Photos: Hands-on with the Casio Exilim EX-F1 and friends

Other features on the EX-F1 include a pre-record option that captures frames before you press the shutter -- as long as you were pointing it in the right direction to start with.

As if that wasn't enough, Casio has also packed in 1,200fps movie recording. This captures movement faster than the eye can see, so footage can be played back in ultra-slooowwwmoooo. This might not sound very exciting, but trust us, we've seen the demo footage and it's pretty gobsmacking. Sadly that's at a resolution of 336x96 pixels, but the memory requirements would be astronomical otherwise. Video can also be shot at high-definition 1080i, and the video function has a dedicated shutter button. Handy.

Despite explicitly ruling out an entry into the dSLR sector, Casio has clearly aimed the EX-F1 at the professional and top-end photographer. If you were feeling particularly frisky, you could argue that the EX-F1 is the first truly digital top-end camera, rather than the age-old SLR form with a sensor instead of film. Could this then be the beginning of the end of the dSLR? We'll just have to wait and see.

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