Casio Exilim EX-H10 Point-and-Shoot Camera

18.09.2009

A few modes in the mix are very fun, such as Dynamic Photo mode, which lets you remove a subject from its background and "" it onto other backgrounds within the camera. The mode requires you to take two shots: one of your subject, and another from the same camera position without that subject in the frame. From there, the camera can "remove" the subject from the background, and then superimpose the subject onto another photo. It works fairly well, although in my tests some parts of the background were often visible around the extracted subject.

The EX-H10 also includes a number of preset images that you can use in this mode, which allows you to perform silly tricks such as . This is definitely a feature made for the preteen and teen crowds.

Another fun mode is Silent Movie mode, which turns your video footage into slightly sped-up, black-and-white movies with no sound. Flower mode combines macro mode with vivid color settings, Soft Flowing Water mode decreases the shutter speed for artistic shots of rivers and waterfalls, and the Natural Green, Autumn Leaves, and Sunset modes place filters on images to bring out vibrant hues in nature shots. What the EX-H10 lacks in manual photo controls, it makes up for in preset photo tricks.

Two buttons on the top left of the camera give you quick access to the Vivid Landscape and Make-Up modes. Vivid Landscape boosts the contrast and color in wide-angle landscape shots, making the sky a lighter, more vibrant shade of blue. Hills in the background of my cityscape test shot came through more clearly, while shadowy areas and foreground details were a little less clear for the sake of punchier color and sharpness.

Make-Up mode purportedly removes blemishes and softens facial features in portrait shots, but it didn't seem to make my mug look any better in test shots. At least my face didn't break the camera.