Olympus FE-4020

" This camera truly stands out from the crowd. It's slim and highly portable, yet doesn't compromise on technology with features like AF Tracking and in-camera Creative Art Filters that let you apply fun effects to your photos as you take them. Brilliant.

All the capabilities you need in one compact lens. The 4x optical zoom gets you close to the action while the 26mm wide-angle lens lets you capture everything and everyone in your shot."

- Olympus -

With 14 Megapixels Get More for Your Money

Both FE cameras come out shooting with 14 megapixels of resolution. Now, you can enlarge your favorite images with crystal clear detail intact. Isn't it time you started decorating with your own artwork?

Always Stay Focused

The AF Tracking technology locks your subject in focus, and continuously adjusts focus and brightness whether you or your subject is moving. This enables you to keep fast-moving, unpredictable subjects like small children in focus for the perfect shot. There's even a specially designed AF Tracking “Pet Mode” for animal lovers.

Because everyone who was there deserves to be in focus, all FE cameras feature Advanced Face Detection, which reduces the chance of blurred subjects in pictures by distinguishing between people's faces and the background. It tracks up to 16 faces within the image area and automatically focuses and optimizes exposure for sharp, brilliant portrait pictures (ideal for large family or group photos).

Capture More of the Photo You Want

Being unable to back away from your subject has always been a challenge. Now, thanks to wide-angle zoom lens technology, it's easy to capture everything and everyone – including group shots at weddings, family reunions and dinner parties. The FE-4020's versatile lens starts extremely wide and goes to 4x (26mm – 105mm equivalent in 35mm photography).

Develop Your Inner Artist with Magic Filter

In-camera Creative Filters, called Magic Filter, enable users to enhance and customize images as they're being captured. This translates into more fun and flexibility as customization is no longer limited to using expensive and time-consuming computer software. The new Magic Filter includes:

Pop Art – Enhance and saturate colors to create vivid, high-impact pictures that express the joyful, lighthearted feeling of the Pop Art style of the 1960s;

Pin Hole – Reduce the peripheral brightness of an image as though it were shot through a pin hole, connecting the viewer intimately with the subject at the center;

Fish-Eye – Emulates the wide-angle of a fish-eye lens by taking extremely wide, hemispherical images and magnifying the center of the frame; and

Drawing – Turn your image into a sketch outline for children to color.

Intelligent Auto Thinks for You

The FE cameras' ‘Intelligent Auto Mode' automatically identifies what you are shooting (Portrait, Landscape, Night + Portrait, Macro or Sports) and adjusts settings to capture the best quality results depending on the situation. Keep your eyes and mind on what's in front of you, let your camera do all the technical thinking and take incredible shots like a pro.

Easy Operation and Help Guides

Enhanced Help Guides are built right into the cameras to make learning about digital photography simple for users of all skill levels. The Menu and Scene Guides display a brief description of camera settings and features on the LCD to make more advanced techniques such as adjusting ISO and white balance settings using the Program Auto mode fun and easy. Additionally, Exposure Compensation enables users to preview and select various exposure effects on a live, multi-frame window on the LCD before snapping the shot, allowing users to see precisely what an image will look like when adjustments are made. Program Auto and Exposure Compensation are great modes that enable novice users to get results like the pros while learning about the effects of different photography techniques. Menus are available in English, Spanish and 37 other languages for convenient operation.

AVI Movie with Sound

With these FE cameras, users can capture AVI movies with sound that are easy to share with family and friends via email or on social networking websites.

OLYMPUS [ib] Software

All Spring 2010 digital compact cameras, including the FE series, will offer the new OLYMPUS [ib] software. The new software includes photography workflow, browsing, editing and unique photo-organizing functions. You can organize your photos by person with automatic face recognition technology, by location with a Geotagging function or by event. The name [ib] stands for image bridging, image browsing and image brightening. The new software will be available for Windows operating systems only.

SD Compatibility

Olympus' new Spring 2010 digital compact cameras offer SD capability for up to 32 gigabytes of capacity.

Sleek Portable Bodies in a Range of Colors

The new FE cameras are as high fashion as they are easy to use. The FE-4020's sleek double-layered crystal shell utilizes silk printing and a pearlized mirror finish to give the cameras an elegant, transparent feel. The cameras come in a variety of colors to suit everyone's style. The FE-4020 is available in warm gray, pearl white, light pink and light blue.

