About the product.
The Canon Sure Shot 80 Tele is a 1995 compact built around a clever idea: instead of a slow zoom, it carries two separate fixed lenses and switches between them at the press of a button. You get a bright 38mm f/3.7 for everyday shooting and an 80mm f/7.3 for portraits and reach — each one optically optimised for its focal length rather than compromised across a range. Canon's 3-point AiAF handles focus, and the whole thing drops in a jacket pocket.
Specifications
- Type: 35mm autofocus compact, introduced August 1995
- Lens: Dual focal length — 38mm f/3.7 (3 elements in 3 groups) and 80mm f/7.3 (6 elements in 6 groups), switched by button. Not a zoom.
- Focus: Canon 3-point Smart AF (AiAF), 0.6m to infinity, with prefocus and close-up warning
- Exposure: Fully automatic, with camera-shake warning and green ready LED
- Flash: Built-in, guide number 9.7 at ISO 100 in metres. Auto fire in low light, slow-sync and red-eye reduction lamp.
- Viewfinder: Direct, with panorama mode
- Date function: Imprints year/month/day or day/hour/minute
- Film speed: ISO 25-3200 via DX coding
- Power: 1x 3V CR123A lithium cell
Condition
- Cosmetic: Excellent+ condition, with minimal to no signs of age or use.
- Functional: Fully working, including the flash and the lens switching.
Included
- Canon Sure Shot 80 Tele AiAF body
In short
Fully working and very clean. One thing to plan around: the 80mm setting is f/7.3, so it wants daylight or a faster film — indoors it will lean on the flash. The 38mm end is bright and quick, and that is where most of these cameras live anyway.
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