Fujica Flash Date
The Fujica Flash Date is an interesting camera. It is a compact 35mm camera with a fixed 38mm f2.8 lens that is capable of automatic exposure. Focusing is done via a distance scale or pictograms on the lens barrel. The built-in, electronic flash can be flipped on via a switch on the front of the camera and a large green window atop the camera illuminates in spectacular fashion when the flash is ready to fire.
Perhaps what makes the camera most interesting is that it has a date imprint function - a remarkable feature for a camera introduced around 1975. While this function would become ubiquitous on compact cameras of the 80s and on, to see one on a camera this early is quite a curiosity. A cover atop the camera flips up to reveal three small dials: one each for day, month and year. The date feature is turned on via a switch behind this cover and illuminated numbers can be viewed inside the camera's finder. The dials are rotated to adjust their values, with a two digit year running from 76-92.
Purely as a compact camera, the Fujica Flash Date is quite the charmer, but when you add in its peculiar quirks it becomes something very fun and special.
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