Fuji Drive Half Frame

I was half way through this roll of Ultrafine Colouruption (ORWO NC-3) in my Konica Auto S3 when it stopped working. So I thought I would finish it in this camera with the idea that if it ended up being a grainy film that it would be accentuated by the half frame capture. However despite the strange colours the film is not particularly grainy. Nothing like the graininess of Adox Color Implosion although the colour shifts are even more extreme with this emulsion.

Here is a comparison shot taken with my Pentax Q7 digital camera and the Fuji Drive with Colouruption.

Now about the Fuji Drive. It has a 28mm f2.8 5 element lens which is surprisingly good but the cameras unique feature has to be that it uses a clockwork mechanism to advance the film. This is of course where it gets the name “Drive” from. The camera has a selenium meter that can be used for fully automatic exposure but you can also manually select shutter and aperture for more control. Also the meter system was made at a time when 100 ASA film was considered fast so it only goes to a maximum of 200 ASA. I’m also not really a fan of zone focus with most cameras so that’s a strike against it but if you pay attention to focus and set exposure manually you have a nice photography tool that is fun to use.

Another camera in my collection that has a clockwork film advance is the Ricoh Auto Shot.