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Olympus FE-250 comparison

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Product name	Olympus FE-250	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 (blue)	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20	Canon PowerShot SX200 IS (black)	Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS (dark gray)
Price	$275.95	$193.95 to $299.95	$244.95 to $279.99	$269.95 to $349.99	$149.00 to $219.00
CNET editors' rating	3.0 stars Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
Average user rating		4.0 stars	3.5 stars	3.0 stars
Release date		April 01, 2009	April 01, 2009	March 01, 2009	March 15, 2009
The Bottom Line	The Olympus FE-250 is a little slow and has few manual settings, but at least it takes good pictures.	The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 is an excellent, well-balanced compact camera.	If you don't mind its extra bulk and narrow lens, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20 is an otherwise excellent compact megazoom camera.	More than just a point-and-shoot pocket megazoom, the Canon SX200 IS improves upon its forerunner, but not by much.	Simple and stylish, the Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS is a fine back-pocket camera as long as your photo-quality expectations are reasonable.
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Lens aperture	F/2.8-4.7	F/3.3-5.2	F/3.5-4.4	F/3.4-5.3	F/2.8-4.9
Equivalent 35mm focal length	35 - 105 mm	28 - 140 mm	38 - 380 mm	28 - 336 mm	35 - 105 mm
Optical zoom	3 x	5 x	10 x	12 x	3 x
Light sensitivity	ISO 64 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO 6400 (3Mpix) ISO 10000 (3Mpix)	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto
Display (projector) technology	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix
Memory storage capacity	20 MB	11 MB	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	Info unavailable
Video input type	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera
Flash memory form factor	Integrated	Integrated	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	Info unavailable
Digital zoom	4 x	2 x	2 x	4 x	4 x
Battery technology	Lithium ion	Lithium ion	Info unavailable	Lithium ion	Lithium ion
Weight	4.1 oz	6.1 oz	9.8 oz	7.8 oz	4.2 oz
Effective sensor resolution	8,000,000 pixels	12,100,000 pixels	10,100,000 pixels	12,100,000 pixels	10,000,000 pixels
Still image format	JPEG	JPEG	JPEG	JPEG	JPEG
Service & support type	Info unavailable	1 year warranty	1 year warranty	1 year warranty	1 year warranty
Display (projector) diagonal size	2.5 in	3 in	3 in	3 in	2.5 in
Manual focus	Automatic	Manual Automatic	Manual Automatic	Manual Automatic	Automatic
Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications
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