If you haven't been tired of those selfies inundating the interwebs, wait until Casio floods the market with their new action camera that will make taking selfies, whether in still form or in video, even easier. The company announced at the end of August 2014, their new CASIO EXILIM FR10 (EX-FR10), a High Definition Action Camera that is equipped with a 16 megapixel sensor. This camera action camera also offers better options for Airsoft Players to take videos of the airsoft action given its unique features.

The EX-FR10 is a two-piece camera system, allowing you to split the two pieces to be able to get angle shots that cannot be done with existing action cameras. The two pieces, or units, as we would prefer to call them, are the Camera Unit and the controller unit. You can take photos and videos with the EX-FR10 as one unit, or you can split them.

You can mount the Camera Unit anywhere you want  within 10 metres of the controller since these are connected via Bluetooth which is not exactly a long wireless technology standard.

The Controller Unit allows you to view what the Camera Unit sees and thus you can adjust the viewing angle if you are not satisfied. For airsoft players, they can mount the Camera Unit on their helmets or on the shoulder straps of their vests, or even on their backpack so they can have a rear view (which means a new way of checking your six). Lots of possibilities of capturing the airsoft action with the EX-FR10.

The Camera Unit's lens is a f/2.8 and the screen on the Controller Unit is a 2", 230,400-dot screen. Video footages and still photos can be recorded on MicroSD memory cards or transferred wirelessly via Wi-Fi to smartphones or tablets.

Whilst other Action Cameras either use smartphones as a playback and controlling units or you will need to purchase a separate LCD unit, or even integrated into the actual action cameras the EX-FR10 Concept brings ease of use further with the split units with three different ways to shoot with the action camera:

Split-Style - With one of several attachments, users can easily fix the camera anywhere they like and then shoot remotely with the controller. Casio has equipped the camera with an interval shooting function for enabling hands-free shooting of photos or videos. Users can also take shots without the controller by using the shutter button on the camera unit.

Self-portrait style - Dock the camera unit to take effortless self-portraits with the lens and LCD facing in the same direction and the camera held upright.

Conventional camera style - Fold the camera unit when taking photos in self-portrait style. This enables photos to be shot like on a conventional camera.

With such ways of shooting videos and taking photos, selfies would be much easier to do. But there are even  more ways to handle the EX-FR10 as this system looks like it's well thought-out covering as much bases as it can to give you convenience and ease of use at various situations or environments that you're bringing the action camera to:

Straps and nut - The camera comes with the Neck Strap for comfortably wearing the camera unit or controller around the neck, and the Carabiner Strap for clipping the controller to a convenient place. The Tripod Nut attaches to commercially-available tripods.

Attachments - The EX-FR10 comes also with several attachments made for a variety of shooting situations. The Multi-angle Clip can be used to attach the camera unit to a backpack or other point and turns 360 degrees. The Multi-angle Belt Set can be used to strap the camera unit to your wrist or head and turns 360 degrees. The Tripod Mounter can be used to attach the camera unit or the controller to a standard adaptor that accepts a tripod screw.

The Casio EXILIM FR10 will be released in Japan with no date mentioned yet, and the pricing will be at JPY50,000 (around US$480).  It will be available in Orange, White, and for airsofters who are worried about tactical colours, it's also available in Green. We just hope it will be released outside of Japan as there are legions of selfie takers and airsofters who want an all-around action camera that they can use on and off the field. 

Now, we wait for reviews if video and image quality of the EX-FR10 will give the existing a competition a run for their money.