GE-E840s Slim Line 8MP is loaded with the features intermediate photographers want most. Like, a simple, intuitive user interface to reduce the user’s learning curve. A 4X optical zoom and 4.5X digital zoom, combined 18x zoom, capture every detail. The 19.5mm stylish body and a vibrant 2.7 inch auto-adjusting LCD screen makes it easy to frame your subject and review your images. The E840s provides great extras such as in-camera panoramic stitching, red-eye removal, face-tracking, smile detection, blink detection, electronic stabilization and MPEG-4 movie recording. Powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it even has an SD/SDHC memory card slot expandable up to an amazing 4 gigabytes. Additional specs include Focal length of 6.05mm (wide) to 24.2mm (Tele) which is the 35mm film equivalent of 36mm (wide) to 144mm (Tele), F number of F3.4 (Wide) to F5.8(Tele), Normal focusing range of 60 cm, Macros of 6cm (Wide) to 40cm (Tele), Image compression of Best, Fine, and Normal, 640×480 movie resolution at 30 fps, Shooting modes of Auto, Manual, Image Stabilization, Movie, Scene (Sport, Children, Indoor, Leaf, Snow, Sunset, Fireworks, Glass, Museum, Landscape, Night Landscape, Night Portrait), Panorama and Portrait, Auto ISO sensitivity of 1600, AF methods of Multi (TTL 9-Point Focusing), Single AF, Multi-AF, AF Assist Beam (On/Off), Light Metering Methods of Ai AE, Center-weighted Average, and Spot (Fixed to center of frame), Playback modes of single photo, index, slide show, movie, and zoom. White Balance Controls of Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Fluorescent CWF, Incandescent and Manual, Flash Settings of Auto, Red-Eye Reduction, Forced Flash, No Flash, Slow Synchro, and Red-Eye plus Slow Synchro, Internal memory of 26MB, Pictbridge compatability, USB 2.0 and AV out jacks. This products ships with a lithium-ion battery, battery charger, USB cable, AV cable, Wrist Strap, CD-ROM, Manuals, Quick Start Guide, and Warranty Card.
Helpful consumer’s review
I bought this item as a gift for someone who wanted something that was small, simple, low priced, easy to use, and of acceptable quality. This camera ended up beating my expectations.
The camera is indeed small and thin, making it very portable. It’s only slightly larger than my cell phone, so it still fits easily into pockets. The price is reasonable, and the quality is better than expected. It was also very basic and easy to use.
It’s definitely not as high quality or feature-rich as some other brands/models. However, I wasn’t looking for anything more than what this camera had to offer, and it ended up making a great gift.
