Olympus FE-46 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Light Pink)

by Olympus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.1 x 3.9 inches ; 6.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002HWRKSY
• Item model number: FE-46 Light Pink
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,393 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 21, 2009

Product Description

Color: Light Pink

From the Manufacturer

Whether you’re enjoying a wedding or a fun weekend afternoon, the new Olympus FE-46 digital camera will consistently capture extraordinary, in-focus pictures of your family and friends. Inside its new premium crystal shell finish, the stylish FE-46 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.

Olympus FE-46 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: This in-camera filter encloses the foreground of an image in gentle, pastel colors with a soft, elegant focus; similar to effects achieved in a studio.

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-26, 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
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-46 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 new FE cameras feature 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
Two AA alkaline batteries, 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

Olympus FE-46 Digital Camera - 12 Megapixel, 5x Optical, 4x Digital Zoom, 2.7 LCD, 19MB Internal Memory, x-D/microSD Slot, USB, Pink

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What do you expect for the money???, November 25, 2009

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Christopher Beach (Indiana) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Olympus FE-46 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Light Pink) (Electronics)

I ordered the camera for my girlfriend. It was basically purchased for her social outdoor activities. It was never intended for any "real" photography. We weren't expecting much out of any camera in this price range, and weren't too surprised. The delay from the time you pull the trigger to the time that the camera actually captures the image is staggering. You really have to anticipate what you are shooting. Expect to hold a pose for quite awhile when usung this camera. The navigation for the features is less than intuitive. It takes awhile to get use to the menues and submenues. This is coming from a person who has had four previous Olympus cameras. The image quality is decent if you have good lighting. Anything less, expect blur. That being said, for the money, it is a good camera. The 5x of opitcal zoom is useful. Also, the camera came with a micro sd adapter, which in itself has value if you are not ready to commit to the XD cards. The batteries are a nice change to the Olympus cameras that I am use to. It's nice to have AA's. This allows flexibilty for powering. It also keeps it mobile for travel. No chargers to lug around if you don't want to. My previous cameras required Olympus's propietary batteries, which meant not only do you need to travel with that added equipment, but you also had at least an hour of downtime to recharge if you didn't want to spent the extra money on a spare pack. The AA's are readly available with a rechargable option if desired. On alkaline batteries, the life was good for about 50 images with alot of flashing and zoom adjustments. Obviously lithium batteries offer even more performance.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wish I invested a little more for better camera, December 28, 2009

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R. Bare - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus FE-46 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Light Blue) (Electronics)

I just bought this camera for my 12 year old for Christmas b/c she was always using mine. I thought that the Olympus would be a great choice since I loved my Olympus 35mm. With the price being reasonable, I didn't hesitate. I wish I did. My daughter liked the color of the camera, and that was about it. The pictures are blurry, dark, and take many seconds to get to memory. It is almost like the camera freezes for about 5-8 seconds before you can take another picture. At first we just used the xd memory card that came with it (holds only about 3 pictures), just to test it out. Then we thought that we would ofcourse go ahead and get the 2mg memory card (this is the highest they offer), to see if that made a difference. It did not. Needless to say, we are sending it back to Amazon. Hopefully for a full refund. I do not know how all that works since I have never returned anything. If a full refund is granted, I will be looking at investing a little more for the Canon Powershot SD1200 -- and hopefully, have more success.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Camera, Great Price, October 8, 2009

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Beautiful Mind 504 (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Olympus FE-46 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Light Pink) (Electronics)

I purchased this camera to use on my upcoming vacation. I'm very pleased thus far. This is an easy to use camera with great picture quality. I was also impressed by the value price I paid for 12 megapixels. I would recommend this camera for purchase. You will be very pleased.

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