The Fuji Natura (and Natura Black) were introduced a few years back as an upscale 35mm P&S camera in a sea of P&S digitals. Fuji has a history of making high quality cameras and excellent optics and it's refreshing to see them come out with such a niche product in this day and age. The Natura is a camera in a similar class as the Nikon 28Ti / 35Ti, the Ricoh GR series, and other high quality cameras which are mostly out of production now.
It has an all metal body, a retractible lens, and the basics like exposure compensation, manual infinity focus, and flash controls. It is also built to be as compact as possible. It's not quite as large as an Olympus XA, a Minox, or a Lomo - i.e. it's one of the smallest 35mm cameras ever built.
The real appeal of this camera is the 24 f/1.9 lens. This extremely fast lens allows you to shoot in almost any lighting conditions when paired with fast film. It is also faster than most (all?) luxury P&S cameras.
After owning one for over a year, I can say that this camera has almost no downsides. If you pre-focus, shutter release is almost instantaneous. Exposure compensation is fantastic for special situations.
There are a few things that trouble me about the camera. There is no way to manually set ISO speed. There is no aperture priority automation either. I am not quite sure exactly what the program line looks like, but it seems to stop the lens down if it can, as long as the resulting shutter speed is greater than 1/30th (by my ears). There is no indication whatsoever as to what shutter speeds and aperture the camera sets. It is clearly biased toward handheld shooting which is fine by me.
For a couple hundred bucks, this is a winner. You can't buy a 24 f/2 for your SLR for less than that!
