Kyocera Finecam SL400R
Dan Chiappini
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Dec 17, 2004 11:14 AM
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Kyocera |
RRP: $599 (time of review)
An innovative design with average performance let down by a lack of internal or bundled memory.
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Kyocera's Finecam SL400R has the most innovative styling of any of the compact cameras here: it has a swivelled body which cuts the camera in two so you can swing the lens down giving it a cross-like form factor as seen from the side. It's a funky design, and it means that when flush the camera has a slim, pocketable aspect.
Kyocera's Finecam SL400R has the most innovative styling of any of the compact cameras here: it has a swivelled body which cuts the camera in two so you can swing the lens down giving it a cross-like form factor as seen from the side. It's a funky design, and it means that when flush the camera has a slim, pocketable aspect.
The Finecam SL400R is not a high-scorer in comparison to the other cameras reviewed here, not that it lacked resolution at 4-megapixels, but because it just doesn't have the same image capture capabilities of the other models. It still did well, but in the indoor still-life photos there was a noticeable blue cast to the shots, regardless of white balancing for flouros and whether or not the shots were taken with flash on or off. The colour range was good, not great.
The thing that really hampered the camera, is that there is no memory to speak of, not built into the camera nor in the box with it. While the Finecam SL400R takes SD or MMC memory cards, you'll have to shell out a little more for your own if you want to use this camera straight away.
This article appeared in the
January, 2005 issue of PC Authority.