Canon Sure Shot 80 Tele
I just want to start out by saying that not only was this a test roll for using this point and shoot camera, but also my son Elijah’s first Christmas. I might have another roll that I am currently scanning to add into this blog, but I am unsure at the moment due to not being able to keep up with shit.
Future me here over a month later, it was from this camera and will also be included in this Blog.
I think the best place to start this would be to say that this is the best ‘‘look’’ I have ever gotten from Fuji 400.
Yes the way I processed it did help, but I have not been able to achieve this with any other scans of Fuji 400.
The softness of the Blacks, the slightly desaturated colors, the soft highlights. All around beautiful in my opinion.
I should really explain some things before getting really far into this. I had a dickhead cat sleep on top of my scanner causing so much hair I could never clean my scanner bed. It’s fixed now but was not for these scans. It caused a lot of editing with removing hair and also caused some horizontal lines through the images. You will eventually see some blue and magenta lines and the hair covering the sensor is why. I assumed it was the development processes fault so I did nothing to try and correct this while scanning.
Another thing I would like to add is that you will also see some newton rings, I don’t mind either of these things in the photos with how I am shooting; I am also not spending $40+ for glass in hopes it helps with the issue. I am only scanning for myself so it is not an expense I need.
I started this Blog on February 3rd, 2025 and I am just now circling back to it on March 11th, 2025.
With it being over a month that I have realized what all I capture on film and I have been able to mentally process it, I couldn’t be happier in all aspects.
Phots of Memaw decorating Christmas cookies with the grand kids, and dancing with Delilah.
Levi and Bailey decorating Christmas cookies in their matching pajamas.
I got to capture these moments without looking at a screen and being worries about the settings and missing the actual moment.
I was able to just pull the camera from my pocket snap and put it back.
I am just very thankful for everything I am able to do and share with everyone. Our time together as a family is always limited, being able to look back on moments like this and have that physical memory years and years to come is beautiful.
Alright, time to refocus on using this camera and all the amazing photos I got with it. Very surprisingly, low light was really good, too!
I was running and gunning with the Canon Sure Shot 80 Tele just to test it fully on the second roll and not too worried about how some of the photos would turn out.
Still, I am very impressed with the colors and low light performance.
Leaving the borders of the film really adds to the photos in every shot. Having something that can fit in a shirt pocket and just be pulled out and snap a photo like this is crazy, no calibration no adjustments just point and shoot.
I will be taking more photos with this camera more often. The look is just too good to pass up, especially when using Fuji400 for this kind of look.
I do hope to eventually try a roll of Kodak Gold or something else in this camera just to see what that can produce, but this will most certainly not be the last blog I write about shooting with this camera. I love it!
Now for the Second Roll
