Fujifilm's late-90s APS point-and-shoot — fixed wide Fujinon lens, sold as Endeavor 101ix / EPION 101ix abroad
The Fotonex 101ix was a compact point-and-shoot for APS film released by Fujifilm in 1999, near the end of the Fotonex line before it was replaced by the Nexia series in 2000. It was sold as the Endeavor 101ix in North America and as the EPION 101ix in Japan.
It is a simple automatic viewfinder camera with a fixed wide-angle Fujinon lens, built-in flash and motorised film transport. As an APS (IX240) camera it offered drop-in cartridge loading with mid-roll change protection and the standard selectable Classic, HDTV and Panorama print formats recorded onto the film's magnetic layer.
Small, light and pocketable, it was built for effortless snapshots rather than control: there is no zoom and nothing to adjust, which today makes it a curiosity for collectors of late-1990s compacts and APS completists rather than a practical shooter.
APS film ceased production in 2011, so usable stock is expired and increasingly scarce, and many examples change hands as display or parts cameras. If buying to use, confirm the camera powers on, the flash charges, and the cartridge door and motorised advance cycle correctly with a dummy cassette.