My next-door neighbour gave me this camera. He sometimes gets cameras from job lots and boot sales and gives them to me if he knows he won’t get much for them. Though this is a pretty camera, it sells for less than £5 on eBay, so this fell right into that category.
I was happy to receive it as I have a few rolls of APS in my fridge. It was a camera I had seen in the past and wanted to try, but was not going to go out of my way to buy it.
It was released around 2002 and was one of the last APS cameras in production. By this time, the writing was on the wall for film, especially APS.
The Canon camera museum says…
The IXY i features a 23.5-54mm 2.3x zoom lens, equivalent to a 29-68mm zoom lens on a 35mm camera, enabling superior performance in a wide variety of shooting environments. Canon has also incorporated the world’s first combined AF/AE (Auto-Focus/Auto-Exposure) CMOS sensor in its passive 3-point AiAF (Artificial intelligence Automatic Focusing) system.
It is small with a brushed metallic finish. I love the sliding cover, which also acts as an on/off switch. It has very few settings other than a timer and a small zoom. I loaded mine with an expired roll of Fuji Nexia with 25 shots.
I took it to Nostell Priory, which is close to my house. I have been there many times, but I had never been inside. As I now have a National Trust membership, I decided today was the day. Saying that, this post is long overdue as I shot the film in June, so this is not quite that day. Luck was not on my side, though. When I pulled into the car park, the attendant said the house was not open due to a lack of volunteers, hmmph. I would have to wander the grounds instead. They are lovely, but not what I had gone for.
Here are all the shots from the roll.
For an expired film on a dull, rainy day, the results are amazing. I want to praise the film as well as the camera, though the camera did very well indeed.
I will probably pay it forward with the camera and a pre-shot roll of film, as I do like a double exposure project. If you would like this camera and to be the other half of a double exposure project, just send me a message via Instagram or the contact form. If you can still see this information, then the camera is still available.
As for Nostell Priory, I did get to go inside, and it was lovely. I finally got to see the Harrison’s clock.
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