Olympus FE-290 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: With a 4x wide-angle zoom and a 3-inch 230k monitor, the F-290 promises much but delivers surprisingly little.

Verdict: The Olympus FE range is very unpredictable, with some very good cameras and some very poor ones. Unfortunately the FE-290 is one of the latter. Although it is attractively styled and well made, it has almost no features apart from its 4x wide-angle zoom a

Review summary: The Olympus FE-290 is a 10 megapixel point and shoot camera that comes featuring a 4x optical zoom lens. It features a 3.0 inch LCD display, ISO range of up to 640 and 7 megabytes of internal memory. The Olympus FE-290 measures 97.7 x 55.7 x 26.5mm and we

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Review summary: The FE-290, part of Olympus' Summer 2007 introduction of nine new consumer cameras, presents an interesting proposition. You get a bit less resolution (though still plenty enough), but some other goodies that are more important to many hobby photographers

Pros: Elegant ultra-compact with large and bright high-res LCD display, 4X optical zoom gets you that much closer, Wide angle lens comes in handy in many situations, Digital image stabilization with gyro assist, PreSet Shooting Mode lets you select best setting

Cons: Can't have sound and optical zoom together in movie mode, and only 15 fps, No voice recording mode, xD-Picture card harder to fnd and more expensive, No face detection mode, TruePic III processor, and only 7MB onboard memory, We prefer zoom rocker to a zo

Verdict: The ultra-compact FE-290 is for those who value its 4X optical zoom, its terrific 3-inch LCD, and its wide angle lens above all else. If that is the sole focus, the FE-290 definitely hits the mark. In fact, we'd buy the FE-290 for the screen alone. We lik