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I LOVE this camera, LOVE it..apart from one thing, which I will mention later. Firstly it is bright yellow. Look at it, just look!

This was another heavy-duty camera like the Fuji HD-M I previously wrote about – weatherproof, waterproof, and indestructible.  I preferred this one over the former as this one was not zone-focused. It had automatic focusing above water and fixed focus below. This one worked perfectly even though it was produced in 1987, 30 years ago and not a scratch, not an issue. The seals were perfect, well actually it had a rubber ring around the edge, not the traditional seals. The dual in the name referred to the button on the top which switched the zoom from 35mm to 50mm. There was also a button to allow macro photography underwater, it should be waterproof to 5m. I haven’t tested this feature, but apparently, it floats too. The only other button was the one for on/off. And that brings me to the only thing I did not like, the flash was automatic, you had no control over it at all. I understand why though, in order to make this camera robust and waterproof it needed as few buttons as possible. On the other hand, it took either one 6V battery or four AAA batteries, how convenient is that? It certainly made up for the one feature I didn’t care for.

I think this might be a perfect holiday camera. For my first roll, I started to use it in Japan and when I arrived back in the UK finished it there. It is also a perfect sports camera as it is not affected by sweat 🙂

You can see in the Japan photos two shots where I pressed the lens select button. These shots show exactly what the dual button does.

Of course, the Airbus A380 denotes the change in continents. The film made it through the X-rays as I put the camera in my hand luggage. I did put some spare film in my checked baggage, I will be interested to see that when it is developed. This website by kodak explains the difference in the x-ray processes for checked and hand baggage. I wish I had read it first. Now I will treat the film as an interesting experiment.

Anyway, what a super camera.