Olympus X-930

The Olympus X-930 is a compact digital camera that appears to have been sold under two names. The Declaration of Conformity lists it as the "FE-4010/X-930," and it shares its manual with the FE-5020/X-935. That suggests the X-930 was the regional or retailer-specific name for the FE-4010. The record on this model is thin. It comes mostly from Russian-language sales listings, repair forums and user posts, with no substantial period press coverage.

What is documented puts it in the basic point-and-shoot class of the late 2000s. One owner describes it as a compact digital camera from 2008. It has a 12-megapixel sensor and a 4× optical zoom lens (4.65-18.6 mm, f/2.6-5.9, equivalent to 26.3-105 mm on 35mm). Shutter speeds run from 4 to 1/2000 sec, metering is Olympus's digital ESP system, and macro focus closes in to 4 cm in super-macro mode. It weighs 150 g. A YouTube title referencing the camera calls it a "Мыльница 0-вых" - Russian slang for an early-2000s basic point-and-shoot, literally "soap dish." The same title suggests a "Cherry Red" color variant existed.

Owner reports on a Russian repair forum describe two recurring faults. In the first, the lens extends and retracts on power-up and then the camera goes dead (the menu still works, shooting does not). In the second, a persistent "do not remove the USB cable" message keeps the camera from powering off. Both point to known failure modes in this class of budget compact. One user praised the output as having "soft, non-aggressive, natural colors" and called the camera light.

No original retail price, sensor size, ISO range, battery type, storage format, LCD specifications or confirmed production years are documented. The camera shows up in secondhand listings at 2,000 rubles in February 2013 (with 500 rubles of that going to an animal welfare fund) and 4,320 rubles at a Russian reseller. These are resale prices, not MSRP. The manuals (English, 63 pages; Russian also available) survive on multiple archive sites, which is how the FE-4010/X-930 dual identity is confirmed.

DeviantArt (a user post, not a review) identifies the camera as "Olympus X-930/FE-4010" and dates it to 2008. That is the closest thing to a production-year reference in the record.