I have one, last year I took it to Italy, it fits easily in my shoulder bag and the lens hood reverses and mounts on the camera nicely so it's always there. Flash sync, cable release, auto everything or manual any or everything. Held "normally" it's in portrait orientation, turn it and its in landscape. The film traveles left to right like a 35mm but the exposure area is vertical. If Fuji Acros is loaded the camera not only advances the film, like all the films loaded, but enters all the information too. As for info, all film will have the exposure and focal length, f stop recorded on the film edge. As for a tripod socket, yep it's right there on the bottom. There are so many features I had to read the book a couple times. Otherwise drop a roll of film in set to auto and go. Easy zoom control. It's highly ergonomic!