Olympus FE-4000 12MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Dark Grey)

by Olympus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 0.9 x 3.7 inches ; 4.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002HWRKTS
• Item model number: FE-4000 Dark Grey
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,789 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 21, 2009

Product Description

Color: Dark Grey

From the Manufacturer

Whether you’re enjoying a wedding or a fun weekend afternoon, the new Olympus FE-4000 digital camera will consistently capture extraordinary, in-focus pictures of your family and friends. Inside its new premium crystal shell finish, the FE-4000 packs 12 megapixels, creative in-camera Magic Filters like Pop Art and Pin Hole that make your images stand out, and new AF Tracking that keeps kids, pets, tossed wedding bouquets and other fast-moving objects in focus. The FE-4000 also has a wide-angle zoom lens inside its new super-slim body, so you’ll be able to capture even more friends in one memorable image.

Olympus FE-4000 Highlights

Always Stay Focused
The new AF Tracking technology locks your subject in focus, and continuously adjusts focus and brightness whether you or your subject are moving. This mode can remember the subject if it moves out of the frame. This enables you to keep fast-moving and unpredictable subjects like small children in focus for the perfect shot. There's even a specially designed AF Tracking "Pet Mode" for animal lovers.

Express Your Inner Artist with Magic Filters
In-camera Creative Features recently debuted on Olympus E-System DSLR (digital single lens reflex) cameras. Similar in-camera Magic Filters have been developed for the new FE cameras. The new Magic Filters enable the user to enhance and customize images as they're being captured. This translates into more fun and flexibility as customization is no longer limited to using expensive and time-consuming computer software.

The new Magic Filters include:

• Pop Art: Enhance and saturate colors to create vivid, high-impact pictures that express the joyful, lighthearted feeling of the Pop Art style of the 1960s
• Pin Hole: Reduce the peripheral brightness of an image as though it were shot through a pin hole, connecting the viewer intimately with the subject at the center
• Wedding: Encloses the foreground of an image in gentle, pastel colors with a soft, elegant focus; similar to effects achieved in a studio

Capture More of the Photo You Want
Shooting in small spaces where you're unable to back away from your subject has always been a challenge. Now, thanks to the cameras' new wide-angle zoom lenses, it's easy to capture everything and everyone--including group shots at weddings, family reunions and dinner parties. The FE-4000 versatile lens starts extremely wide and goes to 4x (26mm-105mm equivalent in 35mm photography). The new lens almost seems to defy the laws of physics as they fit into the slim, ultra-compact bodies; you'll love how they easily fit into a pocket or evening clutch.

Intelligent Auto Thinks For You
Tired of changing the settings on your camera every time you're shooting something different? The new cameras' Intelligent Auto Mode automatically identifies what you are shooting (Portrait, Landscape, Night + Portrait, Macro, Sports) and adjusts settings to capture the best quality results depending on the situation. First-time users will enjoy this quick and hassle-free feature, which does the thinking for them and produces incredible images like a pro.

In Sunshine or Shadows, Never Miss a Detail
Photographers know that shooting scenes with both highlights and shadows can be tricky because of the extreme contrast between dark and bright areas. When using Intelligent Auto on the FE-4000, Shadow Adjustment Technology is automatically activated to address this challenge. It adjusts for extreme light variations and maintains visible detail in both the shadow and highlight areas of the scene.

Always Find a Face in the Crowd
The new camera's Advanced Face Detection reduces the chance of blurred subjects in photography by distinguishing between people's faces and the background. It tracks up to 16 faces within the image area, even if people are moving, and automatically focuses and optimizes exposure for sharp, brilliant portrait pictures (ideal for large family or group photos).

Perfect Fix In-Camera Editing
The FE-4000 offers Red-Eye Fix, Lighting Fix, Resizing and Cropping so photographers can edit images right in the camera without the need for any editing software.

Versatile Memory
The new FE cameras offer the flexibility to use either xD-Picture Card or microSD memory cards, which is just one more advantage of Olympus point-and-shoot cameras.

Easy Operation and Help Guides
The FE-4000 features enhanced In-Camera Help Guides that make digital photography simple and fun for users of all ages and skill levels. In addition to the Help Guide that displays a brief description of camera settings and features on the LCD, all three cameras allow consumers to easily adjust ISO and white balance settings using the Program Auto mode. Additionally, Exposure Compensation enables users to preview and select various exposure effects on a live, multi-frame window on the LCD before snapping the shot. This smart feature allows users to see precisely what the image will look like when adjustments are made, ensuring they are capturing the exact image desired. Program Auto and Exposure Compensation are great modes that enable novice users to get results like the pros while learning about the effects of different photography techniques. Menus are available in 39 languages for convenient operation.

