Last Friday, I paid a visit to Showcase and dropped off the first roll of film I shot with a Fujica STX-1 recurring Propeller Skies character Ted donated to me. Today, I finally saw the results.

As near as I can tell, the camera is between twenty-two and twenty-five years old. It spent most of those twenty-odd years sitting on a shelf in various places that Ted lived. As mentioned previously on the Prizzo Skeezy, most of the camera functions seemed to work, except for the meter. Given the age of the camera, I had very low expectations with regard to its performance.

Much to my surprise, the test roll that I shot came back looking pretty good. I wish I had put some more thought into subject matter, as all the photos were well exposed and showed no signs of light leaks. Additionally, focus appears to be dead on. I shot several of the photos with the Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 wide open and they came out tack sharp. A few shots did come out not so sharp, but that was due to operator error and not equipment issues.

My initial impression is this is a most excellent camera. Additionally, lenses and accessories are very economical via eBay. Unfortunately, they can be difficult to find, as these were never very popular cameras.