Manufacture: Canon Country: Japan Model: Sure Shot AF-7 Introdused: 1994 Dicontinued: Camera type: Compact Film type: 35mm Film format: 36×24 mm Apeture: f/3.8-11 Shutters speed: 1/45-1/160sec Lens: 35mm 1:3.8 Quantity: Dimension: Weight: Original Price: Price: WoW Price 15e
Marketed
March 1994
Original Price
For export only (no Japanese market price)
Based on the single-focal-length BF 35 camera, this is an advanced model with 3-step autofocusing with one center point and a near-infrared beam.
The built-in flash has an auto mode as well as an on/off switch. The film transport has also been improved with the film rewind noise level reduced by about half. Also, about 20 percent more rolls of film can be shot with a new set of batteries.
In UK, the camera was called the Prima AF-7.
Type
Fully automatic 35mm Lens-Shutter autofocus camera
Picture Size
24×36 mm
AF System
Three-step autofocus with near-infrared beam. 0.8 m to infinity.
Lens
35mm f/4.5 (3 elements in 3 groups)
Shutter
Electromagnetic four-speed programmed shutter and aperture. With flash off: No higher than EV 10.5 (f/4.5 at 1/70 sec.). At ISO 100: EV 10.5 – EV 12 (f/4.5 at 1/100 sec.), EV 12 – 14 (f/6.6 at 1/125 sec.), EV 14 – EV 16 (f/11 at 1/180 sec.). Built-in electronic self-timer (with blinking red-eye reduction lamp), cancelable midway.
Viewfinder
Reversed Galilean viewfinder. 0.68x magnification and 84% coverage. OK-to-Shoot lamp on the right (also functions as in-focus indicator).
EE
CdS cell for full-auto simple program EE. Film speeds of ISO 100/200 and 400 (automatic switching) with DX code.
Built-in Flash
Guide No. 9 (at ISO 100 in meters). Fires automatically in low-light conditions. Flash off/on switch provided.
Autodate
Feature
Auto calendar programmed up to the year 2030. (Automatic correction for leap months and years.)
Power Source
Two 1.5 V size-AA batteries
Film Loading &
Advance
After opening camera back, align film leader at mark, then close the camera back for auto loading. Automatic film advance with built-in motor. Film advance speed: 1 fps.
Frame Counter
Counts up. Resets automatically when camera back is opened.
Film Rewind
Automatic rewind with built-in motor. Midroll rewind enabled.
The Canon’s Sure Shot AF-7s (aka Sure shot Owl PF or Prima AF-9S) was launched at the turn of the century. It is essentially like a restyled version of the 1997 Sure Shot AF-7/Sure Shot Owl and carried on the characteristic large viewfinder (hence sold under the Owl name in the US). Mines arrived with a case and batteries (thankfully not corroded)
The camera is pretty typical non zoom AF compact from the turn of the century. It has a plastic body with glass lens and is a bit bulky. It’s a bit like an early IXUS series APS camera on steroids.
The camera is pretty simple in controls a slide switch opens lens and there is a big shutter button both good for little folk (aka kids) and people with big hands. There are 2 smaller buttons – one for the timer and one to cycle flash modes (auto, force on and force off) that are recessed as is a smaller mid roll rewind button which is well positioned and almost impossible to set off accidentally. There appears to be a date back model as well.
Canon Sure Shot AF-7S Specs
Focus : Active Autofocus
Focus : 0.8 to ∞
Exposure: Programmed Auto
EV 100 : 10-15
Batteries : 2 x AA
DX : 100/200 & 400asa
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Canon Sure Shot AF-7s
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I can’t find much in the way of precise details about the lens construction. The older AF-7 had a 3 element in 3 group set up with 3 point AF and I suspect this is much the same. The spec beyond is pretty rubbish with a smallest aperture of f/11 and fastest shutter of 1/160 you might want to be careful about picking 400 ASA if you’re off to the beach. You don’t really have much choice as the camera is essentially that irritating 2 film speeds only common on entry-level cameras (ignore the 200 ASA bit, they’re just relying on latitude covering for shooting on 100 ASA settings)
You can download Manual at: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/553918/Canon-Sure-Shot-Af-7.html
