Olympus FE-350 Digital Camera
- Digital Zoom: 4x
- Camera Type: Compact
- Weight: 0.3 lb.
- LCD Screen Size: 3 in.
- Resolution: 8.4 Megapixel
- Optical Zoom: 4x
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Great camera for the price!!!
Pros
Small, light, inexpensive, lots of features, decent video, large LCD, good battery life.
Cons
Some light conditions pictures are grainy, some special shooting features dont work very well.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
I have recommended it to several people already and they have had fun playing with it.
I bought the FE-230 right after it came (not knowing how new it was). I didn't know anything about it, but the price and the features seemed to fit right so I thought I would give it a try. I have owned three previous digital cameras, two of them by Olympus so this may be biased. It's difficult to compare it to previous cameras because the technology is changing so fast. I have owned the camera for about a month and a half now.
The first thing that caught my eye was the camera's size and weight. It is insanely small and the LCD takes up most of the back. It is also super thin! So far nothing is showing wear and tear.
The camera comes with a rechargeable battery that needs to be charged in a special holder. I was hoping that the mini USB cable would charge it but it doesn't look that way (or at least I can't tell). I haven't recharged the battery since I have gotten it and its still shows it is full. This included about 5-6 different events where I was taking pictures and then showing several people them other times.
There are too many shooting features to mention, however I am not sure they do anything that special. I use the 'auto' feature most of the time and it works great. I did try using some of the special shooting modes like "birthday candle" mode were the camera tries to make the best picture out of a low light situation where a light source is illuminated in front of the subject (basically like a birthday cake). It took a picture and spent 5 seconds or so doing some type of digital processing only for the picture to turn out fuzzy. Several other crazy shooting features seem to always turn out fuzzy so I just stay away from them. Sometimes in weird light conditions the pictures will have a grainy look to them, but I have been able to get around that by just taking the picture at a different angle or flash.
The menu system on the camera is very straight forward, easy to use, and navigate. No manuals needed (maybe that is why the special shooting features don't work for me).
Connectivity to a PC is via mini USB which makes it easy to use anywhere. I don't use the imaging software that comes with cameras so I can't remember if this one even came with one.
My old camera only let me take 30 second clips of video. This camera will let you take as much video as you have memory (in my case it was 52 minutes on a 2 GB card!). Obviously this isn't meant for exclusive high quality video, however they do come out clear with sound and it adds an interesting take to what I can do.
Another thing to note is the power button is a small push button on top of the camera next to the shooting button. There is also a beveled edge around the button to prevent me from accidentally turning the camera on. Two of my previous camera had bad mechanisms for power control which in turn made the batteries drain unbeknownst to me.
The first thing that caught my eye was the camera's size and weight. It is insanely small and the LCD takes up most of the back. It is also super thin! So far nothing is showing wear and tear.
The camera comes with a rechargeable battery that needs to be charged in a special holder. I was hoping that the mini USB cable would charge it but it doesn't look that way (or at least I can't tell). I haven't recharged the battery since I have gotten it and its still shows it is full. This included about 5-6 different events where I was taking pictures and then showing several people them other times.
There are too many shooting features to mention, however I am not sure they do anything that special. I use the 'auto' feature most of the time and it works great. I did try using some of the special shooting modes like "birthday candle" mode were the camera tries to make the best picture out of a low light situation where a light source is illuminated in front of the subject (basically like a birthday cake). It took a picture and spent 5 seconds or so doing some type of digital processing only for the picture to turn out fuzzy. Several other crazy shooting features seem to always turn out fuzzy so I just stay away from them. Sometimes in weird light conditions the pictures will have a grainy look to them, but I have been able to get around that by just taking the picture at a different angle or flash.
The menu system on the camera is very straight forward, easy to use, and navigate. No manuals needed (maybe that is why the special shooting features don't work for me).
Connectivity to a PC is via mini USB which makes it easy to use anywhere. I don't use the imaging software that comes with cameras so I can't remember if this one even came with one.
My old camera only let me take 30 second clips of video. This camera will let you take as much video as you have memory (in my case it was 52 minutes on a 2 GB card!). Obviously this isn't meant for exclusive high quality video, however they do come out clear with sound and it adds an interesting take to what I can do.
Another thing to note is the power button is a small push button on top of the camera next to the shooting button. There is also a beveled edge around the button to prevent me from accidentally turning the camera on. Two of my previous camera had bad mechanisms for power control which in turn made the batteries drain unbeknownst to me.
