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Camera is compact, easy to use. The lens is sharp with great color. If you need a small 35mm camera to take pictures that has wide angle to a moderate 120mm telephoto capability; this is the camera to get. Only minor drawback is that the recommended film speed is 400 asa; however, with Kodak 400 HD print film the results were spectacular. There is also a built in flash. Loading film is also easy. I ran a roll through it as soon as it arrived and tried it under several lighting conditions and the automatic exposure was right on. The view finder while not an SLR gives an accurate portrayal of the composition. Again I would recommend this camera.
I had this camera for many years when I accidentally dropped it while on vacation. I was heartbroken! Canon no longer makes this model, so I was afraid I would have to settle for a lesser quality camera to replace it. Then, luckily, I found one on eBay. I was thrilled!! I didn't want any other camera -- I WANTED THIS ONE! Why? It's the perfect camera! It takes beautiful photos; it's easy to use - just point and shoot; it has many zoom settings; and it has more photo options than any other camera I've had (including my digital camera), such as continuous photography, self-timer, shooting moving objects, shooting portraits, red-eye reduction, flash off, imprint date & time AND captions such as "I love you," "Thank you," "Happy Birthday," and "Congratulations." I use the self timer a lot so no one gets left out of the photos. I really appreciate the flash off option for areas where flash photography isn't allowed, like Disney World and Graceland, and the photos still turn out great! They are always crisp, clear, and the colors are vibrant. I've had many of my scenic photos compared to postcards - now that's a compliment! I really love how clear the photos are, to the point that you can read letters on signs far away in the background. I cannot say enough good things about this camera! Of all the different types of cameras out there on the market that I could have switched to, I chose to stay with this one. Once you experience quality, you don't want to settle for less. : )Read full review
I returned to shooting film in January of 2008. At an assignment in Utah last February, my best picture came from an old Nikon 300 point and shoot that I had not used in 10 years. This got me thinking, what level of sophistication had the last of the P&S cameras reached? After spending some time on Canon's web site and after reading the specifications I came to the conclusion that much of the technology from my Canon EOS Elan SLR, had found its way to the P&S cameras. AT FIRST GLANCE The Classic 120 gives you the feel of a quality camera. The metal clad body makes it feel substantial. Canon did a great job with the styling making it look like the Range Finders from the 1960's. Although physically is the same size as a most standard P&S cameras it does weigh more, 10 oz. vs the Sure Shot Zoom 60's 8 oz.. WHAT I LIKE I love the look, it looks like a camera should. It is large enough that it does not get lost in my hand. Large enough so it does not fit in a shirt or pants pocket. The tactical feel is of balanced substance, it feels good! I loved the eye piece diopter adjustment I wear glasses. The view finder is clear and sharp with built in lines for horizon and parallax correction. It is also coupled to the ZOOM, what you see is what you get. With your eye on the view finder you can see the focus and flash/shake indicators even in daylight. The extension of these compact zooms is a little surprising at first. At 120mm it does stick out of the body about 4 inches. The 38mm wide angle of the lens is adequate for most indoor shooting, but I would have liked something closer to 30mm. The quality of the lens is on par with Canon's SLR line. WHAT I DO NOT LIKE The slide out flash, It always hits my left hand. No option that I can find to keep the flash in it's garage when not in use. The battery door. Considering what a quality job they did on the whole camera the battery door design must have been assigned to a unsupervised apprentice. The above is made more difficult by a proprietary key for the battery door, You can improvise with a medium size flathead screw driver, but be careful this is a plastic cap with a fitted key way and if your not careful you will be listing your camera for sale needing a battery door. The opposite side of the of the above key has the pin to activate the mid roll rewind. Canon did try to make sure that the key stayed with the camera by attaching it to the case with a long lanyard/neck strap. If you buy one used make sure you get the case, lanyard, and key. The zoom switch is not at an angle that is comfortable for me, I have large hands. WHAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED This camera with the option of manual controls like the Elan. (Selfish me) Trade the captions for exposure adjustment. A separate switch for the meter choice. The Japan model has some extra view finder options I would have liked. The proof is in the pictures My first test roll did not have a bad picture. From a scene of a lake in fall to a very close up macro shot under the a car, the quality of the image is fantastic. To see some pictures go to Flicker and search Canon Sure Shot Classic 120 and you will get a collection of pictures by others with this camera. For more information on this camera and other Canon cameras, search for the Canon Camera Museum you will find the specifications on this or any Canon camera. Miguel Caparros Professional PhotographerRead full review
These are amazing cameras and represent the pinnacle of automatic 35mm film camera development in terms of how easy they are to use and how simple they are to load. The back of the camera is opened, the 35mm film cartridge is dropped in, and after the camera back is latched shut the film speed is automatically read as coded on the film cassette. The film is then advanced to the first shot by a motor. After that it's automatic focus, zoom selection, automatic flash, and so on. But, here is the secret: 35mm color print film is not only easy to find and rather cheap, it's also cheap to get developed. Some places only charge about a dollar to develop 35mm color print film, which takes about fifteen minutes. Notice that apart from film as the exposure media these cameras do everything a big buck digital camera can do. There is also a little known, or at least unappreciated, aspect to color film photography that is presently under rediscovery--resolution. While digital cameras scream megapixels and rack up 2, 10, 20 and so on megapixels this is small potatoes when compared to film resolution. Film resolution is far higher than any digital camera because it's due to very tiny specks of silver material. Each of these is far smaller than any digital pixel and the film is loaded with them. So if a really high resolution color print is desired a color negative can be scanned at a scanner resolution which can easily exceed digital camera resolution and then printed. There are other aspects of 35mm film, too. For the best color use color slide film. It's not as easy to get developed as color print film but scans of that stuff will produce color prints of remarkable quality. But all color film deteriorates with time as do digital storage methods. Black and white film when developed properly lasts hundreds of years because of the silver that stays in it unlike color films. Black and white film is also easy to develop by a camera user and could be the start of an interesting aspect of photography as a hobby. In the end this camera can open doors to all sorts of interesting aspects of film photography without laying out big bucks. With the ease of finding commercial development for color print film that takes only fifteen minutes and can cost about a buck it becomes pretty easy to explore photography as a hobby. Be sure and get a copy of the camera manual, though.Read full review
This is a slick little point and shoot by Canon. I've only shot one roll with it, all on the "Auto" setting, but the pictures came back very nice, even though the film I used was 4 years old. It is very small, very light, and nearly silent in use. I have a number of quiet rangefinders, but this one truly approaches silence. Remarkable. I wish I had gotten the user manual with it. There are probably all kinds of slick things in it, but the user interface, while straightforward enough that I could indeed use it, is a little sparse as far as what all is available to the user. If you're thinking about getting one, stop thinking and do it.
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