FASHIONABLE, FUNCTIONAL OLYMPUS

Scouting around for a digital compact camera that is fashionable and sleek with all the latest offerings, yet not bursting your budget?

Olympus’ new line up from its Fun and Easy series promises loads of features in both the FE-360 and FE-370, perfect reasons to inspire one’s interest in the amazing world of photography. What with the coming festive celebrations and the year-end holidays, one’s best companion at any one time would be definitely be the tried and trusted Olympus.

The FE-360 is encased in a slim, lightweight and stylish body with an 8-megapixel CCD image sensor and 3x optical zoom lens. It is easy to operate, with dedicated buttons for shooting, viewing and deleting images. All positive attributes that would entice any beginner to enjoy digital photography even further.

FE-360 offers face detection technology and a comparison window preview function for easy operation. The face detection technology detects a human face and focuses on it. With this, it is so easy to ensure that faces are in perfect focus.

Similarly, the FE-370 comes in a slim and lightweight body casing and offers an 8-megapixel CCD image sensor, a 5x optical zoom lens together with an Intelligent Auto function for superior image quality, with easy operation.

This model features a CCD-shift camera shake correction and high sensitivity settings to reduce blur. The FE-370 also features a new Intelligent Auto mode, activated by setting the mode dial to "i-Auto". This is extremely handy as it automatically analyzes scene content and applies optimum settings to suit the scene.

The i-Auto mode works even in situations that conventional Auto modes cannot handle, such as macro shots or night scene shots that include people, to enable worry-free shooting by virtually anyone, in virtually any shooting situation. In addition, the face-detection technology helps to keep 16 individual faces in sharp focus.

The unique beauty of the Olympus FE series range revolves around its easy operations without having to refer to manuals. The In-Camera Help Guide feature enables information related to different modes and functions are automatically displayed on the LCD monitor whenever the buttons or dials are operated.

One of the best gifts that anyone can think of for this festive season, either for someone dear or for oneself.

The Olympus FE-360 and FE-370 are currently retailing at RM599 and RM799 respectively and check them out at any of Olympus’ participating dealer outlets.