I got a job lot of old film cameras at the end of last year one of which is a Canon Sureshot Z135. I put a roll of Kodak Portra 400 in it and carried about with me when I was out and about. It’s a sturdy little camera with the usual Canon programs to choose from but no manual controls. It has a 38-135mm fixed zoom lens, and an annoying pop up flash that pops up whether you want it or not.
I wasn’t too impressed with the quality of the shots, quite grainy considering portra is a quality film and the photos were taken in good light. Not terribly impressed wiith the focus either. I have chosen 12 images only from the 36 I shot, so I don’t think I’ll be using this camera overmuch.
Out & About in Wardley
Out and about in South Shields
fragglefilm 
I’m just fascinated by the people shots. So much character.
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Thanks Keith!
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The shots are fine, nothing wrong with them. The Kodak film does lack punch. I think it coped with the lake landscape best. By the time I had done with film cameras, I was only using Fuji film. I liked the way it ‘raised’ some colours like blues and reds. I used to use Ilford film for B&W, though I also liked Kodak T-Max for that too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I like the subtlety of portra, it was the grain and dodgy focussing that bothered me. These shots were OK though.
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I was thinking much about purchasing this Canon. I have an equivalent Samsung film camera, the ECX 1, but its menu gets much in the way of taking a photograph, I think this camera has a silent mode, more direct controls and a more luminous lens. I weekly see very nice photographs uploaded by several photographers, mostly from Asian countries (and usually are casual portraits of people in restaurants, picnics or parties where the focus is happy people), and although seeing your photos in small size the vignetting is quite noticeable, when looking at them bigger they are full of detail and the vignetting not so much. Maybe the issue is that the lens is quite modern, and as so with no much character, so is a bit like shooting with a digital compact camera.
Anyway, thank you for sharing, fragglerocking ( ﾟヮﾟ)
By the way, I ended just saving a bit more and getting a 135 mm f2.8 lens for my small Canon SLR film camera, to reach the zoom I had if I had gotten this camera. Funny thing is that these point and shoots will not fit in a pocket anyway.
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A new lens is always better I think.
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They’re quite varied, aren’t they? Some are really sharp, but a couple made me wonder if there was something wrong with my eyes. The pictures themselves are a lot of fun.
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Thanks April!
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Looks a bit like a digital point and shoot that happens to take film. Good for snapshots and recording moments!
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Yes, that’s about it, but I can’t see it coming off the shelf, I have a Minolta mini riva that does better at being a POS, though no zoom lens.
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Nothing can be compared to the softness of a film camera. Do you develop the films yourself?
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No though I might get into that when I’ve retired but that’s a few years away yet!
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