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October 15, 2006

Olympus FE-170

Olympus has come out with a new ultra-compact digital camera that is recommended for first time photographers and is part of their Fun & Easy series. The new FE-170 is a 6 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom and a 2.5" LCD screen.

The camera features a "one button, one function" design as well as simple menu setup that is easy to navigate for new digital camera users. The FE-170 also comes with 10 scene modes for capturing sports, self-portraits, night shots (including fireworks) to name a few. The camera also has a feature that makes shooting close ups easy for beginners called "super-macro".


Because of its terrible performance and mediocre shots, the Olympus FE-170 really isn't worth your time or money. If you really want an inexpensive, easy-to-use snapshot camera, spend the extra $30 and upgrade up to the FE-180. It has all of the good qualities of the FE-170 along with some nicer ones such as rechargeable batteries and a wall charger.

Via Gadgetell

Posted by eric at October 15, 2006 2:31 AM