The Olympus FE-5020 is a 12 megapixel digital camera with a 5x, extra wide angle lens. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 24 - 120mm in 35mm format. 4x digital zoom is a further option for increasing zoom.

Olympus has opted to produce a fairly basic digital camera in preference to a feature packed model. Features of note include a 2.7 inch LCD screen and a super macro that can focus from 1cm away from a subject.

• Self Timer: 12 seconds
• Special resolution for widescreen television playback
• Voice Memos: 4 seconds
• Panorama Mode
• Face Detection
• Macro focusing: 1cm
• Sensor size: 1/2.33 inches

The LCD monitor is 2.7 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,000 dots.

The flash modes are: on, off, red eye reduction and automatic. The maximum flash range is 4.1m at ISO 800. This falls to 2.3m when the zoom lens is fully extended.

There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Night Scene with portrait, Sports, Indoor, Candle, Self-portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Documents, Beach and Snow and Pet.

You can shoot movies with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. The top recording speed is 30 frames per second. Sound can be recorded and optical zoom can be applied before shooting starts. Digital zoom can be applied while shooting is in progress.

After a photo has been taken you can edit your shots to reduce red eye and the effect of shadows.

Among the more advanced features are:

• White Balance: Auto, Overcast, Sunlight, Tungsten, Flourescent 1, Flourescent 2, Flourescent 3
• ISO Sensitivity: 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
• Exposure Compensation: 1/3 EV step, +/-2 EV
• Shutter Speed Range: 4 - 1/500 seconds (set automatically)
• Metering: Multiple Point , Spot
• Maximum Aperture: f/3.3 - 5.8 (set automatically)

All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Olympus FE-5020 to a computer, television set and compatible printer.

Description:	12 megapixels and a 5x optical zoom lens
Ease of Use:	9
Features:	7
Colour:	8
Macro:	8
Indoors:	8
Value for Money:	8
Style:	8
Movie Mode:	8
Image Quality:	8
Build Quality:	8
Total:	80
Verdict:	The Olympus FE-5020 does a decent job for a cheaper, pocket sized digital camera. As you would expect there are a couple of issues, but on the whole I like this camera.
Review Date:	October 2009
Related Pages:	Olympus FE-5020 Specification Olympus FE-5020 Sample Images Olympus FE-5020 Features

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Olympus FE-5020