Samsung's 38-80mm autofocus 35mm zoom compact — infrared AF, DX 50-1600, motorised wind, CR123 power
The Samsung Fino 80XL was a 35mm autofocus zoom compact in Samsung's Fino point-and-shoot family, sold around the turn of the 2000s alongside stablemates such as the Fino 70 and Fino 800. It sat at the budget end of the market as a fully automatic everyday camera, and has since found a second audience among film shooters hunting for inexpensive automatic compacts.
The camera carried a 38-80mm Samsung SHD zoom of four elements in four groups with two aspherical elements, with a maximum aperture range of f/5.5-9.5. Focusing was active infrared autofocus, working from 1.0m at wide and 1.2m at tele, and the shutter spanned 1/60 to 1/250 second with an additional bulb setting. Film speed was set by DX coding from ISO 50 to 1600, film wind and rewind were motorised, and the built-in flash included auto red-eye reduction plus a self-timer. Power came from a single CR123 3V lithium cell; the body measured 113x65x42mm and weighed about 200g.
With a slow zoom that closes to f/9.5 at the long end, this is a camera for casual daylight snapshots, holidays and parties with faster film rather than critical work. Indoors the flash does most of the lifting. Operation is entirely automatic, which makes it an easy first film camera, though there is little manual override for more experienced users.
Like most late film compacts it is completely battery-dependent: without a working CR123 cell nothing fires, so test power-up, flash charge and motor wind before buying. Check the film-door seals and battery contacts for corrosion, confirm the zoom extends and retracts smoothly, and make sure a full wind-rewind cycle completes without grinding.