The 1987 camera arrived, and was "near mint", It did require the replacement of an internal battery to set the clock, and to date stamp the film if I choose to - I did not. My dad was right to get excited about this weird camera. The zoom lens is a good effective range 25-75mm approx 35-105mm (full frame equivalent). It is sharp throughout it's entire range. The auto focus is slow, and seems to take two steps - an initial AF, and then a second fine tune. The first roll was 5222-XX 24 exposure which yielded 53 frames. It's was a great match for tones, and contrast. I took about 5-10 minutes to set up the first 48 raw file scans which chugged along while I had dinner (about 40 minutes at 4800 ppi). All the exposures were good - even when the camera decided to use fill flash. (you get no control over this). Looking forward to trying some finer grain film.
Apr 11, 2026 at 04:52 PM
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The 1987 camera arrived, and was "near mint", It did require the replacement of an internal battery to set the clock, and to date stamp the film if I choose to - I did not. My dad was right to get excited about this weird camera. The zoom lens is a good effective range 25-75mm approx 35-105mm (full frame equivalent). It is sharp throughout it's entire range. The auto focus is slow, and seems to take two steps - an initial AF, and then a second fine tune. The first roll was 5222-XX 24 exposure which yielded 53 frames. It's was a great match for tones, and contrast. I took about 5-10 minutes to set up the first 48 raw file scans which chugged along while I had dinner (about 40 minutes at 4800 ppi). All the exposures were good - even when the camera decided to use fill flash. (you get no control over this). Looking forward to trying some finer grain film.
Apr 11, 2026 at 04:48 PM
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Kyocera Samuria X3 half frame camera results - X4 ADDED
The 1987 camera arrived, and was "near mint", It did require the replacement of an internal battery to set the clock, and to date stamp the film if I choose to - I did not. My dad was right to get excited about this weird camera. The zoom lens is a good effective range 25-75mm approx 35-105mm (full frame equivalent). It is sharp throughout it's entire range. The auto focus is slow, and seems to take two steps - an initial AF, and then a second fine tune. The first roll was 5222-XX 24 exposure which yielded 53 frames. It's was a great match for tones, and contrast. I took about 5-10 minutes to set up the first 48 raw file scans which chugged along while I had dinner (about 40 minutes at 4800 ppi). All the exposures were good - even when the camera decided to use fill flash. (you get no control over this). Looking forward to trying some finer grain film.
Aug 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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The 1987 camera arrived, and was "near mint", It did require the replacement of an internal battery to set the clock, and to date stamp the film if I choose to - I did not. My dad was right to get excited about this weird camera. The zoom lens is a good effective range 25-75mm approx 35-105mm (full frame equivalent). It is sharp throughout it's entire range. The auto focus is slow, and seems to take two steps - an initial AF, and then a second fine tune. The first roll was 5222-XX 24 exposure which yielded 53 frames. It's was a great match for tones, and contrast. I took about 5-10 minutes to set up the first 48 raw file scans which chugged along while I had dinner (about 40 minutes at 4800 ppi). All the exposures were good - even when the camera decided to use fill flash. (you get no control over this). Looking forward to trying some finer grain film.
