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Olympus FE-4000

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Pros

  • great little compact camera that is really easy to use

Cons

  • Does the Olympus FE-4000 have Weather Sealing
  • Lack of a viewfinder can be problematic
  • Olympus FE-4000 is not the highest resolution Small Sensor camera

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 6.17x4.55 mm
  • 12 Mpx
  • 3968, 2976 px
  • 5.9
  • Spotus
  • 2.7 in
  • no

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Olympus FE-4000 - Pros & Cons

Olympus FE-4000

Pros

  • great little compact camera that is really easy to use

Cons

  • Does the Olympus FE-4000 have Weather Sealing
  • Lack of a viewfinder can be problematic
  • Olympus FE-4000 is not the highest resolution Small Sensor camera
  • Olympus FE-4000 have Image Stabilization
  • doesn't have a viewfinder and no option for external viewfinder
  • xD-Picture Card memory cards
  • The build quality is pretty poor even by budget camera standards
  • glacially slow AF system and shutter lag of nearly
  • there's no true mechanical image stabilization
  • attracts finger marks like a magnet and quickly looks grubby
  • the optical zoom cannot be used while recording

Olympus FE-4000 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
2.7 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconISO maximum
1600
Best:
Pentax KP
ISO maximum: 819200
IconEffective pixels
12 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
3968 x 2976 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Olympus FE-4000 - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.24 in
Effective pixels12.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h4:3
Max resolution3968 x 2976 px
Other resolutions
  • 2560x1920
  • 2048x1536
  • 1600x1200
  • 1280x960
  • 640x480
  • 1920x1080
ProcessorTruePic III
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom4.0 x
Digital zoom4.0 x
Minimum aperture2.6
Maximum aperture5.9
Focal length equiv26 - 105
Focus adjustmentAuto
AutofocusSpotus
Manual focusNo
Normal focus range23.62 in
Macro focus range1.18 in
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Photography features
Minimum shutter speed4.0 s
Maximum shutter speed1.0 s
Shutter priorityno
Aperture priorityno
Manual exposure modeno
Exposure compensation plus2
Exposure compensation minus-2
Expousure compensation steps1/3
Self-timer delay12.0 s
Subject / scene modesyes
Built-in flashyes
Flash range4
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Fill-in Flash
  • Flash OFF
  • Redeye Reduction
External flashno
Scene modes
  • Candlelight
  • Cuisine
  • Documents
  • Fireworks
  • Panorama
  • party
  • Portrait
  • self-portrait
  • Sports
Self-timeryes
Metering modes
  • Multi
  • Center-weighted
  • Spot
Self-timer options12
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Audio features
Built-in microphoneyes
Microphone typeMono
Voice recordingyes
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Dimensions
Weight3.74 oz
Width3.74 in
Height2.24 in
Depth0.88 in
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Power
Battery technology
Lithium-Ion
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Other features
Timelapse recordingno
Orientation sensorno
Frameyes
Image editing modes
  • Resizing
  • Rotating
  • Trimming
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Image
ISO
  • 100
  • 1600
  • Auto
ISO Autoyes
ISO minimum100
ISO maximum1600
Maximum image resolution3968 x 2976 px
White balance presets7
White balance modesAuto
Custom white balanceno
Image stabilizeryes
Image stabilization typeNo
Uncompressed formatNo
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size2.7 in
Articulated LCDno
Screen technologyLCD
Screen dots230000
Touch screenno
Live viewyes
ViewfinderNone
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Videography features
Maximum resolution640 x 480 px
Video recordingyes
Supported video file formatsAVI
Camera playback
  • Movie
  • Slide show
Motion JPEG frame rate30.0 fps
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Design
Body typeCompact
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Grey
  • Magenta
  • Orange
  • Pink
  • White
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Internal storage19.0 mB
Compatible memory cardsxD
Maximum memory card size2.0 GB
Storage types
  • xD Picture Card
  • microSD
  • Internal
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Connectivity
HDMIno
USB version2.0
DC-in jackno
PictBridgeyes

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