Casio Unveils Waterproof, Shockproof EX-G1 Digital Camera
Does your digital camera take extreme photographs? Ever wish you had a camera that could take more punishment than falling off a coffee table? Maybe Casio’s EX-G1 is the camera for you. Introduced Wednesday, the brightly-colored EX-G1 is more than just another flashy digital camera. Casio bills the EX-G1 as the world’s first waterproof and shockproof digital camera.
The EX-G1 is part of the company’s Exilim G line of “endurance” cameras aimed at athletic and adventuresome photographers. As such, the $300 EX-G1 is 0.78-inches thick and able to withstand drops from 7 feet. Casio also claims the camera can withstand being 10-feet underwater for up to a full hour.
Aside from this ‘takes a beating and keeps on ticking’ mantra, the EX-G1 shoots at 12.1 megapixel resolution and includes a 3x optical zoom and reinforced 2.5-inch rear LCD. The camera also offers a microSDHC slot and intelligent autofocus.
Lately, the feature de-jour is still cameras that also shoot video. The EX-G1 isn’t alone there. The device records 848×480 video at 30 frames-per-second.
The EX-G1 comes in red or black and will be available in December.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
