Olympus FE-200 Digital Camera Review

Digitalcamerareview has posted a review of the Olympus FE-200 Digital Camera. Ben Stafford writes:

While the wide angle, 5x optical zoom lens and 6 megapixel resolution is currently a kind of “sweet spot” in the current point and shoot market, the FE-200 doesn’t perform well enough to keep up with the competition.  In addition, in my opinion, any price difference between this camera and a competitor, if there is any, is not enough to make the FE-200 any more attractive.

With that said, there are good things about this camera.  It is simple to use – there are no deep menus to get lost in and there aren’t a lot of settings to wade through.  It is also built very well and is good looking.  Also, shutter lag, after doing a partial press of the shutter, was not bad.

Image quality was unimpressive.  My shots were blurry, with not a lot of crisp lines or detail.  Colors and exposure were typically good, but the blurriness/muddiness was to hard to overlook.

Bottom line, I would have a hard time recommending this camera.  For the same price, you’ll be able to find much better cameras, like the Canon Powershot A530, Nikon Coolpix L2 or Coolpix L3.



Olympus FE-200 6MP Digital Camera with Digital Image Stabilized 5x Optical Zoom