This is the M42 camera.



Released by Fujifilm in September 1972, the world's first LED (light-emitting photodiode) was used in a viewfinder display.

Type: 35mm single-lens reflex camera

Photo size: 24*36mm

Standard lens: EBC FUJINON 1:1.8 55mm (4component, 6 element)

Selection: EBC FUJINON 1:1.4 50mm (6component, 7 element)

Filter: 49mm, screw in type

Shutter: Focal plane shutter, B,1-1/2000 sec..FP and X contact.

Self-timer: built-in self-timer

Viewfinder: Pentaprism 0.96x magnification

Mirror: Quick return mirror

Exposure: Through The Lense

ASA: 25-3200

Weight: 635g

At the time, the universal shutter speed of the SLR was 1000/1 second, and the 2000/1 second of the ST801 belonged to a fairly fast axis.



What I thought was unusual while using the ST801.

1. It must have been innovative at the time. Shutter speed is indicated by LED, not needle type.

2. Exposure metering is possible with a half shutter. (For FUJINON lenses, open metering is possible)

3. It is fixed by pressing and turning the depth-of-field pre-button, so that even older M42 lenses can be metered and photographed with a stop-down method.

4. General M42 cameras at that time generally used 1.35V mercury battery, but ST801 uses 6V battery called PX28 or LR44, so it can be used conveniently without any correction. to be.

In the other Fujika series

There are Fujica ST605N, Fujica ST701, Fujica ST801, Fujica ST901 and Fujica ST901W.

Later, the M42 mount was abandoned and the original mount, the AX series, was transferred.