If I remember correctly, I wanted to buy the F to replace my T because I wanted a physical dial for adjusting the ISO, even though having used it for years, I don't really use that dial to begin with. The F also has the Acros simulation that I think I was convinced I just totally needed. Regardless of what I told myself to justify the purchase after only having used the T for less than 4 months, I bought it off someone on reddit on r/photomarket. The price was probably a huge factor too to be honest. The listing had mentioned a sticky shutter button and I was sure I could deal with it, but when it arrived, I tried so much to get the shutter button to just work properly. Electronic contact cleaner made it a little better, but the power switch was really hard to turn and the half-press for autofocus didn't work most of the time.

I messaged the seller about returning it after deciding it wasn't worth the trouble but he told me that he had already spent the money I paid him on a new camera. He very generously offered to refund me 1/3 of the price to keep it, hence the final price of $389. An absolute steal compared to the prices of everything after the camera series went viral in 2022 and again after the X100VI came out. Over the years, the camera has stayed a little finicky; the front dial doesn't register turns unless it's turned at just the right angle, the power switch doesn't turn the camera on sometimes, the shutter button stopped firing completely for a week, which I solved with 95% alcohol and flooding the button before mashing it for 10 minutes (at the suggestion of a local camera repairshop).

To compensate for the camera's shutter button, I have it set always to manual focus but the front button triggers the autofocus and the back AEL/AFL button only locks exposure. I've done it this way so long that even though the button now works with a halfway press, I only use it to lock exposure and still use the weird front button focus, and when the AF fails, then I can quickly focus manually with the ring. It makes sense, I swear.

This is the camera I carry around always, wrapped in a navy vinyl wrap I bought from Ali Express because I couldn't find a company that makes wraps for anything older than the X100V.

I, like many people who like more "retro" and "nostalgic" looks of things, wanted a Polaroid camera, but those are a lot more expensive, and I already had a Fujifilm camera, so may as well stick with the brand. The first day I got this in the mail, I was really excited to take my first picture, so I opened it up to load it with new film. Turns out, the previous owner had 8 shots left in it, and I exposed all of them in that instant. That's like $10 wasted! I ended up messing with the development chemicals at the bottom of each to make some funky colors that maybe I'll upload to my gallery later.

99% of the time, I only ever put expired film into this camera because I just think $1 per shot is wild, but if I buy the expired bundles off B&H, it's only $0.60 per shot. >:] I did use soon-to-be-but-not-yet expired film to for my wedding though because that's definitely the time to splurge.

I bought this originally to give my mom a camera to take on a cruise through Europe because she wanted something that had better zoom than her phone. She used it a bit, then used it mostly for work to document filming they did for commercials. Eventually, I took the camera to try out and use it here and there, mostly for black and white. The most use I've gotten out of it has been recording sparring sessions during naginata practice though.

This camera is so bad and I love it because it's terrible. It's really cute, and as much as I hate the blind box concept that preys on people's FOMO and gambling tendencies, I still bought one, though in my defense, I was only buying one and I was fine with any color I got. I carry it around and don't use it much but it's fun.

My first real camera. Bought during peak covid lockdown, it came with a leather half case, thumb rest, and a lens hood. I had no idea how to use it, what the exposure triangle was, what the difference between f2.8 and f8 was, but I was still impressed with the pictures I took with it. They were horribly exposed and washed out, but it was always fun. There's something about using an actual camera compared to a phone, even though I can take the same picture on both, it's just...better?