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New Ceramic Lensed Exilim Ex-S100

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-pictures dept.

stuart miles writes "pocket-lint has managed to be the first to review the new ex-s100 3mega pixel from Casio that uses a ceramic lens rather than the standard glass version. "

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  1. Re:This is bad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't understand this either:

    "The bad:

    Only 3.2 megapixels, no SD card in the box"

    No SD card in the box is a GOOD thing, who uses wimpy 8-16MB cards that come with the camera? SInce the Casio Exilim line has builtin memory (10-20MB), there is no sense in including small SD card.

  2. Re:ceramic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, ceremics can be transperent. It's harder for cermics to be, however, seeing as it's just a bunch of (transparent?) granules smushed together under high heat.

    Optical quality (and price) general go as the following:

    Cermics
    Amorphous Solid (glass)
    Single Crystal

    The more "regular" the structure (the less interface bounderies and material gradients) the better the optical qualities are.

  3. Did I miss something? by RandyOo · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't see how they were the first, when Steve's Digicam's has a review for this exact model dated two weeks ago. It's a much better and more thorough review as well, IMHO.

  4. another review by Leto-II · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's a much better review at Steves Digicams

    Might want to check that one out too.

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  5. Re:review by Sosarian · · Score: 5, Informative

    might be nice to actually link to the review?

    http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/ex-s10 0.html

  6. Ceramic lenses by nels_tomlinson · · Score: 5, Informative
    I had no idea what a ceramic lens is, so I googled and found: this press release and this on Gizmodo.

    In a nutshell, the transparent ceramic lens can be thinner and lighter than a glass lens because it has a higher refractice index (bends light more). It's also stronger, they say. Nifty, just what you need to make a smaller camera. Of course, if you put that tiny lens in front of lousy electronics, you get a lousy camera. As another post mentioned, the review said there was a lot of noise, which sounds like a lousy camera to me.

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  7. Casio first developed transparent ceramic lens by erick99 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Some googling came up with this:

    August 02, 2004, TOKYO, JAPAN - Using its proprietary optical technology, CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. has developed the world's first lens using transparent ceramics. This breakthrough will make it possible to create zoom lenses for cameras with greatly reduced profiles.

    There are soom cool pictures of the lenses as well as some text and graphics that explain what is going on pretty well.

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  8. Re:Ceramic vs. Glass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just would like to point out how silly all of this ceramic vs. glass business is, since glass is considered a ceramic! And, "ceramics" encompasses quite a lot of materials. You really have to take announcements like this with a grain of salt, and realize that while it may be better, it is also a gimmick when they say something like new "ceramic" lens! Oh yeah, and I'm a ceramic engineer...