High-speed flagship new upgrade Casio ZR1200 trial evaluation

IT168 Review Casio ZR1200 is the latest ZR series flagship model launched by Casio in September this year. After trying it, it feels very versatile. With a 180° flip screen and 12.5x optical zoom, it has long been regarded as a general home machine. It is enough. The 16.1 million effective pixels can meet the requirements of high-definition printing in the later period. The machine also contains a variety of artistic effect modes. The most important thing is that the ZR1200 incorporates the unique style of Casio’s own TR series selfie camera, with both body color and beauty functions. It has a strong visual effect, and its beauty function is not inferior to its own TR series selfie tools.

The ZR1200 has a similar appearance to the previous generation ZR1000, with the same button layout. The lens has a rotating ring that can be used to adjust the aperture, shutter, etc. The biggest improvement is the addition of a five-axis anti-shake function. In fact, card machines are not afraid of low parameters, but they are afraid of inaccurate positioning. When people all over the world think that card machines will either die out or only professional flagship models will be left, the Casio TR series of Selfie artifacts are the first to fight their way through the army. , has won huge sales and praise from the female market, and the ultra-high practicality and powerful functions of the ZR series flagship are also irreplaceable by mobile phones.

Advantages:

1. The beauty function is comparable to that of a selfie tool.

2. 3-inch 920,000-pixel 180-degree flip screen.

3. Booting up is very fast.

4. Powerful continuous shooting system and time-lapse photography function.

5. Rich filter functions.

6. With manual exposure function.

Disadvantages:

1. No wireless wifi function

2. The body is thick.

Purchasing advice:

ZR1200’s various parameters can fully meet the needs of ordinary families. Although the picture quality of the small-base card machine has always been flawed, it does not need to be too much. Demanding, after all, if you want ultra-high image quality, you might as well just buy a SLR or mirrorless camera, and the ZR1200's time-lapse photography and high-speed continuous shooting are quite playable. Suitable for users who like to take selfies and consider family use. The current price is about 2,599 yuan, which is a bit expensive, but considering the selfie effect that is comparable to a selfie artifact, the price is still acceptable.

Amazon sells for RMB 2,421 yuan (rose red)

JD.com sells for RMB 2,599 yuan (rose red)

Yi Xun sells for RMB 2,599 (rose red) Red)

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First experience of appearance and feel

ZR1200 comes in four colors: black, white, red and yellow, as far as the appearance is concerned It seems to be very attractive, especially the red and yellow colors. The surface of the fuselage has been treated with a special layer like the TR350. It looks shiny and classy. This is very similar to Casio's style, which is youthful and personalized. Lord, not only the people in the photos must be beautiful, but the camera in your hand must also be beautiful.

▲Front of the fuselage

The overall design of the fuselage is rounded and has no particularly obvious edges and corners. Judging from this design style, it is undoubtedly more suitable for female users. The back is equipped with It has a 3-inch flip screen with 920,000 pixels. It is worth mentioning that when the flip screen is turned up 90 degrees when the camera is turned off, the camera will automatically turn on, making it convenient for girls who like to take selfies to take selfies anytime and anywhere.

Due to the existence of the flip screen, the size of the body does not look particularly small. Although cameras are now becoming lighter and thinner, they are too light for cameras with Selfie functions. Size is not a good thing. A comfortable grip when taking selfies is the prerequisite for clear selfies.

▲The state after the screen is flipped

The ZR1200 is equipped with a 12.5x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 24mm-300mm and a maximum aperture of F3.0~F5.9. From the parameters It seems that this lens can also meet the requirements of outdoor travel in addition to taking selfies. The fuselage is equipped with a 1/2.33-inch 16.2 million effective pixel CMOS. As a card machine, this standard is still mainstream. It will not generate too much file capacity for ordinary home users and can also meet the needs of large-size printing.

▲12.5x optical zoom lens

Unfortunately, the camera does not have the function of connecting to a mobile phone through wifi, and it cannot directly transfer photos to the mobile phone and then share them on social networks. It’s a bit regrettable for a flagship model. Trendy people who want to post on Weibo anytime and anywhere can buy a Toshiba SD card with built-in wifi function like the editor.

