Camera Casio EX-FH100

The Casio EX-FH100 produces images of good quality. The biggest issue is noise and loss of detail at relatively slow ISO speeds. The 1/2.3 inch, 10 megapixel sensor recorded noise-free images at ISO 100, but there's already some noise and slight softening of detail at ISO 200. ISO 400 shows a little more noise, loss of fine detail and significant colour desaturation, and ISO 800, 1600 and 3200 are even worse, with obvious loss of fine detail and even more noise. The Casio EX-FH100 handled chromatic aberrations well, with limited purple fringing effects appearing only in high contrast situations and generally at the edges of the frame. The built-in flash worked well indoors with good overall exposure and no red-eye. The night photograph was excellent, with the maximum shutter speed of 30 seconds being long enough for most after-dark shots. The anti-shake system works very well when hand-holding the camera in low-light conditions or when using the telephoto end of the zoom range. Macro performance is poor, only allowing you to focus as close as 7cms away from the subject. The images were a little soft straight out of the Casio EX-FH100 at the default sharpening setting and ideally require some further sharpening in an application like Adobe Photoshop, or you can change the in-camera setting.

Noise

There are 6 ISO settings available on the Casio EX-FH100. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting.