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General Electric X5 Reviews

CNet

04/2011

GE X5

Reviewing budget cameras is tricky. Add in a brand name that is synonymous with another product category like light bulbs and appliances and taking the camera seriously is even more difficult. Such is the case with the GE X5. During the 2010 holiday season I received a few reader e-mails asking me about the X5, and frankly I knew nothing about it. There are so many point-and-shoots released each year that brands like GE don't generally show up on my radar because reader interest is low. (The cameras are actually made by a company called General Imaging, but it licenses the GE brand.) But since readers took the time to e-mail me about it, I figured I should check it out. It turns out that the X5 has several features that are important to what seems like a fairly large group of consumers: a wide-angle lens with a 15x zoom; an electronic viewfinder (EVF); semimanual and manual shooting modes; and power from AA-size batteries. There are other models with these features from more-recognizable camera brands, but not at the X5's price; it starts at $180, but can easily be found for less than $130. It's that price and its feature set that helped earn the camera its above average rating.

What Digital Camera

08/2010

GE X5 Review

GE's history in the digital camera market is mostly aimed toward the low to mid end of compacts, making the new X5 something of a departure. With a 15x optical zoom and bulkier body, the new model will challenge the more established names in the superzoom end of spectrum. Having a 14MP sensor on camera with such a large optical zoom is something of a double edged sword, as the top end of the magnification will restrict the amount of light capable of hitting the sensor. This will increase visible noise, especially when there's a whole host of pixels fighting for the scraps of light. The focus is aided by an optical stabilizer, which makes the top end of the magnification easier to handle. There's also a Panoramic mode, which doesn't quite ape Sony's sweep version but offers a guide to keeping the image consistent. The movie mode is 640 x 480, which is a fair step off of HD quality, and the main power source is four AAs, which affect both the balance and weight of the camera significantly. All the manual controls are present, and available on a large dial on top of the camera, as well blink and smile detection.