Their ad also focused on the excellent auto focus and accurate auto exposure, and promised that the Sure Shot Tele would make us “a hot photographer overnight. Holding the camera in the hands we find a top plate with just two buttons – a subtle burgundy shutter release, and a more surreptitious self-timer button (which interestingly acts as a shutter release button as well – just press the self-timer button once and the shutter fires ten seconds later). While the incessant reset of the flash mode during the camera’s power cycle can be annoying, especially for those of us who prefer to use natural light or no flash, it quickly becomes second nature to press the flash mode button twice every time we turn on the camera.

Disclaimer: Etsy assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, labelling, or content of sellers' listings and products. It has a built-in soft-focus filter and a multiple exposure mode, which Canon lauded in their print ads of the time. The camera's mode dial option to disable flash reminds me of the Canon Sure Shot Sleek (aka Prima Mini II) which also has this mode dial function and which I have but haven't put a film through it yet.She had one just like this but it was worn out from constant use, with the back taped to keep the roll door shut. The Canon Prima Twin (or New Sureshot in America or Autoboy WT28 in Japan) is a 1990 bifocal compact autofocus camera.

I have to get over that initial mental hump that I’ve made for myself that when I got out taking photos I don’t want to “waste” the opportunity with “low quality” results, but as soon as I get over that, I find myself having a lot of fun. Beware that in this mode, the minimum shutter speed is 1/100s, so it’s likely that the flash will tend to fire a lot when slow film is used under less than ideal lighting conditions. A swiveling peg underneath allows you to prop the camera upwards on the floor or on a table, giving a perfect angle for a selfie.

The camera’s bonus features, the soft focus filter and multiple exposure mode, work as they should, though in both cases results will vary from user to user. com are the exclusive property of the named author (except where stated otherwise) and are protected by copyright. Content contributor – become a part of the world’s biggest film and alternative photography community blog. It is a bit bulky mind but if you want and easy to hold camera for fun shooting to give to your kids or an elderly relative with arthritis and big hands who just wants to take snaps it may be perfect. 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.