Fuji S Autofocus
Every once and a while I try a camera so bad that I have to ask myself whether I should destroy it to spare any other poor soul from its awfulness. In this case I present to you the Fuji S which I can only assume stands for (S)hit. It’s not that I had high expectations for this camera that were dashed. It’s cheap plastic materials and 125gram weight ease that notion from your mind. No it’s the fact that it offers a 26mm lens which is unique enough to stir attention but it turned out to be as soft as a flaming marshmallow. The lens is made from 3 elements in three groups and has a maximum aperture of f5.6. The shutter speed is fixed at 1/70 second which is fast enough but if it doesn’t vary and the aperture doesn’t vary then essentially the exposure doesn’t vary. The camera does take AAA batteries which is nice. Fuji has made some incredible cameras over the years so when they produce something like this 2004 abomination it seems out of step. So if your holding a roll of film in one hand and a Fuji S in the other do yourself a favour and recycle the camera and put the film into something more worthy like a Fuji Dl Super Mini or if you need 26mm a Canon Sure Shot BF-10 which will give you that and shutter speeds from 1/250 second to 1/40 second to boot.
