The FE-5000 model represents novelty in FE series of Olympus digital photo camera product lineup and it is positioned as top model in this series, right beside Olympus FE-5010 model. Difference between these two cameras is in 2MP larger sensor that uses model FE-5010, along with noise reduction for expositions slower than 0.5 seconds. Olympus FE-5000 has its debut on this year's CES held in Las Vegas and it was announced as "new budget camera" with "One button, one Function" design principle.

Olympus FE-5000 has excellent built quality. It has metal body coloured in black with two thin silver straps all the way lateral sides that additionally accentuate elegancy of this model. Screen is framed with shiny plastic and you must count on evident fingerprints at least on area around screen and keys. As much as we liked elegant contours of chassis, we were displeased with looks of buttons that spoiled overall impression. Keys for menu, erasing and multifunctional cursor are whitish, centrally positioned key "OK/Func" is silver, while the rest of keys are black. It looks like it's done with lack of a taste, and leaves impression of a cheap toy, especially if we take into account that keys are actually transparent, and their bottom is coloured (with marked function). On the front side dominates lens that is protected with slide curtain protection. From below, beneath the cover, is place for Lithium-Ion battery with 740 mA/h capacity and slot for xD card (in package is provided also adapter from microSD to xD), and beside those is located unprotected USB connector. On the upper side is placed trigger button and On/Off key. InsideHW