Casio Exilim TRYX EX-TR100 Twisting Digital Camera
One of the highlights of CES this yr was the Casio Exilim TRYX (or EX-TR100). Sitting someplace between one of company’s Casio’s fashionable and compact EXILIM cameras and the Flip-style pocket camcorders, it’s a camera/camcorder hybrid with a few methods up its sleeve.
At first glance it appears a bit like a compact digital camera, but surrounding the LCD is really a body that twists about 360 degrees, so you are able to maintain it with one or two hands. The LCD itself then twists about as well, so you can shoot each horizontally and vertically. This versatile style means you can get photos using either hand and from various angles based on what you are shooting. You can even hang the camera from a pole or hook, should you want.
We’ll be bringing you a video clip with the Casio TRYX more than the subsequent few of days, till then:
At 157g the TRYX feels light and fits comfortably inside your hand. We’d recommend exercising just a little caution when the body is out; although it does help you regular the gadget to stop camera shake, you certainly don’t wish to give this for your children to play with.
The TRYX has a 12-megapixel CMOS sensor and f2.8 (21mm) fixed lens. So, much like the Flip Ultra HD and Panasonic TA1 there is no optical zoom. It captures 1080p movies and there is an HDMI output.
Controls are minimal, with most functions accessed by tapping the 3-inch 460,000 touchscreen, which you can also use to focus and get a image by touching the display. Photos are saved on SD card, but Casio has yet to announce battery info.
Exactly where the TRYX differs from camcorders like the Flip, is really a feature set that is much nearer to Casio’s EXILIM digital camera heritage. Casio’s outfitted the TRYX with HDR technology, which takes shots at different exposures, combining them to produce a last picture with much less washed out highlights, although retaining detail in dark locations. This really is expecially useful in high-contrast scenarios.
One feature Casio was keen to promote is HDR Art perform, which enables you to use three processing levels: powerful, standard and light to turn your photographs into works of artwork We noticed a couple of examples and outcomes varied from very efficient, to a neon mess, and although it is a good function to get, it is not necessarily one we’d use extremely frequently.
We truly like the Casio TRYX, it turns the conventional compact digital camera design upside down, providing composition versatility towards the photographer. We do have reservations about the durability of the flip out body and eventually regardless of whether the Tryx has mass-market appeal, but we’ll reserve judgement till we get a evaluation sample. Eventually it is wonderful to determine something new.
Available in black or white, the Casio TRYX is out end of March/early April within the US for $250. There is no news on UK pricing yet.
One of the highlights of CES this yr was the Casio Exilim TRYX (or EX-TR100). Sitting someplace between one of company’s Casio’s fashionable and compact EXILIM cameras and the Flip-style pocket camcorders, it’s a camera/camcorder hybrid with a few methods up its sleeve.
At first glance it appears a bit like a compact digital camera, but surrounding the LCD is really a body that twists about 360 degrees, so you are able to maintain it with one or two hands. The LCD itself then twists about as well, so you can shoot each horizontally and vertically. This versatile style means you can get photos using either hand and from various angles based on what you are shooting. You can even hang the camera from a pole or hook, should you want.
We’ll be bringing you a video clip with the Casio TRYX more than the subsequent few of days, till then:
At 157g the TRYX feels light and fits comfortably inside your hand. We’d recommend exercising just a little caution when the body is out; although it does help you regular the gadget to stop camera shake, you certainly don’t wish to give this for your children to play with.
The TRYX has a 12-megapixel CMOS sensor and f2.8 (21mm) fixed lens. So, much like the Flip Ultra HD and Panasonic TA1 there is no optical zoom. It captures 1080p movies and there is an HDMI output.
Controls are minimal, with most functions accessed by tapping the 3-inch 460,000 touchscreen, which you can also use to focus and get a image by touching the display. Photos are saved on SD card, but Casio has yet to announce battery info.
Exactly where the TRYX differs from camcorders like the Flip, is really a feature set that is much nearer to Casio’s EXILIM digital camera heritage. Casio’s outfitted the TRYX with HDR technology, which takes shots at different exposures, combining them to produce a last picture with much less washed out highlights, although retaining detail in dark locations. This really is expecially useful in high-contrast scenarios.
One feature Casio was keen to promote is HDR Art perform, which enables you to use three processing levels: powerful, standard and light to turn your photographs into works of artwork We noticed a couple of examples and outcomes varied from very efficient, to a neon mess, and although it is a good function to get, it is not necessarily one we’d use extremely frequently.
We truly like the Casio TRYX, it turns the conventional compact digital camera design upside down, providing composition versatility towards the photographer. We do have reservations about the durability of the flip out body and eventually regardless of whether the Tryx has mass-market appeal, but we’ll reserve judgement till we get a evaluation sample. Eventually it is wonderful to determine something new.
Available in black or white, the Casio TRYX is out end of March/early April within the US for $250. There is no news on UK pricing yet.
