![]() Recharges in 4-5 seconds with fresh batteries. There is no way to get a double exposure even if you want one without screwing up the camera.įlash. Shutter and speed two bladed shutter, fixed speed of 1/125 at F/8, and about 1/75 at F/3.5 during flash use.ĭistortion very mild wavy type pincushion.įeatures three apertures to choose from, useful flash, semi-auto loading, auto advance and rewind.įilm all 135 film cartridges, B&H, Amazon, eBay.ĭouble exposure prevention Yes. Lens coated glass three element 35mm focal length, F/3.8 maximum aperture. Decent 4″x 6″ prints at the widest aperture with flash. Original print size standard oversize prints 4” x 6,” at this size any setting used will look excellent, but maybe not flash pictures unless the subject is about 10 feet away.Īpproximate resolution will make good 8″x 10″ prints when the aperture is set to F/8, and excellent at F/11+. The lens is probably focused around 8-10 feet, or 2.5.-3.0m. With the flash switched on, the aperture opens up fully to F/3.8, but only when the ASA is at F/100-200 when at 400, the aperture goes to back to F8, (from F/11-16) got that?įocusing fixed, manual states from 4.6′ (1.3m). When setting the ASA to 400, the aperture goes to about F/11-16, see images below. Weight and size camera with batteries, 9.2oz (261g). Price K-Mart blue light special around $45 in 1989.īuild material black plastic body with a clear plastic window over the view finder, flash signal, and film reminder slot. Made in Malaysia.ĭate of manufacture late 1980s, early to mid 1990s? Oddly, the Olympus trip S uses the same basic camera but with a minor face-lift. Name Canon Snappy 30, similar to the Canon EZ, Canon Snappy K, CB 35 or Prima Junior in Europe. So is this a super rare model, made only for a brief period by mistake? Or was it so awful that Canon doesn’t want to remember it? Either way, let’s take a closer look at the Canon Snappy 30. It looks like the Snappy 30 is a stripped down version of those models. I see plenty of Canon Snappy ‘EZ’ and Prima Juniors, but they do not exactly match my model, and have slightly different features. Oddly, I can’t seem to find a single page of information on Google for this particular model, even when scouring the Canon Museum site. I still get a kick out of running a roll through it every once in a while the technical image quality is pretty good, about the same as a top line $900 cell phone camera, but much quicker and easier to operate, and a whole lot less expensive pick up a nice copy on ebay for less than $10, or even less at a garage sale. When I bought it way back then I didn’t think I’d be using it almost 30 years later. At the time I thought I’d take a few rolls of what I needed, toss it in the drawer, and eventually it’d head to a garage sale or dumpster. I wanted to take some pictures of a house I was renovating, and did not have any other camera available. I bought this weeks review camera brand new in 1989 it was a K-Mart blue light special blister-pack model and I think I paid about $45 for it. ![]()
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