This Canon Sure Shot Z155 Zoom 35mm Camera lets you get close to far away shots. Capture great sports and wildlife pictures with the powerful zoom lens and enjoy Canon's no hassle point-and-shoot operation. The Z155 is for people who want to point, shoot, and let the camera do the rest. Film loading, rewinding, speed setting, flash, focus and all other settings are all fully automatic.
Canon's Sure Shot Z155 combines a powerful 37-155mm (5.2x) zoom lens with simple point-and-shoot operation, making it a perfect choice for soccer parents, wildlife lovers, and anyone else seeking an easy-to-use camera for bringing distant shots up close.
The Z155 is clearly designed for people who want to point, shoot, and let the camera do the rest. Film loading, rewinding, and speed setting are all fully automatic, as are the flash, focus, and all other settings.
If you're feeling more adventurous, the Z155 has a mode dial that adjusts settings for best results in certain shooting situations that can trick a camera's sensors.

Portrait focuses on the subject of your photo and blurs out the background.
Night Scene uses the flash to illuminate items in the foreground and keeps the shutter open longer to ensure the background is also visible.
Action keeps moving items in focus and uses a fast shutter speed to minimize blurring.
Close-Up (also called "macro") focuses on small objects that are close to the lens.
Spot sets the focus and exposure based on the item in the center of your shot--useful when a complex background could confuse the camera.
Personal stores your favorite flash, focus, and exposure settings. Additional features include a four-mode flash with red-eye reduction and a self-timer.
The camera uses standard 35mm film, and power is provided by a CR123A lithium battery.

From its gleaming elegance to its effortless operation, Canon's new Sure Shot Z155 will change the way you take pictures. The world's smallest 4.2x zoom 35mm camera (as of February 2002), it features a powerful 37-155mm lens that makes shooting all of life's precious moments simple--the majestic sweep of a forest at dawn or the face of a child in a school play. And Canon's 3-point autofocus, ultra-precise auto exposure system, built-in Light Guide Zoom Flash and 7-mode Best Shot Dial give you the freedom to create.
The marvel is that Canon could deliver all this performance in a camera so compact and lightweight. Note the sophisticated metallic silver design richly embossed with a spiral accent, the teal grip and the stylish shape. They make the Z155 a delight to hold and to shoot. This is a camera made for you. And you'll amaze yourself at what you can do with it.
Ready, Aim, Relax
The Sure Shot Z155 combines "big camera" performance with the comfort of a compact, lightweight design--so you get the great shots you want--stress-free. A big 4.2x zoom lens captures everything from intense 155mm telephoto close-ups to breathtaking 37mm wide-angles. Focusing is simplicity itself. The Passive 3-point AiAF autofocus system assures ultra-sharp, dazzlingly clear images across the full range of the camera's powerful lens. While at the same time, the sophisticated auto exposure metering system creates the optimal settings for your subject and light. All you do is press the button. Your pictures will tell the whole story--beautifully.
The auto exposure system assures perfect pictures even in difficult lighting conditions. By linking information from the 3-point autofocus, auto exposure and flash, it gives you precise, interlocked exposures instantly and automatically.
The Sure Shot Z155 is equipped with Passive 3-point Autofocus that precisely focuses on your subject whether it's centered or off-center, to give you a sharp, flawlessly clear image.
Turn, Turn, Turn for Your Best Shot
Life is full of picture-perfect moments and Canon's Best Shot Dial helps you make the most of them. Its seven shooting modes provide the pinpoint control to tackle even the most challenging situations effortlessly. And when you want even greater individuality, there's Personal Mode to set and save your own personal shooting preferences. It all makes picture-taking with the Sure Shot Z155 simple and intensely satisfying.

Spot: Spot Mode concentrates focus and exposure on the center of the frame so your subject is pictureperfect.
Personal: For more individualized control over focus and flash, Personal Mode lets you create and save a unique group of settings to use whenever you want them.
Close-up: Reveal subtle patterns and textures from as close as approx. 1.5 ft. away. This mode automatically adjusts the focal length to capture the magic of small details.
Auto: Most of the time Auto Mode is the setting you'll turn to. takes care of everything--exposure, flash and focus--so you can concentrate on creativity.
Portrait: The camera automatically zooms to head and shoulders distance, at the same time artistically blurring the background to create a beautiful, stylish shot.
Action: Capture your budding superstar's first moves. Action Mode automatically meters and focuses a moving subject.
Night Scene: For inspired evening shots, choose Night Scene. It fires the Red-Eye Reduction Flash and slows the shutter to create bright subjects against softly glowing backgrounds. Seize the Moment
The Sure Shot Z155's built-in Light Guide Zoom Flash lets you capture life's perfect moments even when there's little natural light. This sophisticated flash has five modes including Red-Eye Reduction to diminish the red eye effect. To handle tough backlighting automatically, there's Fill-In Flash. For more creative control, select Manual Exposure Compensation.

Red-eye reduction: The Sure Shot Z155 uses an incandescent lamp to produce faces with a normal, clear-eyed expression--avoiding the red-eyed "monster" effect of ordinary flash images.
Fill-in flash: The Z155 automatically calculates proper exposure and flash settings for shadowed or strongly backlit subjects so your pictures capture every detail--a child's shy smile or a baby's tiny fist--even when the light isn't perfect.
Exposure compensation: Your creativity is unlimited. Simply override the Z155's automatic metering settings to achieve your desired effect. The +1.5 EV setting lightens your subject, while -1.5 EV darkens it. Comfortable, Convenient, Clear
Every detail of the Sure Shot Z155 has been designed to make taking pictures easy. The large LCD panel shows you every function at a glance. The Best Shot Dial is within close reach. The Real-Image Zoom Viewfinder lets you compose your shot accurately. And the eyepiece, with its Dioptric Adjustment, adjusts from -2.5 through +0.5 to let you shoot with or without your prescription glasses.