Advantages: Fast, Reliable, Easy to Feed paper
Disadvantages: It doesnt fit into standard computer desks,

...After my negative last printer review, I’ve decided to review another of our collection. The Kyocera FS 680 is my personal favourite. Which is a strange thing to admit under the circumstances!! About a year ago while in the process of finding new printers my boss suggested this one, to which I recalled what the hell is the point in buying it…We need A3 minimum and definitely something capable of printing colour. My boss inevitably ignored my comments and headed straight out to purchase this. Incredibly this printer has since become a god send. Although only able to print A4 and black and white, this printer consistently chugs away day after day without a glitch. Before I launch into a buy now buy now speech I’ll tell you the features of the printer and let you decide! Compatibility: This printer as with most is compatible... Read review

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Advantages: Very reliable, low cost per page
Disadvantages: None

...I bought first Kyocera FS 5030N for my company at February 2007. After six months we own another four of those. It shows how satisfied I am with quality of that product. First quick description. It's medium speed (24 pages per minute), color (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK), laser printer with network interface (letter N on the end of a product name). It prints with same speed for B/W and color documents. Maximum print resolution is 600x600dpi. It warms up in 80sec from power on, time to first page is 12sec. Inside sits processor PowerPC 750FX/600MHz with 128MB RAM, expandable to 1024MB. It has smallest footprint (35x47x39cm) in its class. Offers very easy access to toners and waste toner tank. Each toner stands for printing 8k pages (in lab conditions of course, in real those numbers highly depends on average page coverage), which... Read review

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Advantages: Quick, Cheap
Disadvantages: Not the best printout

...I had always owned expensive to run colour inkjet printers, but noticed that the majority of my printing needs were just black and white. The time had come to buy a laser printer. I had used Kyocera Mita printers for a number of years at work and was aware of their cheap running costs, mainly because the ceramic drum has a life of around 150000 pages, thus making it effectively a fixed part of the printer. I fully expect to buy a new one when the drum itself fails. Due to this long life drum the toner cartridges are cheap (about £45 each with a life of around 4-5000 pages). The quality of print from this printer is average and at a resolution of 600dpi. It is certainly good enough for nearly all basic usage. Printing pictures is not recommended though because the printer does show some banding across the page. Personally I run... Read review

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Advantages: Picture Quality, Ease of Use, Small Size
Disadvantages: Auto Focus in Dim light, Slow to write to memory

...Bought the camera just over a year ago when my wife gave birth to twins. I was a keen photographer, but always on film before as I felt digital still had some way to go. The Kyocera has a 5MP resolution and gives truly staggering picutres for a camera of this size. I would say that the results are comparable to 35mm film at sizes up to 10x8 inches and far superior to my APS canon IXUS, which I no longer use, in fact I no longer use film!! Crisp Pictures with excellent colour rendition, low noise and good quality. The camera has a range of compression and resolution options, but with memory prices coming down, I take everything at the best possible quality. I have had no problems with the battery life or general reliability/operation of the camera. Build quality is extremely good, but you would expect that from the same company... Read review

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Advantages: Small, compact and robust. Good battery life when new.
Disadvantages: Slow to write images to disk, short battery life after prolonged use

...We bought the Kyocera S4 about 3 years ago after doing a lot of research into camera. Not being keen photographers, we wanted a camera that was easy to use but that took good quality photos. At first we were very pleased with the S4. The picture quality is great and at 4 mp the files are reasonable sized. The 16mb card that came with the camera had to be replaced as at "fine" quality we could fit about 10 photo's on there. We bought a 256mb and can fit about 80 photo's on. The battery is a rechargeable one and this is one of the reasons to buy the camera. We had previously bought a Pentax camera and were very disappointed at how quickly we were going through AA batteries. The S4 had a quick recharge time and long life, enabling you to fill the memory card before needing a recharge, however 3 years on and the battery last... Read review

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Advantages: Good image quality, small and light.
Disadvantages: Battery life, pop up flash, shutter lag and memory card size.

...I bought the Kyocera Finecam S4 in November 2003. It was my first digital camera and being my son was due to be born soon I thought it should be a good quality one. After looking around to see what I could get for around £250, I found the Finecam S4 on offer. I liked the look of it so decided that I would give it a try after being told that it took very good quality pictures. So what do you get in the box: The 4 Megapixel Finecam S4 Camera 16MB Panasonic Secure Digital (SD) Card BP-900S Li-ion rechargeable battery AC Adapter / Charger USB and Video cables Wrist strap Pixela ImageMixer software Manual and Quick start guide The camera itself falls into the category of 'micro camera'. It measures just 3.8 x 2.2 x 1.2 inches and sits very easily in your hand. And if that wasn't enough it weighs in at a measly 175g... Read review

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Advantages: This is a small, lightweight, easy to use camera
Disadvantages: Camera accessories are difficult to find.

...I've been looking for a good digital camera for years. Being a gadget lover I knew that digital was the way forward. So like most people I started out with all the big names in both photography and computer equipment including Kodak and Hewlett Packard. None of the camera's I tried gave me the same results that I could achieve with my analogue camera. Until I tried the Kyocera Finecam S3R. I'd never heard of Kyocera before so I was a bit hesitant when buying it. Reading the packaging it sounded like my dream camera. It was reasonablly priced, I paid £120 from a local electrical dealer. So I thought I'd give it a go. One of the big advantages to me, some of you might not care about this, was the rechargeable battery. I'd spend up to £10 on batteries every time I wanted to use my camera. If any of you have used digital... Read review

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Advantages: Features, size, style - almost everything!
Disadvantages: List price POTENTIALLY prohibitive

...!) So on to the good points - and there are many. In fact it really is hard to find fault with this camera. Being made by Kyocera (owned by Yashica, more well known for their professional standard camera equipment) this model is packed with all the features you could expect from a camera (see list below) and is small, light and very stylish to boot. The great thing about the camera in my opinion, though, is that while it has lots of special features, it is very easy to use if you just want to "point and click" - user-friendliness is excellent. The instruction manual is excellent also (features such as white balance, exposure compensation and aperture adjustment are clearly explained), and the camera comes with all the accesories you need to take and transfer pictures to your PC. I even got a free spare battery with it - don't be afraid... Read review

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Advantages: Good value for money. Quality output. Fast.
Disadvantages: The paper tray jams. Not very user friendly.

...it is perfectly fine!