Casio Exilim EX-H20 G compact camera: the GPS module is augmented with a spatial accelerometer and a three-dimensional direction sensor

If the representative of the Exilim Zoom family, Casio EX-Z2300, is ideal and versatile in general, in the broadest sense and in all possible applications, then the H20 G released at the same time with it, to delineate areas of responsibility, is ideal specifically, in its specific area. The travel-loving compact with no alternative. Not just because of the optics, electronics or dimensions, which we will talk about below – much more interesting is the small bump on the very top of the camera, under which hides the unique system Hybrid-GPS.

14.1 Megapixel 24-240mm 10 x 3″

A global positioning system is known to be necessary for any “traveling” camera in order to store data about the location in which the photograph was taken. Geotagging in general thing busy, even in the domestic, local application, well, in trips, excursions and hikes and so at all indispensable.

However, anyone who has encountered GPS in one form or another knows that this military technology is not very reliable. Even bad weather is enough for a geopositioning failure, and once you go indoors, positioning will stop working altogether.

So, the hybrid positioning system H20 G solves this problem in quite original way. Its satellite signal module is augmented by a spatial accelerometer and a three-dimensional direction sensor.

Orienting on their indications the electronics is constantly constructing the trajectory of own movements, linking it to the point where last time GPS signal was received.

In other words, even if you’re a digger exploring underground sewers that haven’t seen the light of day since the dawn of time, the Exilim H20 G will still remember your last stop and trace your path underground, noting the places you snap photos or shoot video. The development has already been highly appreciated by one of the vice presidents and the head of the “geotagging” division of Google, and this company can be trusted.

Besides, you don’t have to take Boy Scout Courses at all to use the system – the camera displays not abstract degrees of longitude and latitude, but the exact location on the built-in map.

What’s more, the H20 G even lets you plan a travel itinerary in advance and then track your travel and planned destinations or shooting locations along the way. The memory of the device stores an atlas of the world with detailed maps of 140 cities around the world and data of 10 000 popular sights in an unfamiliar area the camera will tell you the direction and distance to the nearest tourist attraction .

As for traditional photographic performance, the Exilim H20 G also has it all. As is typical of a touring camera, it is equipped with a tenfold zoom lens with a focal range starting at 24 mm for superior “wide-angle” capability in landscape and architecture photography. 14-megapixel sensor, stabilized, with sensitivity up to 3200 ISO.

Plus a crisp 3-inch display with 461k resolution. pixels. Controlled by smart proprietary electronics, analyzing and improving probably dozens of factors relating to the quality of photography – up to pixel-by-pixel analysis of objects in the scene. And all this fits into a portable 103 × 68 × 29 mm body weighing only 216 grams, so that no one will have to carry heavy items to the campaign!