Olympus FE-20 – Digital camera – compact – 8.0 Mpix – optical zoom: 3 x – supported memory: xD, xD Type H, xD Type M, microSD – black
- Amazingly slim at slightly over -inch thick. Fits practically anywhere so you can capture memories wherever you go.
- Tracks faces and automatically focuses and optimizes exposure for sharp, brilliant portrait pictures.
- With high ISO sensitivity and faster shutter speeds, Digital Image Stabilization lets you freeze the action to capture sharp
- Long-lasting economical shooting power so you’ll never miss that important shot.
- Capture and share your fondest memories in full motion using Movie with sound.
Product Description
Olympus FE-20 point and shoot digital cameras unite strength and simplicity. The power of its 3x optical zoom and 8 megapixels is always at your fingertips with this sleek and compact camera measuring just 21.5mm in depth. But don’t let its looks and features fool you – the FE-20 is fun and easy to use. Face Detection technology makes it simple to capture your friends and family with optimal focus and exposure settings. And with digital image stabilization, ISO values of up to 1000 help prevent blur, so you can always be sure that your pictures will come out crisp and clear. This stylish, powerful camera’s LCD makes framing and reviewing your shots a cinch…. More >>
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12:18 pm on November 3rd, 2009
I must be doing something wrong, because I can’t get a good picture out of this camera for nothing. Pictures are usually blurry and quality is horrible. I regret the day I bought this piece of crap.
Rating: 1 / 5
1:20 pm on November 3rd, 2009
my 4 month old camera will not charge the battery, there is no technical support to help you figure out problem. Kodak had excellant support. I will never buy an Olympus product again and hope no else does either!
Rating: 1 / 5
1:29 pm on November 3rd, 2009
I love this camera. The quality is great. Pictures are clear and sharp. The size of the camera is convenient. I would recommend this camera to everyone!
Rating: 5 / 5
2:32 pm on November 3rd, 2009
PROS: Very small, lightweight, decent outdoor picture quality, average to above average color saturation, large LCD for its size, easy to use menus and buttons.
CONS: Lens is noisy extending/retracting. Indoor picture quality is very grainy in all modes and has a lot of artifacts. Image stabilization appears to be a scene mode, meaning you can’t turn it on while in another scene mode (night/portrait/indoor/etc), you have to choose between stabilization or one of the other modes. Olympus claims this camera supports MicroSD cards, but in reality it only supports XD cards, but includes a MicroSD->XD adapter that you can put your MSD card into. This makes it one more step if you like to remove your MSD card to use in a card reader. The USB connector is on the bottom of the camera, which was a really bad choice by Olympus because you have to set the camera on the LCD or the lens to plug in the cord.
OTHER THOUGHTS: I got this camera for about sixty bucks on sale, which is the only reason it’s worth it to me. The outdoor pictures are not as crisp and clean as my Canon cameras (A80 powershot, elph, etc). Actually they’re not even as crisp as my old Fuji Finepix 1400z, but they look good anyway, and print quality isn’t bad. Indoor shots are another story completely. I adjusted the iso and picture modes all over the place and I couldn’t get a clean picture using flash indoors. Every single picture was grainy. To understand the grainy I’m talking about, take a mid range point and shoot camera like a Canon Powershot and set it to iso 800 no flash in a dark room with a lamp or two illuminating your subject, or at a concert with no flash and high iso. That’s what this looks like on iso 100 in a somewhat well lit room using flash indoors.
CONCLUSION: Overall this is a nice little camera if you can get it for 80 or less and don’t do a lot of indoor picture taking. I wouldn’t recommend this camera if you’re looking to take high quality pictures that you want to archive or print for years to come. I would give this camera 4 stars if the pictures were as good as my A80, but because of that, 3 stars. I would only give it 2 stars if the outdoor quality was as bad as the indoor.
Rating: 3 / 5
2:56 pm on November 3rd, 2009
I am very happy with this product. I have not had it long enough to know if there are any problems. It is not the best camera but for the price it is very good.
Rating: 5 / 5