Olympus FE-350 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom (Silver)
- 8.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
- 4x wide-angle optical zoom; Face detection technology
- 3-inch LCD screen
- Includes Olympus Master 2 software
- Stores images on xD Picture Cards (not included)
This camera is ideal for anyone who wants to capture more of what the world has to offer. The wide-angle lens combines with a 4x optical zoom and an extra-large 3.0 LCD to pull more into each scene. Its perfect for shooting large groups, landscapes, panoramic pictures and indoors where there isnt much room to back up. Program Auto Mode gives you greater creative control so you can adjust settings like white balance and ISO. Using a live, multi-frame window on the LCD, Perfect Shot Preview lets you see the effects of exposure compensation before you shoot, so you can always capture the perfect shot. The large 3 LCD makes it easy to compose and review your shot. Plus, the LCD Backlight Boost Button increases the brightness of the screen for even better visibility outdoors. You can correct shooting mistakes instantly in camera. With the touch of a button, lighten up shadows and remove red-eye so a less-than-perfect shot can still turn out perfect. The FE-350 also features My Favorites, an in-camera album that stores your favorite images so you can easily share them with friends and family.
List Price: $ 249.99
Price: $ 138.95
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Olympus FE-350,
Great little camera, easy to thrown in a pocket and take with you. The wide angle lens really comes in handy; the main reason that I choose this camera. The colors really seem to pop in the pictures that I have taken so far, very easy to learn and use camera.
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|Great for outdoor pictures; disappointing for indoor ones,
I bought this camera because of the wide-angle lens, Olympus has a good reputation, and I liked the price.
The wide-angle lens is great. It lets you fit more into a shot.
Pictures taken indoors are surprisingly inferior. I know the product description mentions picture stabalization, but I didn’t see any sign of it. What I did see was that it’s almost impossible to take a good picture indoors in regular indoor lighting conditions. I’m not talking about a few candles, but really normal indoor lighting with a bit of indirect sunlight and a lamp switched on. Without the flash, images come out blurry; and with the flash, items in the foreground are too bright while the background is too dark. This for me was a huge disappointment.
I have no complaints, however, about the pictures this camera takes outdoors. They are stunning, rivaling the ones I used to take with my old SLR, pictures I used to sell to newspapers. They’re crisp, and their colors are sharp. This is a great camera for outdoor shots.
The large viewing screen is very nice and makes it easy to see what your picture will look like before you snap it.
The buttons are a bit difficult to figure out, not the worst I’ve seen, but also far from the best. I don’t know why, but I also keep finding my camera has switched itself back to automatic settings after I’ve changed them to turn the flash off. If I could, I would reset the settings so the flash only turned on when I wanted to use it. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be an option.
All in all, this is a good camera for the price, with a few drawbacks.
There’s one more thing I would like to mention: I highly recommend getting the 2GB Olympus XD card with this camera. It’s expensive, but it holds 1,000 high quality 8MP pictures. The carrying case is nice and cushiony, but it’s really tiny, basically a camera version of a cloth eye-glasses case. You can do without that, but you can’t do without the XD card. The camera can’t hold more than ten or so pictures without it.
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|Olympus Camera,
Purchased this camera for use at our plant. Takes excellent pictures, very clear, color fabulous, ease of use. Highly recommdend. Worth the money.
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