No, it's a stupid, overpriced, gimmick camera designed to part fools and clout chasers from their money.
Fujifilm X half: Is it the perfect family camera?
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#22> The first few weeks everything went ok, until we had to copy the photos to their iPads. > [wifi didn’t work] It’s bad that in 2025, digital cameras do not ship with a way to automatically upload to Apple and Google’s photo libraries, for free, and clearing the local storage as images and videos get uploaded.
you expect digital cameras to provide cellular internet access for free?
It could be done over wifi
But id really prefer Airdrop
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#23I actually have a ton of toy cameras and I love them, so I bet I would love that Fuji too. It's right up my alley in terms of what I like: something a little silly and fun that is easily portable and can take pictures. The only thing is price is way too high for what it is. As much fun as I would have with it, $800 is too much for what it is. And that is definitely too high for something you're handing to your kids.…
Just a word of warning, thermal printer paper has dangerous levels of BPA.
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#24I'm more excited about their "medium format" digital cameras. Yeah, okay, $4K, but I've been pining for larger CCD's and Fuji are going there.
Nitpick, technically they are CMOS, not CCD sensors ;)
A modern CCD camera would be neat though
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#25I actually have a ton of toy cameras and I love them, so I bet I would love that Fuji too. It's right up my alley in terms of what I like: something a little silly and fun that is easily portable and can take pictures. The only thing is price is way too high for what it is. As much fun as I would have with it, $800 is too much for what it is. And that is definitely too high for something you're handing to your kids.…
Just a word of warning, thermal printer paper has dangerous levels of BPA.
I have heard that so I buy a BPA free one. Not 100% sure it is better but it claims to be. The one I get is actually a little large for the camera so I take a minute to unroll half of it and split it into two rolls that will actually fit inside.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just a word of warning, thermal printer paper has dangerous levels of BPA.
I have heard that so I buy a BPA free one. Not 100% sure it is better but it claims to be. The one I get is actually a little large for the camera so I take a minute to unroll half of it and split it into two rolls that will actually fit inside.
That’s great to hear, definitely worth the effort for the kids.
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#27According to this essay, the options for his kids are a $50 toy "camera" and an $850 niche camera possibly targeted at people who usually own the $2,000 line of the same brand. Surely there's something in between? I can't help but wonder if this is a purchase for himself.
My thoughts exactly. This is a bizarre article. The elephant in the room is on the lower end most mid-range phones will beat a digital camera under 300$. I wouldn't give a kid an expensive camera. Kids drop things. If you give Junior an 850$ camera and he loses it that's on you. Then again, this is HN. Maybe he makes 700k TC per year and money is no object. Even then he admits for a few hundred more you can get a muc…
Price sensitivity re: children and breaking things is going to depend on financial situation and intention. This is a person that shoots a $10k Leica, so I'm going to guess there's more than enough money and a strong intent to share an "authentic" photography experience (a camera of traditional form) with their kids. The latter appears to be this camera's gimmick.
They describe this camera as "cheap" even!
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#28I'm more excited about their "medium format" digital cameras. Yeah, okay, $4K, but I've been pining for larger CCD's and Fuji are going there.
Nitpick, technically they are CMOS, not CCD sensors ;) A modern CCD camera would be neat though
What do you prefer about CCD?
Note where I'm coming from, not a photographer but a user of scientific image sensors.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Photography nerds rarely bring this up but pretty obviously the best camera for kids is an old smartphone. A 2020-era iphone has a better sensor and is cheaper than this thing, assuming they don't already have one around. Photo transfer problem is solved, and the interface is already familiar to kids for better or worse.
That's what we did. Most "kids cameras" sold today just use cheap webcam sensors (e.g. 1 MP, low dynamic range) that are sold for excessively high prices. They have few physical controls, no viewfinder, and are bulky. Instead, why not grab a used iPhone SE, the camera sensor is still fantastic, and it will likely cost you less than most kids cameras. Remove everything except the Camera App, leave it in Airplane mode,…
There’s also the last-gen iPod Touch, which is getting a bit long in the tooth but as a cell-phone-without-a-cell-radio is nearly perfect for this application, and is an incredibly nice form factor.
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#30> The first few weeks everything went ok, until we had to copy the photos to their iPads. > [wifi didn’t work] It’s bad that in 2025, digital cameras do not ship with a way to automatically upload to Apple and Google’s photo libraries, for free, and clearing the local storage as images and videos get uploaded.
you expect digital cameras to provide cellular internet access for free?
Unironically why not? With how much high-end cameras cost, adding a single-purpose data-plan on top can't be _that_ expensive.