (in conbination with HD zoom, VGA size)
Focusing	Focus Type					Contrast Detection Auto Focus
	Focus Modes					Auto Focus, Macro, Super Macro Mode, Infinity, Manual Focus
	AF Area					Intelligent, Spot, Multi, Tracking
	AF assist lamp					Yes
Focus Range*5 (From Lens Surface)	Auto Focus					Approx. 5cm to infinity (W)
	Macro					Approx. 1cm to 50cm (Fifth step from Widest Setting)
	Super Macro					Approx. 1cm to 50cm
	Infinity					Infinity
	Manual Focus					Approx. 5cm to infinity (W)
Exposure	Exposure Metering					Multi pattern, Center Weighted, Spot by imaging element
	Exposure Control					Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Speed Priority AE, Manual Exposure
	Exposure Compensation					-2EV to +2EV (in 1/3EV steps)
Shutter						CMOS electronic shutter and mechanical shutter
	Shutter Speed*6		Auto			1 to 1/2000 second
			Premium Auto			15 to 1/2000 second
Aperture*7						F3.0 (W) to F7.9 (W) *8
White Balance						Auto WB, Daylight, Overcast, Shade, Day White FL, Daylight FL, Tungsten, Manual WB
Sensitivity (SOS)*9	Still Images					Auto, ISO80, ISO100, ISO200, ISO400, ISO800, ISO1600, ISO3200
	Movies					Auto
Self-Timer						10 seconds, 2 seconds, Triple Self-timer
Built-in Flash		Flash Modes				Auto, Flash off, Flash on, Red eye reduction
		Flash Range*10 (ISO Sensitivity : Auto)				Normal : Approx. 0.4 to 4.7m (W), approx. 0.9 to 2.4m (T)
		Flash Lighting Adjustment				+2,+1,0,-1,-2
		Flash Charge Time				Approximately 5 seconds

			EX-ZR200
Recording Functions			Snapshot (Auto mode/ Premium AUTO PRO mode), Super resolution technology, High Speed Continuous shooting, Prerecord(still image), Self-timer, BEST SHOT, Face Detection, High Speed Movie(with sound only when 30fps of HS30-120 and HS30-240), FHD Movie, STD Movie, HDR-ART Moive, Prerecord(movie), YouTubeTM Capture Mode, CMOS shift stabilization, Wind noise cut, Blurred Background, HDR, HDR-ART, Slide Panorama, Wide Shot,
Playback Functions			Playback Zoom, Multi-image Screen, Start-up Images, Protect, Date&time Edit, Rotate, Re-size, Trimming, Copy, BGM Slideshow, Brightness, White Balance, MOTION PRINT, Movie Editing, Continuous Shooting Multi Print, Continuous Shooting Frame Edit(DPOF Printing, Protect, Copy, Delete), Divide Group(Dividing Up a Continuous Shutter Group), DYNAMIC PHOTO
Other Functions			PictBridge, Video Output(NTSC/PAL), Auto Rotate, Create Folder, USB charge
Monitor Screen			3.0-inch TFT color LCD (Super Clear LCD), 460,800 dots (960 x 480)
Timekeeping Functions		Date and Time	Recorded with image data
		With Time Stamp Function	Yes
		Auto Calendar	To 2049
		World Time	162 cities in 32 time zones, City name, date, time, daylight saving time
External connection terminal			USB port (Hi-Speed USB compliance, USB charging) / AV output terminal(NTSC/PAL), HDMITM 11 output(Mini)12
Microphone			Stereo
Speaker			Monaural
Power Requirements			Rechargeable lithium ion battery (NP-130) x 1
Battery Life	Number of Shots (CIPA Standards)		Approx. 480 shots
	Continuous Playback (Still Images)		Approx. 5 hours 40 minutes
	Continuous Movie Recording Time(FHD movie)		Approx. 2 hours 25 minutes
Dimensions	W×H×D ?CIPA Standards?		104.8 (W) x 59.1 (H) x 28.6 (D) mm (excluding projections ; 24.2mm at thinnest point)
Weight (CIPA Standards)			Approximately 205g (Including Battery and Memory Card*2)? Approximately 165g (Excluding Battery and Memory Card)
Bundled Accessories			Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery (NP-130), USB-AC Adaptor (AD-C53U), AC Power Cord, USB cable,

1              Built-in memory capacity after formatting.
2              When using SanDisk Corporation 16GB SDHC Memory Card.
3              HD movie is only for HDR-ART mode.
4              Within limits of memory and battery life.
5              Using optical zoom causes the focus range to change.
6              Depending on user's setting of Camera.
7              Using optical zoom causes the aperture to change.
8              ND filter is being used.
9              SOS: Standard Output Sensitivity.
10            Range is affected by optical zoom.
11             HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
12            1080/50i output is not supported for PAL output using an HDMI™.

EXILIM and BEST SHOT are registered trademarks or trademarks of Casio Computer Co., LTD. Any other company or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of those companies.