It is an accepted fact that technological gadgets such as computers, music players and of course cameras get smaller, cheaper and more feature-packed as time goes by. This year’s cameras will have more powerful sensors, better lenses, faster performance and more features, while costing less to buy than last year’s models.
So why then when I look at the the Olympus FE-290 do I get the impression that it’s somehow slipped through a time warp from about three years ago? Actually, that’s a bit unfair. There were plenty of cameras around in 2005 that were far better than this.At least numerically, the FE-290 is second from top of Olympus’ FE range of consumer compact cameras. In terms of specification and performance however it is far closer to the dismal FE-230, and a long way below the really quite good FE-250. The FE-290 is a 7.1-megapixel compact camera featuring a 4x zoom lens with a focal length range equivalent to 28-112mm.
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