The Olympus FE-5020 gives you plenty of megapixels with 12 packed onto the sensor. This is enough for poster size prints. Aside from the number of megapixels on offer the FE-5020 has two main attractions. The first is ease of use and the second is the ultra wide angle lens. The lens has a minimum focal length equivalent to 24mm in 35mm format. This is currently as wide as any compact digital camera offers. A wide angle lens helps you squeeze extra width into a shot, so this is likely to be attractive to you if you like to shoot sweeping landscapes of groups of people. It should be noted though that although the zoom offers you 5x magnification it cannot zoom in as far as other 5x zoom digital cameras that do not have a wide angle lens.
The LCD screen is a good size at 2.7 inches and although the feature set is fairly basic you do have access to face detection and also AF tracking. AF tracking helps the FE-5020 to retain focus on moving subjects.
Olympus has produced the FE-5020 in a choice of four colours with dark grey, blue, brown and sky blue models available.
Olympus FE-5020 Details
Style
Simple and Easy
Megapixels
12
Zoom
5x
LCD Screen
2.7
MemoryCards
xD / MicroSD
Resolution
4:3, 16.9
File Formats
JPEG
Focal Length Equivalent
24 - 120mm
Shutter Speed
4 - 1/500 seconds
Aperture
f/3.3 - 5.8
Sensitivity
ISO 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
White Balance Settings
Overcast, Sunlight, Tungsten, Flourescent 1, Flourescent 2, Flourescent 3
ExposureCompensation
-2EV to +2EV (in 1/3EV steps)
Viewfinder
No
Flash Modes
AUTO, On, Off, Red Eye Reduction
Flash Range
4.1m
Shooting Modes
Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Night Scene with portrait, Sports, Indoor, Candle, Self-portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Documents, Beach and Snow, Pet
Maximum Movie Resolution
640 x 480
Maximum Movie Frames Per Second
30 fps
Maximum Movie Duration
To capacity of memory card
Macro Focus
1cms
Metering
ESP, Spot
ManualControls
None
Image Stabilisation
No
Lens Converters
No
Self Timer
12 seconds
Video Out (TV Playback)
Yes
Computer Connection
Yes
Batteries
Lithium ion
Dimensions
92.7 x 55.8 x 24.7mm
Weight
107g
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Olympus FE-5020 Specification
