Olympus FE-280 Specifications, Tests and Review

Product Type
Digital camera - compact
ISO (Max)
1600
Sensor Resolution
8.0 Megapixel
Sensor Type
CCD
Optical Zoom
3x
Display
2.5" LCD display
Battery Type
Olympus LI-42B Lithium Ion

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DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Olympus FE-280
Product Type Digital camera - compact
Height 5.6 cm
Width 9.2 cm
Depth 1.7 cm
Weight 108 g
Body Material Metal
Enclosure Colour Silver | Black | Blue | Red
Digital Zoom 4x
Optical Zoom 3x
SENSOR Olympus FE-280
Sensor Resolution 8.0 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CCD
Total Pixels 8,500,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 8,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size 1/2.3"
LENS Olympus FE-280
Type Zoom lens - 3x zoom - 6.3 - 18.9 mm - f/3.1-5.9
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 36 - 108mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic
Min Focus Distance 60 cm
Macro Focus Range 5cm
Zoom Adjustment Motorised drive
Lens Construction 5 groups / 6 elements
Features Aspherical lens
FOCUSING Olympus FE-280
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
Face Detection Yes
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Olympus FE-280
ISO (Max) 1600
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 50, ISO 1600, ISO auto
Exposure Metering Multi-segment
Exposure Modes Programme, automatic
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, night portrait, self-portrait, fireworks, panorama assist, sports mode, sunset, indoor, cuisine, candle, behind glass, auction, underwater macro, underwater wide 2, underwater wide 1, documents
White Balance Automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Tungsten light, daylight, overcast, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white)
Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 4 sec
Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
DISPLAY Olympus FE-280
Type 2.5" LCD display
Display Format 230,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in
Display Features Display brightness control
FLASH Olympus FE-280
Camera Flash Built-in flash
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red-Eye Reduction Yes
Effective Flash Range 0.1 m - 5.5 m
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Olympus FE-280
Digital Video Format AVI, MJPEG
Image Recording Format JPEG
Microphone Operation Mode Mono
MEMORY Olympus FE-280
Memory Card Slot xD-Picture Card
Supported Memory Cards xD-Picture Card
Image Storage JPEG 3264 x 2448
JPEG 2048 x 1536
JPEG 640 x 480
JPEG 1920 x 1080
Video Capture AVI - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
AVI - 320 x 240 - 15 fps
AVI - 160 x 120 - 15 fps
RAM Installed 48 MB
BATTERY AND CHARGING Olympus FE-280
Battery Type Olympus LI-42B Lithium Ion
Details Li-ion rechargeable battery - 740 mAh (included)
CONNECTIONS Olympus FE-280
Interface Composite video/audio, USB 2.0
Print Standard DPOF support, PictBridge support, PRINT Image Matching
Connector Type USB
Composite video/audio output
FEATURES Olympus FE-280
Self-Timer Delay 12sec
Additional Features Audio recording, RGB primary colour filter, digital noise reduction, digital image rotation, cropping an image, resizing an image, in-camera red-eye fix, in-camera film editing, in-camera lighting fix
OTHERS Olympus FE-280
Included Accessories Battery charger, USB cable, wrist strap, audio / video cable
Software Drivers & Utilities, Olympus Master
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C

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