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The Best Film Point and Shoot Cameras: There’s Only Two

Chris Gampat
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Last updated on 11/19/2025
11/24/2025
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Lots of camera roundups like to give you somewhere between three to five options to choose from. And while they’re not wrong, they’re not always coming from experts who’ve actually used said cameras. Luckily, as the founder of The Phoblographer, I can say with certainty that we’ve tested the two cameras I’m about to tell you about. In fact, all the images in this article were shot by me. These two are the best film point and shoot cameras that you can get on the market. Truly, forget the rest: they’ll probably be way too expensive and they’re bound to disappoint you in some way or another. These two are the GOATs in so many ways.

Hexar AF: Best Film Point and Shoot for Experienced Photographers:

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Hexar AF
  • Why the Hexar AF is Great: The Hexar AF is in many ways, one of the best point and shoot cameras if you want to shoot silently. This is great for street photography, events where you need a quieter camera but can’t afford a Leica, and any situation where you just want quiet. There’s also manual controls, and a 35mm f2 autofocus lens on the front of the camera.
  • Who is it for?: The Hexar AF is best for street photographers, party photographers, and anyone that cares a lot about image quality. It’s for more experienced shooters
  • What’s so special about it that makes it unique?: The one thing that’s super unique about the Hexar AF is the silent film advance mode. When you shoot, it can slowly and pretty quietly advance the film. If you have really solid hearing, then you’ll be able to pick up the sound. But most people won’t be able to do it.
  • Favorite Film to Use with it: Kodak Tri-X

In our review, we stated that:

There isn’t honestly a single thing that I hate about the Hexar AF. There are problems that some may find to be hindering to their photography, but for the most part they’ll adapt. The camera is well built, small, silent, lightweight, and gives you everything you need to take a good image in a compact package.

Fujifilm Superia 200 actual film
Daylight balanced film outdoors during the day with a flash
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Fujifilm Natura S: Great for Beginners

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Fujifilm Natura S
  • Why the Fujifilm Natura S is Great: The Natura S is a small, lightweight, fun camera that is easy to learn. And if you’re an experienced photographer, it’s one that you’re not going to take seriously. Instead, it rewards you just being in the moment. To this day, it is still my favorite film point and shoot camera and the one I kept around.
  • Who is it for?: This great will be great in the hands of beginners. However, photographers that are more experienced and that know how to use its different light metering settings will also really enjoy using it. It also has autofocus.
  • What’s so special about it that makes it unique?: The thing that makes the Natura S so awesome is the 24mm f1.9 lens on the front that’s super small. It’s also very sharp. What’s more, if you load 1600 ISO film into here, it will automatically set itself to a special mode where the flash is bound to never be used. That’s because it was originally designed to be used with Fujifilm Natura 1600 film.
  • Favorite Film to Use with It: CineStill 800D

In our review, we stated that:

I’m absolutely in love with the Fujifilm Natura S. It’s small, lightweight, inconspicuous, can deliver great images, and will give you more keeper shots on a roll than you’ve probably gotten before. With a 24mm f1.9 lens attached and automatic modes that you can actually trust, there is nothing to complain about here.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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