The Olympus FE-200 is a 6 mega pixel camera with a 5x optical zoom and a 2.5 inch LCD screen. The Olympus FE-200 is described as “easy and fun” — it’s compact, well built, simple and affordable. However, it lacks image quality. Digital Camera Review has reviewed the Olympus FE-200 and they write:

“While the wide angle, 5x optical zoom lens and 6 megapixel resolution is currently a kind of “sweet spot” in the current point and shoot market, the FE-200 doesn’t perform well enough to keep up with the competition. In addition, in my opinion, any price difference between this camera and a competitor, if there is any, is not enough to make the FE-200 any more attractive.

With that said, there are good things about this camera. It is simple to use – there are no deep menus to get lost in and there aren’t a lot of settings to wade through. It is also built very well and is good looking. Also, shutter lag, after doing a partial press of the shutter, was not bad.

Image quality was unimpressive. The shots were blurry, with not a lot of crisp lines or detail. Colors and exposure were typically good, but the blurriness/muddiness was to hard to overlook.

Bottom line, I would have a hard time recommending this camera. For the same price, you’ll be able to find much better cameras, like the Canon Powershot A530, Nikon Coolpix L2 or Coolpix L3.”