Image Sensor 14 Megapixels (effective), 1/2.3"

Focal Length/Lens Configuration 26 – 105mm equivalent in 35mm photography

Zoom 4x Optical Zoom + 4x Digital Zoom

Aperture Range f2.6 (W) / f5.9 (T)

Display 2.7" LCD, 230,000 dots
2 Steps Brightness Adjustment

Viewfinder N/A

Focus System CCD Contrast Detection

Focus Range (from lens surface) Normal mode: Wide: 23.6" – infinity (0.6m – infinity); Tele: 39.4" – infinity (1.0m – infinity)
Macro mode: Wide: 7.9" – infinity (0.2m – infinity);Tele: 23.6" – infinity (0.6m – infinity)
Super Macro mode: 1.57" – infinity (0.04m – infinity)

Focus Mode iESP Auto, Spot AF, Face Detection AF, AF Tracking

Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec. –1/4 sec. (up to 4 sec. in Candle Scene mode)

ISO Sensitivity (SOS: Standard Output Sensitivity) Auto, High Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 (equivalent)

Exposure Metering Digital ESP Metering, Face Detection AE (when Face Detection AF is selected)

White Balance Control Auto, Presets (Daylight, Overcast, Tungsten and 3 Fluorescents)

Exposure Compensation ±2 EV steps in 1/3 EV steps

Image File Format Still Image: JPEG
Movie: AVI Motion JPEG

Number of Recorded Pixels 14MP (4288 x 3216)
12MP (3,968 x 2,976)
5MP (2,560 x 1,920)
3MP (2,048 x 1,536)
2MP (1,600 x 1,200)
1MP (1,280 x 960)
VGA (640 x 480)

Motion Blur Suppression Digital Image Stabilization

Shooting Modes 21 Shooting Modes;
Intelligent Auto, Program Auto, Digital Image Stabilization, Magic Filter, Scene Modes (1. PORTRAIT, 2. LANDSCAPE, 3. NIGHT, 4. NIGHT+PORTRAIT, 5. SPORT, 6. INDOOR, 7. CANDLE, 8. SELF PORTRAIT, 9. SUNSET, 10. FIREWORKS, 11. CUISINE, 12. DOCUMENTS, 13. PET), Movie
Magic Filter(Pop Art, Pinhole, Fisheye, Drawing)

Panorama PC Panorama (Up to 10 frames automatically stitchable with ib software)

Continuous Shooting N/A

Shooting Assist Functions Perfect Shot Preview, Frame Assist, Voice Recording

Movie Mode AVI Movie with Sound:
640x480 (30/15fps)
320x240 (30/15fps)

Image Processing N/A

Noise Reduction Set automatically at shutter speeds of 0.5 second or longer in specific scene modes

Image Playback Still Image: Single, Index Display (4x3, 6x5), Up to 10x Enlargement, Slideshow, Rotation, Voice Playback
Movie: Normal, Fast-Forward, Reverse, Frame-by-Frame, Voice Playback

Playback Edit Effects Still Image: Red-Eye Fix, Lightling Fix Resize, Cropping

Flash Built-in

Flash Modes Auto (for low light and backlit conditions)
Red-Eye Reduction
Fill-in
Off

Flash Working Range Wide: 15.7ft (4.79m) at ISO 800
Tele: 6.9 ft (2.11m) at ISO 800

Self-Timer 12/2 Seconds

Memory 18MB

Removable Media Card SD/SDHC Card

Outer Connectors Multi-Terminal (USB Connector, Audio/Video Output)

Auto-Connect USB USB 2.0 High-Speed (USB Mass Storage)

System Requirements Auto-Connect USB: Windows® 2000/XP/VISTA/7 with USB port, Mac OS X 10.3 or later with USB port
Software: Windows® 2000PRO/XP/VISTA/7, Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.5

Operating Temperature/Humidity Temperature:
Operation: 32° – 104°F (0° – 40°C)
Storage: -4° – 140°F (-20° – 60°C)

Humidity:
Operation: 30% – 90%
Storage: 10% – 90%

Power Source Li-ion Rechargeable Battery (LI-70B)
F-2AC Adapter

Battery Life (CIPA DC-002) 180 Shots

Dimension 3.7"W x 2.2"H x 0.9"D
(95.0mm x 56.2mm x 22.8mm)

Weight 4.5oz (128g) without batteries and media card