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Olympus FE-190 Reviews Analysis

Digital camera - 6.0 Mpix - optical zoom: 3 x - supported memory: xD, xD Type H, xD Type M More product details

Olympus FE-190
alaSCORE 85

334 reviews

November, 2009

67 / 100

34 Experts

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300 Users

What people think about the Olympus FE-190: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 334 reviews from across the web.

image quality

0.5

  • Average image quality
  • which can cause many image quality problems (see examples in review
  • Lacks even the most basic controls (like white balance), which can cause many image quality problems (see examples in review
  • Picture quality
  • Could not get quality pictures
  • price...picture quality...size
  • nice outdoor photo
  • Superb photo's,easy to use.Good support from manafacturer
  • Better Photo quality compare to nikon S6
  • good quality pictures
  • Could not get quality pictures, no matter what I tried
  • Bad Picture Quality, DO NOT IGNORE THE OTHER BAD REVIEWS
  • poor quality photos
  • Image contours are not crips
  • Poor picture quality
  • Poor picture quality, shutter lag, too long between shots, zoom, red-eye
  • (Tested on Canon IP500-no image enhancement)
  • Bad photo qulaity in general
  • (Tested on Canon IP500-no image enhancement
  • only editing/enhancing things that you can do is to resize or rotate your image
  • Time to "reset" for the next picture is just OK
  • poor picture
  • Image Stabilization does not work
  • with loss of detail (image stabilization mode
  • Decent picture quality for the price
  • many choice of picture
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price

5

  • Remarkably stylish and well built for the price (though see issues below
  • Price and size * Remarkably stylish and well built for the price
  • the price
  • good value
  • Price
 
  • Price, compact size, 6MP
  • Great price for what you get
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performance

0.5

  • unreliable and very slow low light focusing
  • No USB 2.0 High Speed support
  • QUICK
  • Quick start-up
 

memory

0.5

  • Flimsy door over memory card / battery compartment
  • You should have the extra memory card,& extra battery just in case
  • can only use XD memory card
  • can only use XD memory card, many problems with mine
  • Bottom line is that it takes terrible pictures both on your computer screen and printed
  • It uses the XD memory cards which are a little more expensive
  • It uses the XD memory cards which are a little more expensive, but if you shop around they are okay
  • they're just memory storage
  • For me, they're just memory storage
 
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focus

0.5

  • No focus assist light - would have proved very useful
  • FOCUS PROBLEMS
  • Focus and shot set-up is quite slow
 

color

4

  • Lacks even the most basic controls (like white balance)
  • Chromatic aberration
  • Very noticable chromatic aberration
  • great white balance
 

lens

5

  • It easily fits into a pocket as the lens retracts perfectly flat
 

zoom

2

  • zoom
  • only 3x optical zoom
  • It's only a 3x optical zoom and it doesn't have manual settings override
  • zoom, battery life, and it kept shutting off on me
  • Good macro mode, solid zoom
  • take out the guesswork of manual settings for novice photographers while providing good results - worthy of mention is the 'self-shot' mode where zoom
  • take out the guesswork of manual settings for novice photographers while providing good results - worthy of mention is the 'self-shot' mode where zoom, ISO, red-eye etc are automatically set to provide impressive results
  • comes with optical zoom and a large viewing screen
  • It's very small, comes with optical zoom and a large viewing screen
 

LCD

5

  • LCD could be sharpe/brighter
  • Big 2.5" LCD display
  • Great LCD - 2.5"
  • Large lcd screen (Though fuzzy)
  • Large lcd screen (Though fuzzy
  • and has a huge screen
 
  • big 2.5 LCD screen and sleek look
  • screen size
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design

5

  • Stylish
  • Stylish, attractive, 0.7 inch thick body
  • Design
  • Stylish and small
  • nice design
 
  • Small, stylish, high megapixels
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battery

2.5

  • short battery life
  • battery cover open
  • Shutter delay, short battery life, "battery cover open", blurry low light shots
  • Indoor photos terrible, Battery cover easily opens when you least expect it to
  • You need to buy rechargeable batteries because it drains regular ones in minutes
  • Good battery life
  • BATTERY
  • SMALL SIZE, BATTERY, QUICK
  • wall charged battery
  • Small, wall charged battery
  • Battery placement
  • No manual nor web info state the average length of battery life once it is fully charged
  • battery life
  • Size, battery life,
  • rechargeable battery
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menu

