Nikon W35 (One•Touch 200), A Quick Look

Film Camera Review: A quick look at the Nikon W35 (One•Touch 200), a point-and-shoot AF 35mm viewfinder film camera produced by Nikon in 1991.

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The Nikon W35 (One•Touch 200), a compact autofocus viewfinder point-and-shoot 35mm film camera introduced by Nikon in 1991 as part of the One•Touch series, launched with the 35mm f/2.8 Nikon L35AF2/L35AD2/One•Touch in 1985. The camera is typical of the trend toward user-friendly point-and-shoot cameras of the 1990s, which normally featured a relatively fast lens.

The model preceded the One•Touch 100, launched in 1987, and was later updated by the One•Touch 300 (1994). A One•Touch 200 (QD) version was also made available in 1991.

The W35 is fitted with a 3-element in 3 groups 35mm f/3.5 5-zone autofocus system lens with close-focusing capability down to 0.65 meters, comes with a compact 124 x 68 x 54mm dimension, and weighs approximately 200 grams without batteries.

The camera's functionality is supported by a built-in flash, with aperture and exposure time set automatically, acceptance of DX-coded film rolls with ISO 100 to 1000, a 10-second delay self-timer, and a tripod bush.

Power is supplied by a pair of AA (Alkaline Manganese recommended) batteries, which power the camera for up to 24 rolls of 24 exposures 135 film rolls with 50% flash use.

On the front of the camera, the upper part, from left to right, is the Shutter Release / Self Timer LED, beside which is the Auto Exposure measuring window, a pair of Autofocus Windows flanking the right and left of the Viewfinder window, and finally, the built-in Flash.

On the lower part of the front, the hump of the lens assembly, with the 3-position slider switch below the lens recess opening, and to the right of the lens recess, a vertical array of buttons for (from top to bottom) Mid-Roll rewind, Flash cancel, Anytime flash, and Focus Memory.

The 3-position slider switch sets the camera (from left to right) Off, On, and Pre-flash, or Red-eye Reduction.

On the back plane of the camera, just the viewfinder eyepiece on the upper part, and the hinged film back with a Film Type window across the film box. The film back can be opened by releasing the lock latch located on the right flank of the camera body.

On the top plane, to the far right, is the cluster for the Shutter Release button, the Self-Timer button, and the Frame Counter window.

The bottom plane of the camera has just the Battery Chamber cover and the Tripod bush.

The Film Box is a typical autoload configuration for compact film cameras of the era, with the film canister chamber located to the left, and the sprocket gear and film take-up spool to the right of the picture frame assembly.

The film is rewound automatically back into the film canister at the end of the roll.

The nomenclature of the viewfinder readout is as illustrated.

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