Fuji Discovery 1000 Zoom Panorama

Murray@uptowngallery · Feb 15, 2008

I periodically check the local thrift stores for cameras to use or take apart.

I found a Fuji Discovery 1000 Zoom Panorama but cannot find anything about it online except for eBay prices.

It looks like it's AF & self-loading. The film gate didn't look very wide pano to me, unless it has to be switched from regular to pano.

Can anyone tell me anything about it?

Thanks

Murray

Ralf · Feb 15, 2008

Is it this one:

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji...p?dbid=670729&prodcat=235006&sscucatid=664271

You can search the Fuji Support database.

Murray@uptowngallery · Feb 15, 2008

Oh! Why didn't I think of that?

Thanks, Ralf.

Murray@uptowngallery · Feb 16, 2008

Nah, not it anyway, but I emailed Fuji to ask (nothing in their database)

For $5 maybe I should just get it and run film through it. Hmm, would need a lithium battery too.

Maybe or maybe not a manual...

epp · Jun 8, 2012

Sorry to be replying to an old thread, but I also have one of these cameras. There is a small plastic frame that fits inside the camera that causes the negative image to be panoramic. It came with the camera, inside a protective pouch. The camera also came with a quantity of stickers to be placed on the 35mm cartridge to alert the photo lab that it is a panoramic film, not regular.

warden · Apr 12, 2023

epp said:
Sorry to be replying to an old thread, but I also have one of these cameras. There is a small plastic frame that fits inside the camera that causes the negative image to be panoramic. It came with the camera, inside a protective pouch. The camera also came with a quantity of stickers to be placed on the 35mm cartridge to alert the photo lab that it is a panoramic film, not regular.

I was just given one of these cameras, but without the panoramic insert unfortunately. Question for those who might know: does the insert make the image larger by increasing the width of the exposure, and hence result in less images per roll, or does the insert crop the top and bottom off of a standard negative, resulting in the same 36 images per roll?

M-88 · Apr 12, 2023

Looks like a regular 35 mm point and shoot to me. The insert is more likely to reduce the height of the picture, not increase the width. That'a how gimmicky "panorama" feature worked on many point and shoots and SLR cameras back then. Why widen the film gate (resulting in larger camera and fewer photos), when you could just reduce the height?

warden · Apr 12, 2023

M-88 said:
Looks like a regular 35 mm point and shoot to me. The insert is more likely to reduce the height of the picture, not increase the width. That'a how gimmicky "panorama" feature worked on many point and shoots and SLR cameras back then. Why widen the film gate (resulting in larger camera and fewer photos), when you could just reduce the height?

I have been assuming that was the feature but haven't been able to find an owners manual to verify. Turns out to not matter in this case because the camera appears top scratch the film anyway.

Huss · Apr 13, 2023

warden said:
Turns out to not matter in this case because the camera appears top scratch the film anyway.

you bought a new Leica M6? Sorry - channelling my experience..

there may just be some dust/debris/broken piece of film in there that causes scratching. I wouldn’t give up on it just yet unless you don’t really care for the camera anyway.

Unless you have an Xpan where the film gate is wider in pano, all these other cameras do in pano is mask off some of the height of the image to give the same pano ratio. While it may seem silly as why not just crop in post?:
1. When these cameras were released we did not have software to crop in post. So unless you were a home darkroom printer your prints would be returned either in pano or regular format.
2. shooting in the pano setting makes you commit to that format and forces you to compose that way. Which IMO is very helpful.
3. the pano crop looks exactly the same pic ratio wise as using an Xpan. Difference being the Xpan has a much larger negative so you can print bigger.

warden · Apr 13, 2023

Huss said:
you bought a new Leica M6? Sorry - channelling my experience..

there may just be some dust/debris/broken piece of film in there that causes scratching. I wouldn’t give up on it just yet unless you don’t really care for the camera anyway.

Unless you have an Xpan where the film gate is wider in pano, all these other cameras do in pano is mask off some of the height of the image to give the same pano ratio. While it may seem silly as why not just crop in post?:
1. When these cameras were released we did not have software to crop in post. So unless you were a home darkroom printer your prints would be returned either in pano or regular format.
2. shooting in the pano setting makes you commit to that format and forces you to compose that way. Which IMO is very helpful.
3. the pano crop looks exactly the same pic ratio wise as using an Xpan. Difference being the Xpan has a much larger negative so you can print bigger.

Thanks Huss, I appreciate it.

Huss · Apr 13, 2023

warden said:
Thanks Huss, I appreciate it.

You betcha

Paul Howell · Apr 13, 2023

Huss said:
you bought a new Leica M6? Sorry - channelling my experience..

there may just be some dust/debris/broken piece of film in there that causes scratching. I wouldn’t give up on it just yet unless you don’t really care for the camera anyway.

1. When these cameras were released we did not have software to crop in post. So unless you were a home darkroom printer your prints would be returned either in pano or regular format.

Minilabs had an auto mode to crop the panos, when APS came out the film had a magnetic stipe that recorded which format the film was coded for, APS C, H, or Pan. And you right it was a crop turning 35mm into something like half frame, the APS pano is even smaller. A couple of my point and shoots have the pano mode, I never use it.

Fuji Discovery 1000 Zoom Panorama

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