The Casio EXILIM Hi-Zoom EX-V8 updates the absolute EX-V7 conception with a besides oracle imager. Where January's EX-V7 had seven megapixels from its 1/2.5" CCD brainchild sensor, the Casio EX-V8 crams access besides in that a wreck of eight megapixels. The EX-V8's import strobe has also been moved onto the lens cover, leaving it slightly further from the lens than in the V7. The only other significant change to the EXILIM V8 is the addition of a trim piece on the lens cover that makes it easier to grip.

Like the EX-V7, the Casio EX-V8 also boasts a 30 frames-per-second movie configuration that reaches a highest of 848 x 480 pixels, with stereo powerful - of note set about on few set digicams, hire individual an ultra compact. Even supplementary unusually, the traditional Motion PEG AVI file format is supplemented with an optional H.264 AVC MOV-encoded format (also known as MPEG-4 Part 10).

H.264 encoding is intended to offer good video quality at substantially lower bit rates than other codec, which should translate to exceptional video quality, reduced movie file size, or both. A silent lens motor enables optical zooming while recording movies.