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The General Electric E850 is the baby of a new E-series range of cameras from GE.
It features a wide 28mm lens with a 5x optical zoom and an 8 megapixel sensor. It also comes with a 3.0 inch LCD screen.
GE E Series News Release Extract
GE’s intermediate level, offering features found on other brands’ top-of-the-line models. The E1030 features a 2.7-inch LCD; all others in this series offer a spacious 3-inch screen. All are powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
* The E850 includes a 28mm equivalent wide-angle lens, a 5x optical zoom and 8 megapixels.
* The E1030 offers a 3x optical zoom and 10 megapixels.
* The E1040 includes a 4x optical zoom and 10 megapixels.
* The E1240 features a 4x optical zoom and 12 megapixels.
PhotographyBlog has a review of the GE E850 and writes, "The GE E850 produced images of poor quality during the review period. The GE E850 dealt fairly well with chromatic aberrations, with some purple fringing effects appearing in high contrast situations. The built-in flash worked well indoors, with no red-eye and average overall exposure. The night photograph was OK, with the maximum shutter speed of 30 seconds allowing you to capture enough light in most situations, but the resulting image was very noisy."
DigitalCameraReview has a review of the GE E850 and writes, "The GE E850 is, overall, an average camera. It is easy to use, it's built well, and it has decent battery life. Image quality has some good aspects and some bad ones. I thought that the color reproduction and macro performance was good, but noise performance, lack of dynamic range, and edge softness detracted from the good column. Also, its speed of operation is pretty sluggish. However, the biggest problem facing the E850 is that the competition is already ahead and this camera doesn't do anything to help it catch up. It lacks optical (or mechanical) image stabilization and it's priced similarly to models that do, like the Canon Powershot A570 IS and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W80, and the image quality is not good enough to recommend it over some other cameras that may even be cheaper."
Posted by Darren in our Miscellaneous category on March 09, 2007