ISO settings range up to 3200, but you start seeing a lot of noise around ISO 800. The camera has a dedicated low-light scene mode called Candlelight Portrait, but its low-light images aren't nearly as sharp as those we've seen from a lot of current cameras in the same price range.

The Exilim EX-H20G shoots 720p video at 30 frames per second (as well as standard-definition 640-by-480-pixel video at 30 fps), and an HDMI-out port is available on the side of the camera for viewing clips on an HDTV. Unfortunately, you can't use the camera's optical zoom while filming; the zoom is digital-only in video mode, and you see a definite downgrade in video quality if you use that zoom while filming.

As long as you're shooting in daylight or other well-lit situations, the camera's Auto mode does an admirable job of capturing crisp, colorful images and video.

The Exilim EX-H20G performed well across the board in PCWorld Labs subjective tests for image and video quality, earning an overall performance score that rivaled those of high-end point-and-shoot cameras such as the and the .