Compact point and shoot cameras are often meant for people to take pictures of themselves with their friends at parties, family functions and so on. Indian families are large and so are our friend circles, which means that a large group of people need to fit into the frame. In such a situation, what good is a camera that doesn’t recognise all their faces? This could be the reason why Olympus FE-26, a 12mp and 3x zoom compact point and shoot camera comes with face recognition function that can recognise upto 16 individual faces.
Design and FunctioningMost compact point and shoot camera are too slim to even fit into the one hand and often the consumer fears the fact that it could slip out of the hand and fall somewhere! Not so with the Olympus FE-26 as it comes with an all plastic, slightly matte body and an easy grip on the right hand side for convenience of clicking. This camera is available in Cosmic Black, Flamingo Pink and Cornflower blue. Its generous 6.9cm (2.7 inch) display allows for convenient framing and reviewing every crucial moment. It is equipped with the Advanced Face Detection, which renders it the capacity of recognition of up to 16 persons for perfectly focused and exposed faces. The Olympus FE-26 also has a lower price point, and focuses on being a budget camera. Its optical zoom is 3x, it comes with 20 preset shooting modes. It has ISO speeds up to 1600 and autofocus tracking, which both help to minimize blurring and enhance clarity in moving or low-light images. It contains internal memory space of 19Mb and is compatible with microSD card for storage.
