Casio announces super-slim, wide-angle digital camera with 4x zoom and 3-inch LCD

Still touting its cameras as "the world's slimmest," this time Casio puts the claim on a digital camera with a wide-angle 4x optical zoom. The 8.1-megapixel EXILIM Zoom EX-Z150  sports a nice and wide 28- to 112mm (f/2.6 to 5.9) lens and is just 0.79 of an inch thick--and even thinner in some sections. The overall dimensions (3.81x2.26x0.79 inches) and weight (4.44 oz, excluding battery and accessories) make it extremely pocketable, but it's the versatile lens and the nice and big 3.0-inch LCD that stand out for me.  Casio has stuffed the diminutive camera with a ton of features, such as sensor-shift image stabilization, face detection technology from OKI Electric Industry, 22 Best Shot scene modes, as well as a "YouTube Capture Mode" (640x480, 30 fps) with software for easy uploading.

The EX-Z150 ships for $199.99 in September and will be available in silver, black, red, pink and green.