Canon Sure Shot 35mm point and shoot film camera with 38 mm f/2.8 Lens

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Beautiful Olympus XA-2 Compact Point and Shoot 35mm Film Camera 35mm f3.5 lens + A11 Flash + Display Case Paperwork EXCELLENT Film Tested The Canon Supreme Sure Shot was the first model with a significant design change. Leaving behind the boxy exterior that was common in the late 70s and early 80s, the Supreme had subtle curves for increased ergonomics. Slotted take-up spool. Advances automatically with built-in motor when the shutter button is pressed.

I often use Kodak Colorplus when testing cameras and taking them out for a review, as the results are always consistent and the film manages the colours well. However, for this roll of film, I used an expired roll of Kodak Gold 200. The roll was around 10 years expired, and I have no idea how it was stored. Normally you should store expired film in a cool environment, i.e. in the fridge, so that the chemicals do not degrade with temperature changes throughout the year. Fortunately, it’s incredibly easy to find information about any of the Sure Shot models that didn’t make it onto this list. When it arrived, I inserted a battery, and awaited my chance to use it. Unfortunately I left it on and when it was time to use the camera it would not fire up. I feared that maybe the camera, being so electronic no longer worked and put it aside.Next chance I had, I bought a new battery and it fired up, which was a great relief. Near Mint- Olympus Mju 1 Infinity Stylus Ultra Compact Point Shoot 35mm Film Camera Fast 35mm f3.5 Lens + Premium Suede Case Film Tested Regardless, all of these elements together – the well-thought out design, the huge viewfinder, the easy point ‘n’ shooting, and the automatic winding – made this cheap little Canon compact film camera ideal for distraction-free street photography.Most of the other animals were staying warm in the indoor sections of their enclosures, away from the sunlight, where they remained unbothered by my obnoxious flash, which would surely reflect off the plexiglass of their enclosure’s windows anyway. Released as a sibling to the model above, the specifications were essentially the same aside from the lenses. The Canon Sure Shot Telemax featured both 38mm and 70mm lenses that you could switch between. One gripe I do have is that while the frame lines being so central is handy, they do seem to get lost in bright light. I struggled to see them on occasion leading to a few framing mistakes. Have a look at the view through the viewfinder in the camera specifics section above, you can see how easily they disappear even though are well defined. The camera’s handy mode dial features a Flash Off mode, Flash On mode, Red Eye Reduction Automatic mode, and Underwater Macro Zone Focus mode. These modes all operate as would be expected by veteran Camera-likers™. Newcomers should remember the following Pro-tips™: a b Canon Inc. "AF35M". Canon Camera Museum. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23 . Retrieved 2015-10-16.

I had specific requirements I wanted to fulfil for an upcoming self sufficient European bike trip and looking on my shelf, although close, nothing in my collection fully fit the bill. Worth too much, too temperamental, too heavy, too bulky, too precious. This is what brought me to the idea of a compact.

Final thoughts

The Canon Sureshot Zoom XL wasn’t my first camera, others came before it. I got into film photography shooting a nifty fifty on an Olympus OM body while I was on holiday. I don’t think I even had a battery for the meter. But according to Kirk Mastin’s sage advice I wouldn’t even need one if I shot everything at f4, 1/125 on 400 film in good light. True to his word, the shots were perfect and I fell in love with film. The AF35M II was able to shave off 25% of the weight and a few millimeters from every dimension. While this is a decent difference, it’s worth remembering that the weight difference equals less than a quarter of a pound. In that pantheon of great underwater film-burners, the Canon Sure Shot A1 ranks pretty well. It’s a well-made, high-performing, extremely simple-to-use camera that’s comparable to other underwater point-and-shoots made by Nikon and Pentax and others. But it’s also sort of hard to rank.

I think Kirk Mastin’s advice was to film newbies – and I was one at the time – to not worry about metering and just get out there and take shots. Coming from the digital world it’s an absolute revelation to realise that you can take shots at totally “wrong” exposures and still get usable results. Six stops over with Portra 400 or Fuji 400H still gives an OK image. I guess it’s the same principle that disposable cameras work on. There’s just one exposure level and the latitude of C41 film does the rest. Hello SROYON, in your test I couldn't understand some things. I was able to understand the test for whites, but… Basically, Canon expected the typical user to never cancel flash or force it on and the camera is probably best used that way. For active autofocusing, the camera uses a triangulation system with a near-infrared beam. An electronically-controlled programmed shutter is used for fully automatic program EE. The metering range is EV 6 (f/2.8 at 1/8 sec.) to EV 17 (f/1.6 at 1/500 sec.).At 70mm sharpness is still pretty good, but clearly not as sharp as it was at 50mm, and the SLR lens is noticeably sharper than the Xoom XL It’s hard to see at this small size but the SLR lens begins to get the upper hand again at 70mm

Type of Lens: There are three types of lenses between all of the models. Fixed length, prime lenses (oldest models), dual-lenses with two focal lengths (middle models), and zoom lenses (later models). It is not much of a surprise in that these two lines of history would at some point intersect. Canon released the Sure Shot A1, with its multitude of names, in April 1994. Canon was not the only manufacturer to release waterproof compacts in the 90s and it competed with Nikon L35 AWAF (in which Nikon leveraged its Nikonos knowledge), the Minolta Weathermatic and Konica Mermaid (part of the Big Mini range). He would descend into the water wearing a heavy diving suit, the ones with the metal bulb head gear. His efforts produced work which was published in 1893 and led to the ability to this day for people to see wildlife in its natural habitat right to the lower depths of the sea. He also published a book in 1898 called “La Photographie Sous-Marine” (Underwater Photography) which detailed his underwater photographic work. The book came with many photos taken over the years. Electromagnetic programmed shutter and aperture. In auto mode and flash-on mode: EV 9.5 (f/3.5 at 1/60 sec.) – EV 17 (f/22 at 1/250 sec.). In flash-off mode: EV 3 (f/3.5 at 2 sec.) – EV 17 (f/22 at 1/250 sec.). Built-in electronic self-timer.The camera grip is slanted so you don’t have to squint. The camera’s curving and rounded exterior was well received. The camera won many awards including the Good Design Award from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. In 1986, it was selected as the European Camera of the Year.