The focus uses a passive system that actually looks at the subject though a traditional rangefinder, and then looks for correlation. Ryan and the Animal Train, 22 August 2009. bigger. Notice the excellent delineation of the narrow depth-of-field at the larger aperture at which the Super Sure Shot must have shot in the low light.

Shooting this camera reminded me that my priorities change – or more, my approach changes. With cheap point & shoot cameras with cheap film I become more spontaneous and shoot with a greater sense of freedom. The joy in cameras like the Canon Sure Shot EX is just how little thought is required. In fact, it’s more than that, it’s how little thought it even allows. As camera technology improved, small features would change between the different Canon Sure Shots. But no matter which version, the function and shooting experience remained very similar. Similarities Between Canon Sure Shot 35mm Cameras The names seem interchangeable and can be confusing, but they’re really immaterial. Underneath, the cameras are all the same. The viewfinder is ho-hum, with marginally visible yellow frame and AF lines. There is no auto parallax correction; you need to look at the second frame line when closer. People say that there’s no such thing as a perfect camera and, perhaps, the 35mm point and shoot is the most imperfect of all. There are trade-offs to be made in so many areas: focal length, max aperture, shutter speed (max or min), size, ergonomics, features. I bet there is no camera that doesn’t disappoint in some or all of these areas. Nevertheless, some promise to approach the ideal, and this is what makes the search so alluring.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. Unlike some kludgier cameras of the time, the Canon Super Sure Shot has a short-throw electronic shutter release, not the goofier long-throw mechanical releases of lesser automatic cameras. At 1:60 (about 8 feet or 2.5 meters) there is a little pincushion distortion, correctable with about a setting of -1.5 in Photoshop's Lens Distortion Correction Filter. The viewfinder – which is huge – is a simple reverse Galilean type, which is a fancy name for a simple idea. When you look through a telescope the wrong way, you see things as they are, just a lot smaller.

Body Cleaning: Wipe the camera body with a dry, soft cloth. Avoid letting dust enter the camera body, especially when changing lenses.

The soft focus filter does what it says it does; it renders image with a soft glow. The effect was popular in the 1970s and ’80s, for some reason, and while I don’t necessarily understand it, I can say that the Sure Shot Tele’s filter works well. I recently shot the Canon Snappy Q, which featured a similar built-in “soft corners” filter. That one was pretty terrible, in that its transition from soft to sharp was too stark. The Tele’s filter, in comparison, is subtle and refined.

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 Weight and Dimensions : 400 grams (14.1 ounces) with battery; 134 x 79 x 62mm (5.25 x 3.11 x 2.44 inches) It was voted Camera of the Year in Europe as it had very advanced features for a camera at this time, and was ergonomically designed, making it easy to use. There is a hand grip that means your fingers are out of the way of the lens when taking a photograph, something that a lot of cameras did not have at the time.Shooting Range – 0.45 meters (1.5 feet) to infinity on land; 1 to 3 meters (3.3 to 9.9 feet) underwater; underwater macro mode 0.45 meters to 1 meter (1.5 to 3.3 feet) Prime lenses, on the other hand, are formulated and optimized to provide the best image quality and the fastest aperture at their single specific focal length. This is why we photo nerds tend to love primes. Focus on Focus: Mastering focus is crucial. Learn how to use the autofocus effectively and when to switch to manual focus for more control, especially in challenging lighting conditions or for creative effects. Very soft corners at 38mm at what I assume must be wide open. I’m talking about quite a bit of mush here. However, centre sharpness is respectable wide open. And the corners become acceptable once the lens stops down, but still a bit soft. Mild pincushion distortion. 100%ish crop. The corners are dreadful at what I think is pretty much wide open… This is partly because I find talking about minutiae like sharpness in the corners or whatever really boring and also beside the point when you’ve bought something like this. What are you expecting for a basic 1990s Canon point and shoot film camera?

There are three LEDs in the finder, each showing an icon for distant, group shots or close-up focus distances. If the appropriate LED lights up, you're assured of perfect focus. If no LED or the wrong LED lights, you don't have focus and need to try again. The AF system is balky; it only gets AF half the time, and the other half of the time you have to try again. Unlike newer cameras, the AF35ML prefers sharp, contrasty subjects in bright light. It cannot focus on a blank area, and cannot focus on horizontal lines or on fine or repetitive details. Viewfinder – 0.42x magnification Albada-type finder with frame-lines, parallax correction frame-lines, and AF indicatorBut these things don’t really happen. Do they? And if they do, then certainly not to me!? I hadn’t mistreated it at all, it had never even been dropped. And then, just like that, the Canon SureShot Autoboy was gone. Granted, its over 35 years old, but even still, I just didn’t think it would happen. Immediately I could see the value in mechanical cameras, cameras that could be repaired and have non-electronic parts replaced. As I shoot street photography, I like a camera that doesn’t get in my way as I try to capture scenes that are here now but won’t be a second later.