Canon AF35M .... anyone using it?

[btgc]

This and similar threads dedicated to plastic fantastic make me scratching head and then smiling. Guys having fine cameras and lenses, use to fall into domain of early AF cameras....I'll look in my P&S bag...I know Canon MC isn't with me anymore though it's time to dig out some of them and put roll through.

 

[Pompiere]

Also it's not a quiet camera by any means. But it's very simple to use and takes nice photos.

I just picked up a Ricoh AF-2, which is a virtual copy of the AF35M. It sounds like a coffee grinder when it winds. My wife had an early Sure Shot and it was not that loud.

 

[Ben Blacket]

US: Thrift Store
UK: Charity Shop
AU: Op Shop (Opportunity).

 

[gavinlg]

I had the f2.8 version for a while and I regretted giving it away. it made slightly soft pictures but I actually kind of liked it like that.

 

[Harlee]

I travel quite a bit into Russia, Ukraine, London and now Mongolia and I often throw in either a Canon AF35M or a Canon 35ML and I've come back with some nice P&S pics. I sometimes think that some of the early AF cameras produced some sharper images than what I get with newer ones. I presently have around three Canon AF35Ms, one virtually mint with a mint case and TELE @ WA attachments in a mint case. I haven even tried that one out yet. I personally don't think from my experience that the 2.8 is sharper than the ML's 1.9 lens. I returned with some fantastic images taken atop the London Eye with my ML, with beautiful color and sharp images even though they were taken through a plexiglas of our gondola. Long live Canon! I'm presently looking for asn ML that handles ISO 1000 rather than 400. I did find one on EBay in nice condition but it gave up the ghost shortly after I purchased it.

 

[Brian Levy]

I picked up an AF35M at the local thrift for $5 about a year ago. The store has a $5 camera bin full of mostly junk but I figured a Canon should be worth the price if for nothing else than a glove box camera. I dumped it in the Volvo and just recently took it out. Loaded it with film and batteries after finding a manual online and am about half way through a roll of Fuji 400. Being an all manual camera person, the camera is a new experience for me. I wish I knew the programming for the speed/shutter combos so I could adjust through the film speed or use of ND filters for better control. Larger than my daily carrier, a CL, it does fit int he hand well and no problem with the fingers covering something.

The shutter and winder definitely take it out of the stealth catagory but not as looaud as my Bronica ETRS with its mirror lift and motor drive so not too objectionable for me but a bit of a surprise that Canon did not address it when the camera was designed.

At worse for $5 if it produces an image it will again go into the glove box.

 

[Greyscale]

I really like the early Sure Shots, for all their idiosyncrasies they take excellent pictures. Here are a few pictures that I snapped with the AF35MII last September 11. The lens is tack sharp, but it is prone to flare when facing the sun:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greyscale3/sets/72157624927287264/

For a camera that you can usually buy for less than a cup of Starbucks coffee, the results can be quite impressive.

 

[Brian Levy]

Thanks Greyscale. The results look good so there is some hope for it afterall. I guess I'll have to hit up the local sho for a 48mm treaded shade as I do not have 1 kicking around.

 

[raid]

Or get a 48mm-52mm adapter ring.