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Kyocera Finecam SL300R

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Kyocera Japan has today announced a twisting lens compact digital camera the Finecam SL300R. Looking very much like a Nikon Coolpix it has a 3.1 megapixel CCD and 3x optical zoom lens, a 1.5" TFT LCD, is powered by a lithium ion battery and uses SD cards for storage. It will be available in later this month and the price is expected to be approximately 45,000 Yen.Read more
Features & Controls The swivel lens/flash unit rotates 120° forward and 120° backward, enabling easy framing of any subject from high overhead to low angle. You can rotate the lens backwards for quick and easy self-portraits, just frame yourself on the LCD and press the shutter. The 3xRead more
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Pros

  • SL300R's user interface is fairly uncomplicated
  • Offers Manual
  • Wide AF

Cons

  • Skin tones were typically a bit pale and yellow
  • only a few distance numbers appear on the focusing scale
  • Memory card corruption can happen with any card type and any camera manufacturer

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 5.312x3.984 mm
  • 3 Mpx
  • 2048, 1536 px
  • 4.7
  • Contrast Detect (sensor), Single, Live View
  • 1.5 in
  • no

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Kyocera Finecam SL300R - Pros & Cons

Kyocera Finecam SL300R

Pros

  • SL300R's user interface is fairly uncomplicated
  • Offers Manual
  • Wide AF
  • and Spot AF modes
  • attractive
  • all-silver body and very low profile controls
  • make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images
  • solid and well-built
  • Both continuous and single autofocus are available
  • the menu system is more thoughtfully designed
  • the LCD is bright and easy to see even in full daylight

Cons

  • Skin tones were typically a bit pale and yellow
  • only a few distance numbers appear on the focusing scale
  • Memory card corruption can happen with any card type and any camera manufacturer
  • lost photos due to a corrupted memory card
  • noise was fairly low
  • the lack of lens cap or cover
  • Small
  • hard-to-use controls
  • shutter lag times were hard to measure
  • no optical viewfinder
  • exposure settings are limited

Kyocera Finecam SL300R - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
1.5 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconEffective pixels
3 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
2048 x 1536 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Kyocera Finecam SL300R - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.21 in
Sensor photo detectors3.0 Mpx
Effective pixels3.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h4:3
Max resolution2048 x 1536 px
Other resolutions
  • 1600x1200
  • 1280x960
  • 640x480
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom3.3 x
Digital zoom2.0 x
Minimum aperture2.8
Maximum aperture4.7
Focal length equiv35 - 115
Autofocus
  • Contrast Detect
  • Single
  • Live View
Manual focusyes
Normal focus range23.62 in
Macro focus range7.87 in
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Photography features
Minimum shutter speed8.0 s
Maximum shutter speed1.0 s
Shutter priorityno
Aperture priorityyes
Exposure compensation plus2
Exposure compensation minus-2
Expousure compensation steps1/3
Built-in flashyes
Flash range2.5
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Flash ON
  • Flash OFF
  • Redeye Reduction
  • Slow Sync
  • Fill-in Flash
External flashno
Continuous drive3.5 fps
Self-timeryes
Self-timer options
  • 2
  • 10
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Design
Body typeUltracompact
Colour of product
  • Blue
  • Silver
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Storage types
  • SD
  • MMC
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Connectivity
USB version1.0
Remote controlNo
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Image
ISO
  • Auto
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
  • 800
White balance presets5
Custom white balanceyes
Image stabilization typeNo
Uncompressed formatNo
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size1.5 in
Screen dots118000
Touch screenno
Live viewno
ViewfinderNone
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Videography features
Maximum resolution640 x 480 px
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Dimensions
Weight6.17 oz
Width3.94 in
Height2.48 in
Depth0.59 in
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Power
Battery technology
Lithium-Ion
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Other features
Timelapse recordingno
Orientation sensorno

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