When posting on Weibo Just connect the phone through the card.

▲Toshiba 16GB WIFI card (

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▲Connect to your phone via WIFI card to share photos anytime and anywhere

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Since the ZR1200 can become Casio's flagship camera, it is certainly not bad in terms of professionalism. The most noteworthy aspect is its high-speed performance: startup speed of 0.99 seconds, shutter lag of 0.015 seconds, and shutter time lag of 0.25 seconds. With interval shooting and a maximum continuous shooting of 30 frames per second, the weaknesses of DC in the past can be said to have completely disappeared on this ZR1200.

Having said so much, please read on with the editor to find out what the actual shooting effect of ZR1200 is.

The beauty effect is amazing

First of all, let’s take a look at the beauty function. As a well-known good function of Casio, its strength cannot be underestimated. Moreover, the beauty effect of ZR1200 is very good. There are 12 levels, which can be set according to your own preferences.

▲Real shot sample

▲Real shot sample

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▲Real shot sample

The editor shamelessly asked a girl to help me take some selfies. Although she was not very happy at first, after seeing the results after taking the photos, she refused to return the ZR1200 to me. In the end, only the ZR1200 was left in the dim cafe. The snapping sound of the shutter.

High-speed shooting and artistic filters

High-speed shooting is very simple. First, adjust the mode dial to BS, which means high-speed photography, and then just press the shutter, and the camera will It automatically takes 30 photos in seconds, and takes them in full size. After taking them, you can directly see the dynamic picture formed by those 30 photos on the camera.

▲High-speed shooting mode

The filter function is an important selection indicator when buying a camera nowadays. ZR1200 has 9 built-in artistic filter effects, which is very playable and fresh. It has a full LOMO effect, as well as a black and white coarse-grained effect full of heavy-flavored images like Daido Moriyama. In addition, there are currently mainstream panoramic scan and HDR special effects, covering almost all current artistic filter effects.

▲Black and white coarse grain

▲Brown effect

▲Bright colors

▲LOMO effect

▲Soft Light effect

▲Fisheye effect

▲Miniature landscape

High-sensitivity comparison test

It is well known that the flaw of the small-base card camera is Affected by the size of the CMOS, the high-sensitivity performance is not very good. The editor chose to test at dusk to see how the ZR1200's photosensitivity is. One thing to mention here is that the noise reduction cannot be turned off in the ZR1200, so the test results are also based on the noise reduction in the machine.

▲Image quality test

It can be seen that when the ISO reaches 400, the contrast shows a downward trend. When the ISO reaches 800, the sharpness begins to decrease, and the pixel smearing phenomenon is a bit obvious. When it reaches ISO1600, the smearing phenomenon is very obvious, and the sharpness and contrast drop drastically. Of course, the requirements for a 1/2.33-inch CMOS camera cannot be too high. After the editor's trial, ISO800 can be used, and the results are actually not bad.

High-definition sample appreciation sample

Generally speaking, the Casio ZR1200 is a very good camera, and its parameters have reached the mainstream level. It can meet the basic needs of users while shooting at high speed and taking selfies. It has relatively good performance in all aspects, which is also its biggest selling point. The picture quality is enough for home use. It can be said that it is a camera with no shortcomings. Finally, the editor took some sample photos for everyone to experience together. All photos are available.

▲Aperture F7.9, shutter speed 1/250 second, ISO 200, focal length 24mm

▲Aperture F3, shutter speed 1/125 second, ISO 80, focal length 24mm

▲Aperture F5 .9 Shutter 1/320 sec ISO 400 Focal length 300mm

▲Aperture F3 Shutter 1/125 sec ISO 200 Focal length 24mm

▲Aperture F5.8 Shutter 1/160 sec ISO 200 Focal length 166mm

▲Aperture F5.9, Shutter 1/200 second ISO 800, Focal length 300mm

▲Aperture F3, Shutter 1/320 second ISO 80, Focal length 24mm

▲Aperture F3 shutter 1/125 second ISO 125 focal length 24mm

▲Aperture F3 shutter 1/640 second ISO 80 focal length 24mm