Updated 13 Feb, 2012, 6:30 pm IST

REVIEWS / POINT AND SHOOT / OLYMPUS IMAGING INDIA PVT. LTD.

Olympus FE-180

28 Nov, 2006, 12:50 pm IST | Gagan Gupta | Point and Shoot

The menu interface of the camera is extremely user friendly with bright pictures and familiar icons representing all the functionalities of the camera. The options however are extremely limited with absolutely no user control over anything but the size of the image and shooting modes. Newbie users would probably appreciate the minimalistic features but if you have used a digital camera before, you may find the lack of options frustrating.

The guide mode is useful for achieving a particular type of shot without getting into technicalities. Some of the guides however just merely give you a tip on the right shooting mode to select and the flash level to use to achieve a particular shot, which is not very useful.

Performance
After thoroughly testing the FE-180, I can safely say that it is quite better than the FE-170. But considering how bad the FE-170 was, that does not necessarily make the FE-180 great. Far from it!

The FE-180 has a natural tendency to make everything look dull and cloudy, even on bright and sunny days. The landscape shot I took below was taken in bright sunlight, yet the image looks dull and murky as if it was raining at the time.

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