You won’t miss anything or anyone with the Olympus FE-350 wide-angle lens entry level camera
By Arnold Zafra
The Olympus FE-350 is an entry level point-and-shoot digital camera designed for the novice photo enthusiasts.
Priced at US$250 the FE-350 is perfect for shooting large groups, landscapes, panoramic pictures and indoors where there isn’t much room to back up.
According to Olympus, the FE-350 “gets you closer to subjects, while retaining compact flexibility and Olympus lens quality.”
Key features include:
- 8.0 Megapixels, 1/2.5” CCD
- Macro allows photography from Wide: 7.9” – infinity; Tele: 13.8” – infinity
- 4x optical zoom
- Focal length 4.55 – 18.2 mm (35mm equivalent 28 – 112mm)
- 80-640 ISO (sensitivity)
- 3.0″ LCD screen LCD with Backlight Boost Button (234,044 pixels)
- 170 shots per battery charge
- Takes xD Card MEDIA
- light attractive casing
- 138 grams
- Dimensions of 97.7 mm x 55.7 mm x 26.5 mm (W x H x D)
- Face Detection tracks your subjects’ smiling faces within the frame and automatically focuses and optimizes exposure for sharp, brilliant portrait pictures; Digital Image Stabilization helps prevent low light or fast moving subjects from blurring your images.
What the manufacturer says:
“Sporting a bright, 4x wide zoom (equivalent to 28-112mm on a 35mm camera), the FE-350 gets you closer to subjects, while retaining compact flexibility and Olympus lens quality. Thanks to an extra-large 7.6cm LCD, you get the best view possible while framing or reviewing shots.”
What users and reviewers are saying:
“Cameras from the Olympus FE series are renowned for their extreme user-friendliness, great image results and attractive price. The latest edition continues this tradition and adds new highlights.”-Illse Jurrien
Our comment:
Just recently released, the Olympus FE-350 seems to be dependendable and reliable entry level camera. Touted as an easy to use and easy to carry digital camera, the novice photo enthusiasts wanting to have a good feel of digital photography would find this camera a good buy. We would be watching out for actual reviews from buyers of the FE-350.
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September 27th, 2009
the olympus is a easy to use low weight digital camera that has enough quality and features to surprise me as advanced hobby photographer , do i not own it long i think this is a camera to cherisch and keep , in the past i had great fun with a more simple olympus i only hope to own this one longer . i like the DIS (stableliser ) and the scene modes .. it is nice and slim and i bought it with a extra year waranty a bag, a 2gb xd card and a screen protector