Somehow, the world of cellular phones and the world of digital cameras are different in one aspect – in the world of mobile phones, the bigger the phone, the more it sells. In the world of digital cameras, on the other hand, the slimmest and tiniest cameras are the ones that make the transition from shelf to hand. They are pocket-friendly as well as user friendly and some of them come in wonderful colours and sophisticated designs. One such elegant slim camera is the newly launched Olympus FE-4050, which is a 12mp and 4x wide angle optical zoom camera.
Design and FunctioningMeasuring a mere 20mm apart, the Olympus FE-4050 is a treat for the eye, with its slim and elegant design and smooth ergonomics. This camera is available in colours as sophisticated as Metallic Silver, Midnight Black, Fuchsia Pink and Pearl White. The new FE-4050 is equipped with TruePicIII image processing engine, which is originally developed for Interchangeable lens digital camera, delivering color fidelity and wide dynamic range. The FE-4050 features an expanded range of 6 Magic Filters, Pop, Pin Hole, Fisheye and Drawing inherited from the previous model, and newly added Punk and Soft Focus. The Pop filter enhances colors, making them more vivid and bright to create high-impact images, the Pin Hole creates images with a retro feel, reducing brightness at the periphery, Fisheye filter makes a photo mysterious feel with the effect of shooting with a fisheye lens, Drawing filter transforms photos into an intriguing line drawings, Soft Focus creates a surreal, dreamy, romantic atmosphere such as a wedding scene and the Punk filter makes photos like a block print in pink and black. apart from such useful and creative filters, the camera also features the Scene modes which encompass a wide range of situations as well as face detection for taking better pictures of large number of people in a group. This camera contains internal memory of a good 92MB and is compatible with SD/SDHC cards.
