Kyocera S5R 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical

by Kyocera

Product Details

• Item Weight: 7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000E25FE
• Item model number: S5R
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,497 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 14, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

It’s not about keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about keeping up with the action. Life just seems to get faster and faster. So we made a camera that could keep up. The Kyocera S5R features our exclusive RTUNE technology that lets you shoot up to three pictures a second until your card is full (in continuous mode, using an optional high-speed memory card). So you’ll never miss the best moment waiting for your camera to catch up.

High-Quality 3x Optical/11x Total Zoom
A bright, brilliant Kyocera f/2.8 3x zoom lens lets you get right up close to capture exactly the photo you’re looking for. And for added flexibility, a 3.7x digital zoom combines to give you the power of a 11x total zoom.

Exclusive RTUNE Technology
Faster start-up. Faster shutter response. Faster shot-to-shot times. Continuous shooting at 3.3 pictures per second until your card is full. And beautiful, virtually noise-free pictures. To see how our revolutionary imaging system ensures you’ll never miss a moment.

5 Megapixel CCD
The S5R features a sophisticated 5 megapixel CCD for printing flexibility. Not only can you get 11" x 14" prints and larger, a 5 megapixel image can also be cropped tightly and still produce large prints.

6 Scene Modes
At the press of a button, you can make the sophisticated adjustments a pro would make. Six scene modes, including night portrait, landscape and more make it easy to take the best pictures automatically.

Image Resizing Mode
A built-in Image Resizing Mode (IRM) creates a duplicate of an image, but in a smaller file size that’s easy to e-mail to family and friends.

Stainless Steel Construction
Strong. Good-looking. The S5R features a finely finished stainless steel body. And the controls are ergonomically placed for easy access to every function and control.

1.6" DayFine LCD
Our exclusive DayFine display/viewfinder makes it easy to shoot and review your images in even the brightest sunlight. The Dual Backlight design incorporates a newly developed special optical film to make the LCD even brighter.

SD/MMC Memory Card
The S5R comes packaged with a 16MB SD (Secure Digital) media card but also gives you the flexibility to use MMC (MultiMediaCard) memory. Both formats are compact, reliable and in wide use among a range of electronic devices, making it easy to transfer images to compatible PDAs, Kyocera Smart Phones and more.

Multi-Mode Flash
A convenient, automatically deployed built-in flash features four modes, including auto, auto with red-eye reduction, fill-in and flash off, that let your pictures shine in just the right light.

Product Description

5MP 3x Optical 2X Digital Zoom aluminum bodied camera with 3.5 Frames per second picture caprtre, AVI mode w/sound, Epson PIM

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good still image but VDO not as good as acvertised, February 5, 2004

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Sumpun Wongnawa (Hat Yai, Songkla Thailand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kyocera S5R 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical (Electronics)

I bought Kyocera S5R mainly because of its capability to record VDO at 640x480 pixel at 30 frames per second until memory filled up. The fast still image capturing at 3 frames per second is an added bonus. Kyocera suggests that high speed SD card should be used , the one with transfer rate about 10 MB/s. I used the Panasonic 256 MB SD card which has just that speed but had never been able to do non-stop shooting until the memory filled. The camera stopped about 1 minute or so , obviously just could not handle large amount of VDO data all at once. When it stopped shooting the red light was blinking several more seconds to show that the data were being processed. Then you have to start shooting again if you want more VDO. In short , it could not do continuous shooting till memory full as advertised.

In general the still images taken by this camera were of really good quality , except in some instances with flash. I wish Kyocera could add the function to adjust the flash , i.e. , low-medium-strong , instead of just one fixed mode which seems to be too strong , many of my shots were overexposed.

The battery life is at best an average or on the lower than average side.

The LCD monitor should have more pixels.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good camera when it was working, January 16, 2004

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Dedog "dedog963" (Lebanon, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kyocera S5R 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical (Electronics)

Camera was great for a couple of days; good pictures outdoors, super fast shot-to-shot time, some problems in low light conditions. Easy menus and ergonomics, but beware, some wrong information in the manual.

The fatal problem was that the SD cards kept corrupting after using the camera for any length of time. No matter the brand, speed, or capacity of the card, it happened consistantly and without notice. Turning off the camera to let it "cool" was the only way to get it working again (reset didn't work).

Interestingly, the picture on the LCD always looked great after the shot, but when you reviewed them later, surprise, the pics would be corrupted.

Kyocera support was marginal, got back to me with form emails really. Never did get to talk to a live person. Camera went back, and it would be tough to convince me to buy a Kyocera product again; definatly not in the same league as the big boys (canon, nikon, sony, etc)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good purchase !, June 22, 2004

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Andrew Liang "Ex-Parte" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kyocera S5R 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical (Electronics)

The Kyocera S5R is quite the complete camera. Like one of the other reviews said, it rises above the rest when taking action pictures (for examples, kids in a soccer game). It comes with good software, cables. Very easy to connect to TV and computer. Controls are easy (worst case, a quick read through the reference card should get any one set.) Its only down side is from what I was told from an SME, is the night pictures. So again, I was very happy with my purchase. My pictures from my vacation look really nice. Good luck.