Olympus Master 2 Software
Use the included Olympus Master 2 software (Mac and PC) to easily download images from the camera or other external device, such as a USB drive, and automatically organize them into albums, edit and print. Update camera and lens firmware through the software and download additional menu languages. A direct link makes uploading your images and videos to YouTube easier than ever.

What's in the Box
FE-4000 digital camera, LI-42B Rechargeable Battery and Charger, USB Cable, Audio/Video Cable, MASD-1 (microSD Adapter), Wrist Strap, Quick-Start Guide, CD-ROM Manual, OLYMPUS Master 2 Software and Warranty Card.

Product Description

Wide World of Shooting. No one is left out with the FE-4000. The cameraâ?TMs 4x wide-angle optical zoom lens easily handles close-ups of large groups, indoors and out, and with its movie with sound capability, everyone can be a star. Upload the movies to YouTube to share the star performances far and wide.

4x WIDE-ANGLE OPTICAL ZOOM.
All the capabilities you need in one compact lens. The 4x optical zoom gets you close to the action while the wide-angle lens lets you capture breathtaking panoramas.

AF TRACKING.
The camera automatically tracks the movements of energetic photo targets like kids and pets and continuously adjusts the focus and brightness to capture them sharply with ease.

INTELLIGENT AUTO + SHADOW ADJUSTMENT TECHNOLOGY.
An Intelligent Auto + Shadow Adjustment Technology function identifies the scene youâ?TMre shooting, such as Portrait, Landscape, Night + Portrait, Macro or Sport, and adjusts the settings to optimize the results.

MAGIC FILTER.
Add a little extra dimension of drama or enchantment by applying a filter effect, such as Pop Art, Pinhole or Wedding.

ABOUT FACES.
Even large groupsâ?"up to 16 people at a timeâ?"will be in focus and properly exposed via the cameraâ?TMs Advanced Face Detection feature.

STYLISHLY SIMPLE.
Even with all of its jam-packed functions and features, the camera sports a super-slim body with a premium dark grey, pearl white or magenta finish, and a sleek, ergonomic design with a 2.7â? high-resolution LCD.

DIGITAL IMAGE STABILIZATION.
With high ISO and faster shutter speeds you can capture sharp, blur-free images even when your subjects are on the move.

MOVIE MAKERS.
Shoot your own productions with the VGA movie with sound feature, and then share them with virtually anyone, anywhere, and anytime, even on YouTube,

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Camera, January 8, 2010

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Grant's Mom (Hudson, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Olympus FE-4000 12MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Dark Grey) (Electronics)

I have used Olympus cameras in the past without any complaints. This camera holds up to our expectations. The picture quality is amazing. The scene modes perform well, but we don't use them that often, we prefer to point and shoot with the auto-mode. This camera is replacing a 3MP nikon coolpix, that finally wore out. Just remember when you buy this camera, it is a pocket sized digital camera for around $100. Don't expect to be taking photos for National Geographic!! It is a great little camera :)

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Could use one extra mode in scenes, December 29, 2009

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C. B. Fagan (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus FE-4000 12MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Dark Grey) (Electronics)

This is a very nice camera-especially for under $90. One thing I failed to check before purchasing is the various scene modes. Unfortunately, living in Florida requires a mode for Beach scenes, and this doesn't appear to have one-but it does have many others. The display is quite good and compares well to the Canon A590IS. The on-screen menu is good-fairly intuitive. The instruction manual is available on disc (provided) or can be downloaded and saved from the Olympus site (pdf). You do not need the proprietary imaging software provided-Windows Photo Gallery or Picasa does just as well. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery appears to hold its charge very well-it is not rechargeable in the camera, but comes with a swivel wall plug charger and is easy to use. Battery removal/insertion is easy. Haven't used the micro SD adapter yet, so can't comment on that. The camera is described as "dark gray", but is actually clad in a highly reflective- almost mirror like-finish. It does show fingerprints as a result, but they are easily avoided by being careful or removing with a semi-damp cloth. It was a good purchase for the money. Olympus seems to make a very good product, both build in terms of build and image quality.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointed, January 23, 2010

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Gerald (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus FE-4000 12MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Dark Grey) (Electronics)

I was excited to get this camera because the reviews seemed pretty good. I was disappointed in the picture quality and would have sent it back but needed it for vacation right away. The video is not very good and most pictures seem fuzzy and have lighting issues. It does have quite a few settings and I may be able to get some better pictures but I wanted a decent point and shoot. This wasn't it. It does have some pros. I like the lithium battery, the screen is nice and clear, the menu is fairly easy to navigate, the video uses Windows Media Player not Quicktime like a lot of cameras, and it's nice and slim so it fits in a pocket well. Not enough to make me reccomment it though.

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