Yashica EZ F525 Digital Camera [Redefining ‘Entry-Level’]

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Having only yesterday today covered Canon’s up and coming PowerShot A480 entry level digital camera we simply couldn’t pass up on offering a brief heads up (not that it’s especially due) concerning the Yashica EZ F525 digital camera – a camera which truly redefines the term ‘entry level’ thanks to a particularly poor (no, actually, terrible) spec sheet.

So what exactly does the Yashica EZ F525 digital compact camera have to offer? How about its glorious five megapixel CCD which, whilst offering less resolution than a number of recently released cell phones is seemingly so proud of its 5MP status that its emblazoned on the front.

Additionally you get up to 4x zoom (purely digital, by the way – you weren’t expecting optical zoom now were you?) and a colossal 16MB of integrated storage capacity which can thankfully be supplemented using SD and SDHC memory cards. Video capture capabilities are also on offer – with the Yashica EZ F525 offering 640 x 480 resolution video recording at 24fps. It also supports an ISO range of all encompassing 100-200.

It’s almost so bad that we actually find ourselves liking it (much as you may harbour a begrudging respect for that miserable aunty who makes everyone’s life hell) though, in fairness, at around $88/£60/€67 equivalent its hardly priced at a premium but, then again, we’ve seen kid’s cameras offer better specifications at lower price points.

A Japan only product, by the looks of it, the Yashica EZ F525 digital camera serves, in some small way, to get the Japanese back for them getting the jump on us in terms of a great many new technology releases and, if only in that respect, we doff our cap at the Yashica EZ F525 whilst offering our Japanese readers a poorly veiled wry smile.