Price range: £97.98
What is it: Cheap, 12-megapixel, ultra-compact camera
What we think: Its design and feature set are better than you might expect for the price, but it's very sluggish
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 8 September 2009
Tags: Olympus, Olympus FE-3010, burst mode, picture quality, shutter lag
We like:
Strong design and build quality; very good colour and white-balance performance
We don't like:
Slow performance; soft photos
CNET UK judgement:
The Olympus FE-3010 is a good-looking, ultra-compact camera that takes so-so pictures. The main problem is that, even for a camera in this price range, its performance is sluggish
Full review:
What's worse in a sub-£100 camera: slow performance or mediocre photo quality? With the £95 Olympus FE-3010, you don't have to decide, because you get both. All joking aside, for us, the key factor with a camera in this price range is performance, since such snappers generally don't deliver excellent photo quality. Continue Reading...
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