Fuji Nexia Q1 aps
Finding the right camera for your picture taking fun can be hard, especially when now-a-days there are so many to choose from. ‘35mm’ is now becoming obsolete, and the digital world is taking over. What ever happened to simplicity? It’s bad enough having to decide what ... Read review
Advantages: simple Disadvantages: not many features
Fuji Nexia Q1 aps
Finding the right camera for your picture taking fun can be hard, especially when now-a-days there are so many to choose from. ‘35mm’ is now becoming obsolete, and the digital world is taking over. What ever happened to simplicity? It’s bad enough having to decide what clothes or food to buy why is the digital world so overpowering?
The Camera Storey
I used to own a APS camera with all ... ...functions, hell the lens even popped out when you switched it on! However, it had served it’s time and decided it had enough of my constant use and didn’t want to take my silly pictures anymore. So rather than going to fix this old camera, although it served me well, I decided to buy a new one. Lets face it, it’s a lot easier this way!! Or so I thought!!
Shopping
Who invented shopping? All be it great when it come to ... more
Fuji Nexia Q1 aps
Finding the right camera for your picture taking fun can be hard, especially when now-a-days there are so many to choose from. ‘35mm’ is now becoming obsolete, and the digital world is taking over. What ever happened to simplicity? It’s bad enough having to decide what clothes or food to buy why is the digital world so overpowering?
The Camera Storey
I used to own a APS camera with all the useful functions such as flash control, time and date functions, hell the lens even popped out when you switched it on! However, it had served it’s time and decided it had enough of my constant use and didn’t want to take my silly pictures anymore. So rather than going to fix this old camera, although it served me well, I decided to buy a new one. Lets face it, it’s a lot easier this way!! Or so I thought!!
Shopping
Who invented shopping? All be it great when it come to shoes and clothes for me but when I’m looking for the perfect camera that I don’t need a degree to use, it gives me a headache. I just want to take pictures, send the film to the processors and let them do the hard work!! Is that too much to ask??
Walking into Dixons I thought great they must have what I’m looking for (not the only shop I went to but I won’t bore you with the whole storey). Sure enough they had a huge display waiting for me to touch and play! Woho!!
Just sitting in a lonely spot in the corner was a little blue Fuji film nexia Q1. and at £39.99 it didn’t really break the bank compared to the £100’s - £500’s digital cameras that I saw, even my old APS was well over £100. The Q1 didn’t look bad either, its rounded for style and has an easy to hold side for your picture taking hand! Although not good for left handers! And it came with a battery and a film, so you can start taking pictures straight away.
The features
The film is the usual APS and only takes one at a time, with automatic re-load and rewind when you have finished. Beware the ‘open’ latch is long and thin, and you have to twist it to open. This is bad if you have large fingers because the strap gets in the way, which I suppose is a good thing, cause then you can’t accidentally open the latch while you still have valuable film inside.
If you like you can rewind mid film it has an inverted button for this, you know the kind you have to stick a pen in to activate. But why would you want to?? Unless you are desperate and simply can’t wait for the pictures.
Recommended distance for taking pics is 2ft although I do have a few good close ups of my baby boy!! The picture quality is good for what I paid for, and with an automatic flash and red-eye reduction you can’t really go wrong. I’ve never had a bad picture, I just need to brush up a bit more on my photography skills!
It takes 6 seconds for the flash to recharge, and if you can’t wait that long you must be a busy person. All recommended flash ranges are described in the manual:
Iso 100 0.6 – 2.0m Iso 200 0.6- 3.0m Iso 400 0.6- 4.0m Iso 800 0.9 – 6.0m Using colour film……………….if all this means anything to anyone??!!!
An on/off button doubled up as a lens cover makes life a little easier, this way you can’t forget to turn the camera on otherwise you can’t take pictures and you don’t have to worry about the lens.
The display gives you all the basic information, such as exposure counter, cartridge loaded/unloaded sign and battery capacity sign.
Well I think I covered what you need to know about what the camera can do. But what I haven’t really mentioned are the things it can’t, which for many this can be a major downfall.
There isn’t a clock or time function, and no zoom lens which would make it difficult if you are wanting to take pictures of something far away or simply want a good close up.
Also beware of severe electric shock!!! Ha ha ha ha apparently, as mentioned in the warning section of the manual, this could only happen if the product is dropped or damaged so that the interior is exposed. I just thought that this was quite an important point for you all to know.
Who is this camera for?
It’s for the people out there who love simplicity. No gimmicks, no fuss, no hassle. What it can also be handy for is if you want to take pics on a night out you can just throw it in your hand bag or have it hanging from your neck.
Hope you enjoyed reading and don’t forget to leave a comment for me!! See you all! :)
Advantages: simple, easy to use, small and light Disadvantages: its no digital camera
I brought this camera for a recent snowboarding trip, I didn't want to take a digital camera in case I dropped it in the snow, so I brought this relatively cheap APS camera. this camera is very simple to use and has some nice features. the on button is a slide switch, so when the camera is turned off it covers the lens and disables the shutter button. this basically means you cant take any pictures when the camera is in your pocket and you wont have ... ...snowboarding trip I used ISO 400 films and I got some really excellent shots, they were clean, crisp and was no blurring, even when we were carving and spraying snow into the air. if anyone is going snowboarding and doesn't want to take their expensive digital camera then I would recommend this camera. I got it from boots for £39.99 but you can buy it from many other places, Argos included.
i have included a couple of photos, they look slightly ...
tottenham123 20.06.2004 (24.06.2004)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Fujifilm Nexia Q1 APS
Advantages: very compact, perfect handbag size and looks great. Pure Fun. Disadvantages: not many features but if you want more you don't buy a camera like this.
Ok, so if you are a serious photographer you may as well stop reading now, this camera is purely for either kids or fantastic for your handbag for those wild girlie nights out.
Yes its cheap (for a camera that is) £39.99 and its definitely chearful! The design is great, completely different from anything I've seen before (and believe me I've seen enough cameras in my life time, my father collects them!).
It does not have many features but does ... ...with red eye reduction. It has an LCD display telling you how many pictures you have taken and it does C and H print formats. When you are not using the camera there is a little switch which turns the LCD off and stops you taking any accidental pictures. The camera comes with a small instruction sheet , it has a small amount of information on it once you have found the the section in English. The camera though is not difficult, you don't have to ...
littlewom 27.10.2003 (28.06.2004)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Fujifilm Nexia Q1 APS
Small, lightweight and can take a wide variety of photographs. 
