The camera handled the Agfa APX-100 much better and I was really impressed by the little triplet: Sharp, contrasty pics with some corner smearing creeping up under suboptimal conditions (i. what if I could wrench this finder out of it, draw 50mm framelines in it, glue a flash shoe to it and stick it on my Leica IIIa. There was only film around then and I just wanted something pocketable rather than take a T90 plus lenses or an EOS1 plus a different set of lenses. Whether you want to get your own Canon Sure Shot after reading all that information and seeing those example photographs is up to you.

If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case. The Sure Shot Tele’s solution is stronger and more reliable, and per Canon’s manual, the battery should last five years of normal use.Yes, the European market equivalent is the Prima AF-8 which can complicate things even further regarding the name of this camera. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I think these twin lens point and shoots represent an underappreciated sweet spot in the “compact” film camera market. I also have a Minolta AF50 Big Finder, which lives up to its name and from memory I think is comparable in size and clarity to the Canon.

For clarity's sake, photos must be taken with a Canon 35mm film point and shoot of the Sure Shot series; this additionally includes the Prima and Autoboy series in Europe and Asia, but does not include ANY digital camera, nor ANY other Canon camera.Markings on the top of the lens barrel indicate our approximate focal length in demarcations of 50mm, 70mm, and 85mm (the resting wide focal length of 38mm is not marked). This mechanical switch gives the added benefit that, when cycling the power off and on again, the camera retains our chosen flash settings. I couldn’t believe a camera that served me so well would be left unsold, so I was the only bidder and now had an XL just over a fiver! I was sort of a little surprised that I couldn't find any groups on flickr specific to the Canon Sure Shot (aka Autoboy, aka Prima) line of cameras, perhaps one of the most sucessful lines of cameras ever. Past 90mm, that sharpness fades, but up to that point, you would need to be an experienced pixel peeper to notice the difference between this and an SLR with a good quality zoom lens.

The camera can stop down to a maximum of f/36 at full zoom in super bright scenes, which seems nuts – diffraction must be absolutely insane by that point. Another hobby that I have found from this pandemic, aside from making my own coffee, bouldering, and practicing find-dine plating with food from the airfryer, is film photography! The third position is a “flash on” position which will force the flash to fire regardless of the lighting conditions (useful for backlit subjects).

Aside from this big, round button, we’ve got four smaller ones which sit at the four corners the LCD.

Stephen Shore, in his forward to the book SHOOT- Photography of the Moment, puts it best; “A Michelangelo drawing of the turn of a wrist may not have the complexity of one of his frescos, but it communicates the spontaneity of his hand. And unlike so many of the cameras of the point and shoot class, the XL won’t fit into a pocket or seemingly disappear when not in use.If focus has been achieved in close-focus mode (closer than one meter), the green light flashes slowly and the user knows to frame their picture with the parallax-corrected frame-lines in the VF. The camera does fit easily in a pants pocket, though it is very much the shape of a brick and can be a tad awkward.