With the simple press of either button, we can zoom the lens in or out. To zoom in or out, we use the cute and convenient two buttons on the front of the camera, positioned just where our left hand would naturally sit when holding the camera with two hands. After that, we simply look through the viewfinder and point and shoot. Slide this from “L” to “A” to start the camera. The On/Off switch is on the back, just under the film door. For the control freaks among us, here’s what we’ve got to work with. Focus, aperture value, exposure, film advance and rewind, and flash are all automatic, with limited user control over each of these functions. In practical use, the Canon Sure Shot Zoom XL functions much as any other point and shoot film camera from the late-1980s and ’90s, offering nothing that would surprise photographers who are familiar with the type.
#Canon sure shot 35mm iso#
Guide number 11.8 – 14.4 meters at ISO 100. ISO Range: 50 to 3200 ISO film with DX coding Non-DX-coded film speed is set to 100 ISO.
Automatic exposure compensation of +2EV (for backlit subjects) Metering: 3-zone metering from EV2.5-19 (ISO 100).Viewfinder Information: AF frame, close-up AF frame, and parallax correction marks LED indicator for focus and flash ready.0.42x – 0.81x magnification and 84% coverage Viewfinder: Direct zoom viewfinder with projected frames.Shutter: Electronic programmed aperture and motor driven shutter.Power zooming with wide and telephoto button Autofocus System: SPC linear-array sensor for SST passive AF using the AF-assist near-infrared beam.Camera Type: Fully automatic point and shoot 35mm film camera with zoom lens.
I picked a Canon zoom with virtually identical specs, mounted it to a decent Canon SLR, loaded each with identical Kodak Ultramax 400 film, and slung both outrageous cameras around my neck for a few weeks. It feels nice to use, and the images that I’ve made with it are sharp (enough) and pleasing.ĭuring my latest fling with the Sure Shot Zoom XL, I thought it would be fun to put it to the test, to prove or disprove Canon’s claims of parity between the lens of this old, chunky point and shoot and those of its SLR-mounted contemporaries. It buzzes happily and pops pictures reliably. It’s paradoxically large and delightfully ugly. Each time I’ve found it to be a charming, interesting camera. I’ve shot the Canon Sure Shot Zoom XL many of times over the years. A bold claim for a 1989 point and shoot, and one which Canon’s online museum repeats to this day. Canon sales brochures of the era claimed that the XL could reliably produce photos with image quality to match the pro-level Canon FD zoom lenses of the brand’s SLR cameras. In 1989, Canon released a new, not-so-compact point and shoot 35mm film camera called the Canon Sure Shot Zoom XL.
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