5

  • Very stripped down - many "standard" features missing
  • Great way to access the menu with each of the functions clearly labelel on the dial
  • Menu is easy to understand and maneuver
 

shutter

1.5

  • shutter lag
  • low-light shooting, shutter lag
  • Shutter delay
  • very slow shutter when not in Auto mode
  • Long shutter delay
  • Minimal shutter lag
  • after doing a partial press of the shutter
  • Minimal shutter lag, after doing a partial press of the shutter
 

usability

4

  • no manual controls
  • Few features, No manual controls
  • Full manual only on CD-ROM
  • CERTAIN MANUAL FEATURES WOULD'VE BEEN NICE
  • I don't use it
  • Compact, Great white balance, Solid images, Few features, No manual controls
  • Easy to use
  • Easy to use, with plenty of scene modes
  • Easy to carry
  • Easy to use and the size
  • it's not easy to use and basically a pain in the butt
  • The one supplied just isn't set up well, it's not easy to use and basically a pain in the butt
  • It's easy to use with a good menu/help systemand has Image Stabilisation at under $300
  • It's super small, easy to use, and has a huge screen
  • usability
  • easy to use with menu feature in camera
  • good quality pictures, easy to use with menu feature in camera
  • easy to use and slim
  • It's easy to use
  • instruction manual really isn't necessary for basic use
  • It's easy to use, instruction manual really isn't necessary for basic use
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build quality

5

  • Good build quality
  • construction
  • Design, construction, overall imaging
 

flash

0.5

  • No AF-assist lamp
  • Weak flash
  • It comes with a flash that most Sony cameras have
  • the pulsing flash
  • It comes with a flash that most Sony cameras have, the pulsing flash
  • There might be a way to change it to your basic flash but I haven't found a way to (then again I'm not one for manuals
  • I looked at all the flash options and they all have the pulsing flash
  • I looked at all the flash options and they all have the pulsing flash, it's great for pictures and you won't have people with red eye but it's annoying
 
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interface

5

  • USER FRIENDLY
  • User friendly, even has a guide that directs you to whatever you need to do
  • reasonably priced user friendly
  • small, reasonably priced user friendly
 

viewfinder

0.5

  • No optical viewfinder
  • None really - I guess one criticism is there is no view finder, but that isn't really necessary for my uses
  • It doesn't have a viewfinder
  • It doesn't have a viewfinder, which I didn't really notice till I got it home
  • The proprieatry batteries are either apro or a con depending on your point of view
  • 2.5" viewfinder
  • Sleek, tiny, 'cool' factor, 2.5" viewfinder
  • Big View Finder
  • Big View Finder, Holds lots of pictures
 

appearance

5

  • Sleek
 

resolution

0.5

  • No VGA resolution video mode
  • Low resolution LCD
  • Low LCD resolution
  • Got upset with its' very poor LCD resolution when taken in a lighted bedroom as if you are shooting using infrared googles
 

sensor

0.5

  • red-eye
  • The red eye feature is not the best on some of my photos
  • the red eye feature is just not quite right
  • As others have mentioned, the red eye feature is just not quite right
  • red-eye reduction feature does not always work
  • red-eye etc are automatically set to provide impressive results
  • Red eye reduction doesn't work
  • it's great for pictures and you won't have people with red eye but it's annoying
 
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connectivity

5

  • Audio
 

remote control

0.5

  • No manual control, Pictures can be fuzzy, night shots not too good
 

sound

0.5

  • Digital image stabilization produces noisy photos
  • Noisy images on higher ISOs
  • Noisy images on higher ISOs, with loss of detail (image stabilization mode
 

maps

0.5

  • which is weather proof
 

portability

5

  • low-light shooting
  • blurry low light shots
  • I can understand the thin rechargeable battery of the FE 190 which should go with the thin and portable construction of the camera
  • Compact
  • decent outdoor and low light visibility (though see issues below
  • LIGHT
  • light weight
  • Easy to use, small, light weight, nice pictures
 
  • Small, light, simple
  • Extremely small/compact
  • Small and thin and extremely pretty
  • sMall and compact
  • Included soft case fits in pocket for safe portability
  • Solid heavy feel
  • It is also so light you can forget it's there
  • weight
  • compact size
  • slim
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size

5

  • Redeye a big problem
  • SMALL SIZE
  • Size
  • Excellent size and style
  • size, weight, usability, screen size
 

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