With the Finecam SL400R, Kyocera has added 1 million pixels to its groundbreaking sequence shooter, the Finecam SL300R. Not a lot else has changed. There's still the blazing burst-mode performance that yields 188 full-resolution frames in less than a minute at a clip of more than 3 frames per second (fps). The Finecam SL400R retains the tiny 4-by-2.5-by-0.6-inch, 5-ounce body, with its swiveling lens/flash module that rotates up or down 120 degrees. It also has the LCD-only viewing, 3X optical zoom, and easy automated operation of its predecessor. This new version adds a lens hood that twists off to accept filter accessories. It will appeal to action photographers and others who plan on taking a lot of pictures very quickly and want to be able to tuck their sequence shooter into any pocket.
The Kyocera Finecam SL400R's pipelined processor uses direct memory access to hasten images through the buffer directly onto an SD memory card at an amazing rate. We shot full-resolution photos at better than 3fps for as long as our 256MB high-speed Lexar card held out. With a reduced resolution of 640x480 pixels, the camera held on for a finger-numbing 14 minutes, during which we managed more than 2,800 pictures, enough to analyze the most leisurely of golf swings.
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