135compact.com 35mm ultra compact cameras Fujifilm Clear Shot S AF
The
Fujifilm Clear Shot S AF is a quite wide
angled (26mm) camera for 35mm film, released in 2004 when the digital
market was already growing fast. It a very basic model, small and
lightweight. It is fully automatic, only a few flash modes are
available. Its main features are:
26mm
F5.6 Fujinon lens, min. focus 1m Electronic shutter, 1/4 night mode and 1/70 (!) single speed in normal mode Size 101x62x34, Weight 125 gr. without battery 100-400
ISO, automatic DX coding, self-timer, automatic film advance, tripod socket
Camera
front closed. There is a slider to protect the lens. Bottom. Tripod socket. Battery compartment. Takes 2 simple AAA batteries.
Camera
back. Next to the viewer green focus o.k and flash charge lamp.
Top: LCD
screen and 2 buttons: flash modes + self-timer and film mid
roll rewind. Shutter release. Camera open, moving the silder switches it on and loads the flash. Camera sets auto flash
as default. There is a flash off mode.
Back
open. Film plane.
This
camera is easy to use.
Autofocus is responsive and works well. Putting a film is easy as well,
open the back, tear the film leader to the mark, drop the film and
that's it. The
camera spools it automatically. As with most point and shoot ultra
compacts, auto
flash is set at start. The wide angle, the lightweight and very compact
body are are fine. The single speed puts it however close to the cheap
plastic cameras.
It's
a point and shoot camera
with a quite wide angle lens. Seen today's film prices you better look for a camera with more shutter speeds.
