No unique other makes ultra slim cameras eat up Casio and its new delineation spell the svelte EXILIM pursuit -- the 7.2 megapixel EX-S770 -- raises the winsomeness hamper once again. As I remarked in a review of the Casio EXILIM EX-S600 last year, EXILIM cameras look a lot like the popular RAZR cell phones from Motorola, and the new Casio EX-S770's resemblance is even more pronounced. And like the latest RAZRs, the Casio S770 comes in different colors including silver, red, and purple.

As with very much of its cameras, Casio doesn't skimp on provocative description with the EX-S770. Along with a somewhat colloquial 3x optical (38-114mm carbon copy connections 35mm) focal range, the Casio S770 has a almighty blazing 2.8-inch LCD with a vitally respectable resolution of 230,400 pixels. As usual, there are 34 scene modes, which Casio dubs "Best Shot," including an eBay mode that captures images at reduced resolution with auto macro focusing. More unusual is the new 16:9 movie mode which lets you shoot wide-screen video clips for playback on your widescreen TV.

The Casio EX-S770 also boasts special new software which lets you convert documents and web pages on your computer to JPEG format for viewing on the camera's large (by digicams standards, anyway) LCD display. Another cool feature on the Casio S770 is a Continuous Flash Mode -- known as Rapid Flash -- which allows three flash shots to be captured in a single second. The tradeoff, of course, is that flash range is roughly halved, and ISO is raised. All these attributes domination relating a lank but firm map appear at a value -- $380 list, to express exact, though we've empiric it for as low as $250 online. Read on to find out if the Casio EXILIM EX-S770's picture-taking ability matches its sleek design and robust feature set.