Because this film looks great with a stop of overexposure, and because this was expired (though cold-stored) stock, I felt confident shooting it at ISO 100. I shot a roll of Fujicolor 200 in my Snappy 50 and sent it to Fulltone Photo for developing and scanning. Or check out all of my camera reviews here. If you like point-and-shoot cameras, also see my reviews of the Canon AF35ML ( here) and Snappy S ( here) the underrated Kodak VR35 K40 ( here) the Minolta Talker ( here) the truly crappy Nikon Zoom Touch 400 ( here) the Olympus Stylus ( here), Stylus Epic Zoom 80 ( here), and µ(mju:) Zoom 140 ( here) and the Pentax IQZoom EZY ( here), IQZoom 170 SL ( here), and IQZoom 60 ( here). To shoot, open the lens cover with the lever on the side of the lens area. Then with another finger, slide the lever above that button in the direction of the arrow and let go of both the lever and the button. Above it is a button press it in with a finger and hold it. After you finish the roll, to rewind the film look for the film-roll symbol on the camera bottom. Then lay the film cartridge in on the left, stretch the film across to the red mark at the right, close the back, and press the shutter button repeatedly until the film counter reads 1. Pull the “Pull Open” block on the camera bottom to open the back. Loading film was remarkably simple for its day. Two AA batteries power everything, and the camera won’t work without them. The flash has a range of 5.2 to 14.7 feet at either ISO setting. It whistles while it warms up, which is such a 1980s sound! The light around back next to the viewfinder glows when it’s ready. When the red light blinks inside the viewfinder, there isn’t enough light, so turn on the flash by pushing out the orange slider on the front of the camera. Consumer color negative films were either ISO 100 or 400 in those days, so this limited range was fine.įlash is off by default, thank heavens. The camera doesn’t read DX coding, which hadn’t been invented in 1982 when the Snappy 50 was new. The shutter operates from 1/20 to 1/500 second.Ītop the camera is a switch to select between ISO 100 and 400 films. The Snappy 50 uses a 35mm f/3.5 lens that stops down to f/16. It uses the narrowest aperture possible at each focus point for the greatest possible depth of field. It is limited to two focus zones, though, one centered around 5.9 feet and one centered around 13.1 feet. The Snappy 20 uses a fixed-focus lens, but the Snappy 50 offers autofocus. It’s just an old used camera today, so I got it for $20 shipped. But I’ve never forgotten Canon’s first Snappy cameras, which is why I bought this Snappy 50. My $5 weekly allowance, plus money I earned mowing neighbors’ lawns, was enough to buy me only a crappy 110 camera, a decision I’ve always regretted even though it was the best I could do. That’s not inexpensive: you could buy an entry-level Canon SLR body with a 50mm lens for about $120 then. The Snappy 50’s street price was about $90 (about $250 in today’s money), and the Snappy 20 about $70 ($190). He told me that if I wanted a new camera, I’d have to save my allowance and buy it myself. Dad had paid for the trip, which cost my working-class family a ton of money. Unfortunately, I couldn’t afford either camera.
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