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

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Once the door is shut, the camera automatically detects the film’s ISO via DX coding and auto-advances the film to the first frame. From here, we’re in classic point-and-shoot territory. For the majority of users and use cases, pointing and shooting will work just fine. Some finer points, however, exist. cleanseCookie: typeof mcxPresetParam.cleanseCookie === 'boolean' ? mcxPresetParam.cleanseCookie : false,

One interesting thing to note is that the viewfinder also changes magnification to adjust for the switch between half and full-frame. Since you’re basically cropping the image circle in half the lens effectively becomes a 50mm/85mm, which I personally find to be a more compelling duo than 35 and 60, but that’s an entirely personal opinion. Picture Frame, Close-up Frame, Wide AF Frame. Green LED Light ON: AF in focus; Blinking at 4 Hz: Subject too close; Blinking at 16 Hz: Camera shake warning on Red–Eye Reduction lamp is on.

Electronically-controlled programmed shutter and aperture. EV 6 (f/2.8 at 1/8 sec.) – 17 (f/16 at 1/500 sec.). Built-in electronic self-timer. In general, I found the Zoom XL’s focus to be fast and reliable insofar as I could easily tell if the camera thought it had focused or not, and its success rate was pretty high at just over 90% so about 3 or 4 shots on a roll of 36 were out of focus (and this includes focus missed due to possible camera shake or subject movement post-focus, but also includes some where the camera definitely messed up big time). This is not as high as an SLR but is nevertheless a very respectable performance for a point and shoot. I think the success rate is due to the spot AF being calculate from quite a narrow central region, which makes focus and recomposing very straightforward. As mentioned, I love underwater cameras and I’ve owned, shot, and reviewed quite a few – the Nikonos series ( literally every model), the Nikon L35AW, the Chinon Splash, the Pentax IQ Zoom 90 WR, the Minolta Weathermatic…

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.The Canon Sure Shot AF35M II is a great 35mm film camera, but there isn't much manual control over settings like aperture, shutter speed, or focus, which can be limiting for more advanced photographers. It doesn’t stop there though, the Sure Shot AF35M II also has a self-timer and multiple exposure settings, which are really fun for group settings.