Sorry Casio, here are the nitpicky things I’ve found.
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Why, why, why are there so many USB connectors? While this isn’t strictly Casio’s fault, I already have 5 types at home, a half dozen cables that can only be used for charging, and now this Casio adds yet another. I wouldn’t mind it so much except for the fact that this one is rectangular, so one must look for the triangles on the connector and camera and match those up. These are molded in and small so may be hard to see for some. To add insult to injury, one cannot charge nor power the camera using this cable so if you run out of battery, you can’t use this camera at all. Just seems so caveman, and almost necessitates a second battery in my eyes.
Why, why, why are there so many chargers! Normally this would not be a problem, and again, this isn’t strictly Casio’s fault. When travelling I like to travel with as few things as possible so I don’t lose them or stangle myself on cords. For this next trip to Japan technically I would need a charger for my computer, phone, DSLR, GoPro Camera, and this one. By using USB and penlight batteries in my DSLR I could have gotten by with only the computer’s power supply, but have to forget about that now. Thankfully, Casio’s charger is light, though I wish it had a folding AC plug rather than the cord it comes with.
The gunmetal colored bezel around the lens in front must be made out of sandpaper. Whatever it is, when I rub it with my barefinger over to clean it, the action shaves a micro layer off of the tip leaving, streaks of dead skin tracks. Yeah I know, yuck, weird and TMI but I’ve never had such a experience with any other product. Maybe they could have gone rougher so I’d at least have a nail file.
Nikon gives me full manuals, so does Canon, Casio’s quick start guide and manual on CD just does not cut it. It may save Casio money, but as far as being green, well you’ll have to convince me of that. I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent on the computer to read the manual but it is quite a few. I’ve also printed a few pages and Casio ended up providing printed stuff that isn’t useful to me anyways. I’d guess that the net gain is the green in the company’s pocket.
The default settings allow one to turn the camera on via any one of 4 switches, ON/OFF, GPS, Camera and round button. Unfortunately, the latter two are much too easy to operate by accident. One can configure this using the menus but it disables all but the ON/OFF switch. Too bad since the GPS switch used to be able to turn on just the map features. In this “safe” mode, I have to first turn on the camera which of course extends the lens, then hit the GPS button which retracts it again.
There is a piece of rubber on the right hand side of the camera which I believe is the grip. You feel the traction picking up the camera, but in actual use wonder how it fits in. A hump would help, maybe just angling the rubber slightly inward. In any case I’ve learned to ignore the thing.
How do you read north on this thing?
