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The '''Sure Shot''' (US)/'''AF35M''' (Europe)/'''Autoboy''' (Japan) was an early example (1979) of an ''active'' [[autofocus]] camera. According to the Canon Camera Museum, "This was the world's first lens-shutter [[35mm]] autofocus camera".<ref>[http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1976-1985/1979_af35m.html?lang=eu&categ=srs&page=ab Canon Camera Museum]</ref> In fact, the [[Konica C35 AF]] had used an autofocus mechanism two years earlier, but that was system was "passive" and the ''active'' CAFS (Canon Auto Focus System) (using a near-infrared emitting diode (IRED) and photo diode receiver) came to dominate the market. | The '''Sure Shot''' (US)/'''AF35M''' (Europe)/'''Autoboy''' (Japan) was an early example (1979) of an ''active'' [[autofocus]] camera. According to the Canon Camera Museum, "This was the world's first lens-shutter [[35mm]] autofocus camera".<ref>[http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1976-1985/1979_af35m.html?lang=eu&categ=srs&page=ab Canon Camera Museum]</ref> In fact, the [[Konica C35 AF]] had used an autofocus mechanism two years earlier, but that was system was "passive" and the ''active'' CAFS (Canon Auto Focus System) (using a near-infrared emitting diode (IRED) and photo diode receiver) came to dominate the market. | ||
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The Sure Shot (US)/AF35M (Europe)/Autoboy (Japan) was an early example (1979) of an active autofocus camera. According to the Canon Camera Museum, "This was the world's first lens-shutter 35mm autofocus camera".[1] In fact, the Konica C35 AF had used an autofocus mechanism two years earlier, but that was system was "passive" and the active CAFS (Canon Auto Focus System) (using a near-infrared emitting diode (IRED) and photo diode receiver) came to dominate the market. The AF35M was the first model released in Canon's huge-selling Sure Shot/Prima/Autoboy series.
Specifications
- Lens: 38mm, f/2.8 (4 elements in 3 groups)
- Autofocus with the CAFS infra-red system, pre-focus enabled.
- Shutter: Electronically-controlled programmed shutter and aperture. EV 6 (f/2.8 at 1/8 sec.) - 17 (f/16 at 1/500 sec.)
- Electronic self-timer.
- Viewfinder: Reversed Galilean viewfinder with frame lines.
- Film Speed: 25-400 ISO
- Flash: Guide number 14m at ISO 100.
- Self-timer.
- Tripod socket.
- Auto load and wind, power rewind (with switch).
- Power: Two 1.5V AA batteries.
