Canon's Sure Shot Zoom — 35mm autofocus zoom compact, program AE, sold as Prima Zoom, 1988.
The Canon Sure Shot Zoom is a fixed-lens 35mm autofocus zoom compact introduced in 1988 within Canon's Sure Shot point-and-shoot range. Canon marketed the same body in Europe as the Prima Zoom and in Japan as the Autoboy, so the camera turns up in listings under all three names while remaining one product.
Being a fixed-lens 35mm compact it accepts no interchangeable lenses, so the mount fields are blank. It combines a built-in zoom lens, autofocus, an automatic built-in flash, program automatic exposure, and motorised film transport for loading, advance and rewind. The camera is battery-powered and electronically controlled, so a charged cell is required for it to focus, wind and fire.
The Sure Shot Zoom is aimed at general family, holiday and travel photography where a single do-everything compact with a zoom range is convenient. It is easy to point and shoot, with the usual compact-zoom limitations of a slower variable-aperture lens and fully automatic operation that gives the user little manual override.
On the used market, inspect the film-door light seals for degraded foam, check the zoom lens for internal haze or fungus and that it extends and retracts smoothly, and verify the LCD panel is free of bleed and dead segments. Confirm the autofocus and zoom motor run without grinding, test that the flash charges and fires, and examine the battery door and contacts for corrosion from old or leaked batteries.