![]() ![]() Will the Sure Shot Zoom XL take pictures that are comparable to Canon’s ‘FD’ system, or is it just another 1980s point and shoot zoom camera that’s best left for the museum basement? Let’s find out now! ![]() ![]() Additionally, the camera is fully automatic, with only a couple of flash control options, and unfortunately has no exposure adjustments whatsoever, so let’s hope the auto exposure system does a good job and if not, the camera becomes a nice looking paper weight for your desk. The ‘high end’ Canon Sure Shot Zoom XL with 39-85mm lens has a nice build quality, and is very refined in operation, especially when you consider the fact that it’s a Sure Shot, which are normally purchased by novices or second cameras for advanced amateurs. I have to laugh Canon tells us in the owner’s manual that when looking at the little green and red warning lights for the flash and AF lock next to the viewfinder, that you will observe blinking in the range of 4Hz, which means the subject is too close, and 16Hz when AF is ‘impossible.’ How many people know what ‘ Hz‘ is? I guess Canon thought that describing the blinking as 4, or 16 times per second would be confusing? I bought this camera as new old stock, it still had the sealed wrappers on it and believe it or not, the batteries in the docked remote control are still good! As a side note this is the only camera so far I’ve reviewed that originally came with factory installed batteries, in both the camera (2CR5), and a couple of CR1220 for the remote, however, the main camera battery still had some power, but not enough to operate it properly. Other high end, and almost ‘SLR’ like features include a powerful flash that zooms with the lens almost two frames per second continuous shooting and a very useful docked remote control, (a nice feature that unfortunately has not found its way to the cameras of today-some thirty years later). Our latest camera for review is the 1989 Canon Sure Shot Zoom XL, a very expensive point and shoot zoom that Canon claimed had the optical quality comparable to Canon FD interchangeable lenses well, we shall see about that (if you’re impatient, scroll down to the test pictures for instant gratification, or displeasure). ![]()
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