Fuji DL-400 Tele dual lens 35mm camera (serial 31100107)

The Fuji DL-400 Tele is a dual focal length (or "bi-focal" in Fuji parlance) autofocus 35mm point-and-shoot camera from the late 1980s. Its two lenses are a moderate wide-angle 35mm f/3.5 (3 elements in 3 groups) and a telephoto 70mm f/7.5 (7 elements in 6 groups).

The camera also offers Fuji's foolproof 'drop-in loading' system where you just drop the film in the camera.

This is an early DL-400 Tele made in Japan. We tested this camera at the same time as an later serial number Indonesian-made example; we couldn't detect any noteworthy functional or cosmetic differences between them.

Battery information

This camera requires a CR-P2 battery (available as an option). 

Battery life: Fuji estimated battery life to be '1000 frames' assuming flash was used for half of shots. That would be roughly 28 36-exposure rolls or 41 24-exposure rolls.. 

Condition notes

This camera is in good working condition. The camera is in good cosmetic condition (see photos). We  tested it with a battery and film installed and all functions are working correctly. The film was not developed. We also verified the camera's film plane focus accuracy and autoexposure tolerance are good.

Example photos

Here are some photos taken by other people using the DL-400 Tele and DL-400 Tele QD (the same camera but it adds a date imprinting option:

https://www.lomography.com/cameras/3363427-fuji-dl-400-tele/photos?order=recent
https://www.lomography.com/cameras/3343709-fuji-dl-400-tele-qd/photos?order=popular

Manual

https://www.butkus.org/chinon/fujica/fuji_dl-400/fujica_dl-400.pdf

Specifications

• Film: 135 roll film.
• Picture Size: 24X36mm.
• Lens: Fujinon Bifocal Lens, motorized tele/wide Switch over.
• Wide-angle (normal): f=35mm, 1:3.5, 3 components, 3 elements.
• Telephoto (2X) : f = 70 mm, 1: 6.7, 6 components, 7 elements.
• Viewfinder: Albada (bright frame), parallax correction marks, 0.4X magnification (wide-angle), 0.72X magnification (telephoto), 82% field of view; automatic viewfinder switch over for wide-angle, telephoto and close range shooting; auto-focus lamp (green lamp next to viewfinder eyepiece).
• Focusing: Active type auto-focus, auto-focus memory, 0.8 m~ x (wide-angle), 0.5 m~= (telephoto), automatic close-range auto-focus lamp (turns on when focusing is completed), lamp blinks and audible electronic signal alerts you when the camera is too close to the subject, landscape button (lens to long distance).
• Shutter: Programmed electronic shutter. (~/,0 ~1/250 sec.)
• Exposure Control: Automatic, EV 7~16 (wide-angle) and EV 8.9~17.9 (telephoto) coupling ranges with ISO100 film.
• Film Speed Setting: Automatic with ISO 50—1600 DX films.
• Film Loading: Drop-in (automatic threading). Film advance Automatic (motorized), film pre-wind system, rewinding unnecessary, provision for mid-roll rewinding.
• Liquid Crystal Display: LCD shows exposure counter (number of exposures left, cartridge loaded mark, film loaded/film advance mark, self-timer mark,
  flash charging signal, flash off mark, battery checker, flash ready mark.
• Built-In Flash: Flash automatically fires in dim light; flash lamp head automatically pops up when lens is switched to telephoto, automatic light-distribution switch over for wide-angle and telephoto.
• Flash Range:
  • Wide-angle ISO 100: 0.8 - 4m
    ISO 400: 0.8 - 8m
    ISO 1600: 0.8 - 10m
  • Telephoto ISO 100: 0.5 - 3m
    ISO 400: 0.5 - 6m
    ISO 1600: 0.5 - 12m
    * Electronically controlled flashmatic operation, green warning lamp blinks when subject is too far for shooting with flash, about 3 sec. recycle time.
• Self-timer: Electronically controlled. about 10 sec. interval, can be stopped in mid-run, provided with Self-timer on"
• Battery: Lithium battery pack (Panasonic CR-P2P 6V, BRP2DP 6V, National BR-P2N 6V, or Duracell DL 223A 6V) provides power for exposing about 1000 frames if half of that number is taken with flash.
• Others: Built-in lens cover (lens cover also serves as shutter safety lock), tripod socket.
• Dimensions & Weight 139.5x73.5x55.5mm, 323g