Olympus FE-46 12MP Digital Camera Blue Crayola Kit with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD and Black Case, 64 pack of Crayons and Storage Box

5 Responses to “ Olympus FE-46 12MP Digital Camera Blue Crayola Kit with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD and Black Case, 64 pack of Crayons and Storage Box ”

1. K. Tolliver
   March 2, 2010 at 10:58 AM

   I bought this camera for my 17 year-old son who is quite tech savvy (compared to myself). I’ve read the previous reviews about “grainy” pics, but once you figure out how the make adjustments the pictures come out just fine. It takes good pictures, has a decent enough zoom lense, and allows him to edit photos on the camera. It has a lot of other options to that he seems to be quite happy about. He carries it to school daily and is always taking pictures of friends and such and they upload directly to his computer via a USB cable. He doesn’t use the camera box since he carries the camera around like his cell phone, and he gave the crayons to his 3 year-old sister. Two gifts in one! LOL. The camera is very easy to use and I’d recommend it for someone just starting out using ditigal cameras, or someone in HS or junior high who takes daily random shots of a bunch of other teens/friends.
   Rating: 4 / 5
2. jb8677
   March 2, 2010 at 12:49 PM

   I bought this camera from qvc. It was a today special value for around $130. I was looking for a camera with a good optical zoom since most of the cameras sold in store are usually 3x. When I recieved the camera I was content with my perchase. I thought it was weird that instead of a regular sized xd card it came with a macro xd card which would fit into an xd adapter. A month or two after using the camera with no real problems, I stopped into a Target store to print out some pictures. When I attempted to put the adapter card into the slot to view and pick out pictures, it wouldnt fit. I went home and tried to put the card into my laptop… it wouldnt fit. The adapter card does not fit into anything else except this camera. I called olympus to see if I just had a deformed adapter. The women told me that no, this was how the card was made. When I asked her if many other people had called about this problem she told me that yes, they have gotten calls for the same problem and the best they could do is send me a new adapter, which is the same as the old one, and won’t fit into anything other than this camera. I understand that there are ways to print out pictures from the computer and order them from online photo sites, however, this is the most bisarre thing I have heard. I have always been able to print out pictures from stores like target and walmart and prefer to print out pictures that way. If I had known of this “feature” in the beginning I would have sent the camera back right away. After using the camera more after this incident I became more frustrated with my perchase. The zoom, which is why I bought the camera in the first place, is very blurry. Also, when the batteries die in this camera, there is no “low battery” warning. The camera shuts off. With no warning. When I went onto qvcs website to put on a review, the page for this camera had been taken down. Obviously other customers were not happy with their purchase and the camera was taken off the website. I gues its true that you get what you pay for. I will not be purchasing another olympus camera!
   Rating: 1 / 5
3. Michael
   March 2, 2010 at 3:15 PM

   There I was sitting in the office trying to think about how we were going to sell these Olympus FE-46 cameras. I mean they’re a nice camera for the price and all, but there isn’t much to make it really stand out in the low end of cameras.

   So I went down to Bob’s office–that guy in marketing who does a pretty good job selling out stuff. I said, “Hey Bob, how do we sell these things?” He asked me which one this one was. I replied, “It’s the under $100 one all the nice features.”

   He replied, “oh, the one we make the customer either buy xd memory or more expensive micro-sd cards for?”

   “yeah, but it has 12mp and a cool 5x optical zoom”, I retorted.

   “Well if you could take decent pictures at any other time than high noon in a land where time stands still, those would be nice features”, he snorted.

   Now I think he was making fun of the fact that it’s easy to get blurry grainy pictures from the camera, but you’re not going to get optical image stabilization or a really good lense at this price (yeah, you get digital image stabilization, but don’t let that fool you).

   I tried to think of a come back, but before I could he continued: “There’s just nothing to make it stand out in a crowd. The features don’t sound any different than anyone else. And it looks right out of 1995–and for me, 1995 wasn’t a year I want memories from.”

   Frustrated, I resorted to name-calling, “Ok, Mr. Smarty-Pants, how do we sell this thing then???”

   He answered, “It’s all about perceived value. Let’s throw in a storage box that costs us all of a dollar. Then we’ll throw in a case, which (with the current slave labor conversion factor) also costs us about a dollar.”

   “Hmm,” I said, “That doesn’t sound bad, but why would you buy a box with a camera?”

   “It doesn’t matter,” he answered, “They add perceived value. In fact, let’s throw in a box of crayons and 6 months of free coloring book prints!”

   I got a little scared as I saw costs addings up. “Slow down buddy, can we really afford to include that?”, I asked.

   “Don’t worry,” he replied. “The prints are ones you print on your computer. Not only that, but they normally come free with a 64 pack of crayons!!! It’s perceived value at its best! And your camera will come up when people search for 64 crayons.”

   Wow, that Bob in marketing is either a genius, or an idiot. But, I’ll try anything once. So here’s your camera, box, case, and crayons. It may only be an average camera at a good price point, but look at all the crap you get with it!

   edit 12/13/09: accidently put digital zoom where it should have been optical. Thanks Jack Olmstead!
   Rating: 4 / 5
4. S. Limone
   March 2, 2010 at 4:59 PM

   Purchased this camera kit as a Christmas Gift for my six year old
   
   Grandson. Within minutes after opening package he was taking photos
   
   and using all the features of the camera like a pro. I was amazed
   
   how easy it was for him to operate. I would highly recomend this
   
   camera for the younger photographer.
   Rating: 5 / 5
5. Edna Schulz
   March 2, 2010 at 6:45 PM

   This product was everything that I expected and more. They were purchased as gifts and were used right away. The cameras shipped quickly too.
   Rating: 5 / 5