Fujica ST801

The Fujica ST801 is a manual SLR 35mm film camera made by Fuji in the 1970s.

Pictures by Clicks_1000. (Image rights)

Feature summary

• M42 mount
• TTL average light meter, with LEDs
• open aperture metering
• shutter speed up to 1/2000 s

Pros and Cons

Pros

• very bright viewfinder (probably next brightest to Bessaflex)
• LEDs of the light meter are visible in adverse light conditions
• open aperture metering (works with Fujinon EBC lenses)
• very compact

Cons

• open aperture makes the M42 mount non standard. Some of the non-Fuji lenses might not be able to get infinity focus.
• metering is cumbersome if non-Fuji lenses are used. You need to set the camera in "manual" mode where the aperture is closed - step back from automatic lenses
• slow flash synchronisation

Links

Fujica st801 Manual

• Fujica ST801 at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr