General Electric / General Imaging GE X5

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 11 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

2
Average:

5
Bad:

2

Pros:

The GE X5 offers a lot for its low price, including a 15x wide-angle zoom lens and seminmanual and manual controls.
Long lens. Decent picture quality. Excellent value
Shots can be sharp and well exposed, very cheap

Cons:

The X5's shooting performance is really slow, and it's not good indoors without a flash and in low-light conditions.
Dynamic range, Sluggish EVF, Lens distortion, Colour fringing

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Last revision on November 7, 2011

Reviewers Liked

The GE X5 offers a lot for its low price, including a 15x wide-angle zoom lens and seminmanual and manual controls
Long lens. Decent picture quality. Excellent value
Shots can be sharp and well exposed, very cheap

Reviewers Didn't Like

The X5's shooting performance is really slow, and it's not good indoors without a flash and in low-light conditions
Dynamic range, Sluggish EVF, Lens distortion, Colour fringing
Poor controls. Washed-out LCD. Slow AF
Stabilization is ineffective, white balance unpredictable

Expert reviews and ratings

The GE X5 megazoom is a very good value, as long as you understand its photo and performance...

By cnet on April 07, 2011

The X5 is a nice little camera. Its shape is not really suited to a pocket or purse, but that is offset by the stability of the...

By APC Magazine on January 27, 2011

If you need an extensive zoom and can't afford to shell out for a more fully-featured superzoom, the X5 will be adequate enough, but its inconsistent image quality and slow performance won't endear it to anyone more than just a casual...

By CNET Australia on October 22, 2010

Don’t be lured in by the long list of advanced features this camera has. Image quality is more important and, in this respect, the X5 doesn’t deliver. Overall ...

By Digital Camera Buyer on October 20, 2010

Well it has a raft of amazing headline features for what is an absolutely bargain price. You might expect the build to be cheap and plastic but it’s the opposite; it’s really solid, well put together and handles very well. The wide angle...

By ePHOTOzine on October 07, 2010

Confused controls, but the image quality and long-range lens are much more than you'd expect for the price...

By Stuff on September 25, 2010

This is called a ‘Bridge’ camera, nothing to do with the card game but it is a bridge between a pocket digital camera and progression to a DSLR camera. The reason is the size and shape is like the latter but controlled like the...

By GadgetSpeak on September 22, 2010

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...

By What Digital Camera on August 05, 2010

Perhaps you’re not quite ready for a DSLR – uninterested in the idea of changing lenses and the typical DSLR is simply too much camera to handle. You’d like to test out one of these super zooms you’ve read about but the $300-plus...

By E-Gear on December 01, 2010

The GE X5 14.1Mpixel bridge camera is aimed at that middle ground between the digital SLRs and the compact cameras. As it is a very competitively priced versatile camera it will be a very attractive proposition for those on a budget who want the...

By GadgetSpeak on July 23, 2010

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