Kyocera Press Release 18/11/03

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Kyocera Solves the Most Common Digital Camera ?User Irritants? with the Revolutionary Finecam SL300R and Finally Fulfills the Promise of Digital Photography

The World’s Thinnest 3x Optical Zoom Digital Camera

Virtually Eliminates Lag Time and is Capable of Unlimited Continuous Shooting at an Unprecedented 3.5 Frames Per Second

The 3.2 megapixel Kyocera Finecam SL300R:

TAKES LESS THAN A SECOND TO ?BOOT UP?.
- Digital photographers no longer have to worry about missing important moments of spontaneity with a boot up time of just under 0.7 seconds. Hit the power button and you?re ready to shoot.

VIRTUALLY ELIMINATES THE SHUTTER RELEASE LAG TIME.
- Offers a solution for digital camera fans who have been frustrated by “missing the moment” due to the combination of the shutter speed lag time and slow “click to click” speed. 

SHOOTS AT AN UNPRECEDENTED 3.5 FRAMES A SECOND.
- Utilizing Kyocera?s new RTune Rapid Tuning Technology, the Kyocera Finecam SL300R offers the World’s fastest Continuous Capture Mode. For instance, you can fill a 256MB SD memory card with continuous images at 3.5 fps, then go back, review the shots and pick the ones you want to keep. And this is at 3.2 Megapixel resolution of 2048 x 1536.

ENSURES STYLE IS NOT SACRIFICED WITH SIZE.
- The Kyocera Finecam SL300R is also the thinnest and the most stylish camera available today (15 mm), it can easily fit into the pocket of your jeans, shirt or into the tiniest of bags. This fashionable and sheik design is covered with brushed aluminum panels and boasts a unique swivel lens for achieving images from virtually any vantage point. 

Consumer Benefits
- Able to take images that were missed before due to digital lag time.
- As close as you get to a traditional SLR camera experience.
- Users can instantly switch on their camera, take a picture or a continuous stream of photos, and expect the camera to instantly write the image and be ready again.

The Kyocera Finecam SL300R comes bundled with the highly rated Adobe Photoshop Album software and has an MSRP of $399. It is available nationwide.