In summary
With its smart black body, long lens and pop-up flash, Kyocera’s Finecam M410 looks like a serious camera. Its plastic body is comfortable to use and the pop-up flash is nicely integrated. The 10x optical zoom lens is fast and test shots were sharp, but no image stabilisation is provided. The mode dial covers full auto, drive, scene, ‘Ext.’, movie and set-up. Four scene modes are provided and ‘Ext.’ allows users to access white balance pre-sets and open an ‘M’ menu containing a wide range of adjustments. The EVF is diopter-adjustable and a live histogram display is provided. . . [more]
Full review
With its smart black body, long lens and pop-up flash, Kyocera’s Finecam M410 looks like a serious camera. Its plastic body is comfortable to use and the pop-up flash is nicely integrated. The 10x optical zoom lens is fast and test shots were sharp, but no image stabilisation is provided. The mode dial covers full auto, drive, scene, ‘Ext.’, movie and set-up. Four scene modes are provided and ‘Ext.’ allows users to access white balance pre-sets and open an ‘M’ menu containing a wide range of adjustments. The EVF is diopter-adjustable and a live histogram display is provided. VGA or QVGA video is recorded at 15 or 30fps with clip lengths limited by the speed at which data is written to the SD card and the card’s capacity.
Still images from the test camera were contrasty. Both highlight and shadow details were lost in shots taken in bright sunlight. Colour reproduction was good and the white balance control was an above-average performer. On test the M410 powered-up and shut down almost instantaneously with its default EVF display setting. We measured an average shutter lag of 0.15 seconds with pre-focusing, and 0.5 seconds when focusing was required.
Strengths
- High functionality and performance for its price
- Good colour reproduction
- Conservative power consumption
Weaknesses
- No image stabilisation for 10x lens
- Flash output non-adjustable
- Some controls difficult to access [BG05]
Specifications
Image sensor: 5.27 x 3.95mm square-pixel interlace readout CCD with 4,230,000 photosites (4.11 megapixels effective)
Lens: 5.7-57mm f2.6-3.1 zoom (equivalent to 37-370mm in 35mm format)
Zoom ratio: 10x optical, 1.3x-6x digital
Dimensions (wxhxd): 107 x 73 x 40.5mm
Weight: 295g (without batteries and card)
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