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We just stopped by Casio’s booth to get our eyes on the new Exilim we told you about earlier today. Shooting a drool-worthy 60fps bursts and 300fps of VGA video, it’s a beefy camera—definitely heftier than my Rebel XTi (from what we could see through the glass).

Something you won’t see in the press release: this isn’t a real SLR since no mirror is used. So internally it resembles a point-and-click more than its dSLR competition. Prototype spec dump after the jump.

Effective pixels: 6.0 million
Imaging element: 1/1.8 inch high speed CMOS sensor
High speed burst: 60 images per second at 6 million pixels (JPEG)
High speed movie: 300fps, Motion JPEG, AVI format, VGA
Lens/focal distance: 12 lenses in 9 groups, F2.7-4.6, approx 35mm to 420mm
Zoom: 12X optical
Image stabilization: CMOS-shift
Screen: 2.8-inch widescreen TFT color LCD, approx 230,000 pixels
Viewfinder: Color LCD, approx 200,000 pixels
Dimensions: 127.5mm x 79.5mm x 130m (650g minus battery, etc)