The more-common features of the EX-H10 are a mixed bag. Manual ISO settings go up to 1600 (the camera also has a High Sensitivity Best Shot mode to jack the ISO up even higher), but noise started showing up in test shots at ISO levels as low as 400. High-ISO shots came out very bright, but splotchy.

Although it was great to have one-touch access to the movie mode via a dedicated button on the back of the camera, I found video capture a bit disappointing. You won't have to worry about the sounds of the noisy zoom lens creeping into the audio track of any movies you shoot with the EX-H10, but unfortunately that's because the EX-H10 allows only for digital zoom in movie mode, which also makes full-zoom video shots very blotchy.

The EX-H10's 720p video footage (at 24 frames per second, saved as AVI files) looked decent, as long as I didn't move the camera around too much. When I did, a noticeable blur appeared, and the extremely wide-angle lens caused distortion at the edges of the video frame. Audio captured by the on-board mic was surprisingly good. If you shoot video with this camera, it's best to use a tripod or otherwise keep it still.

The camera's controls are arranged a bit differently. The Vivid Landscape and Make-Up mode buttons are on the top left of the EX-H10, in addition to the power button and the shutter/zoom controls. The back of the camera provides a dedicated video-recording button, as well as four more dedicated buttons for shooting, playing back images, using the camera menu, and accessing the Best Shot modes.

In the middle of all those buttons is the Set button, surrounded by a four-way navigation ring. The top and bottom of the ring are a bit too close to the playback and menu buttons, which makes accidentally pressing either of those buttons very easy. USB-out is the only option with the EX-H10; the proprietary connector port is hidden under a flimsy flip-out door on the right side of the camera.