Video: how slow can the shutter go on 8 classic point and shoot cameras?

Classic point and shoot cameras of the 1970s and 1980s offered automation and ease of use. Auto focus. Auto exposure. Auto flash.

And, man, those flash units could be aggressive. They would pop-up, charge and fire in low light situations even if you did not want them to.

But some of them also allowed you to engage a no-flash button. You could turn off the flash but the manuals didn't really recommend it.

Now here is the EXCITING part: I've discovered over the years that many of these cameras can take far long exposures without the flash AND work in low light conditions though they were never really designed to shoot that way, nor advertised to do so.

Many camera makers declared their autowonders could shoot at f/2.8 with shutter speeds of 1/8 of second (an exposure value of 6) and that was it, they specificed, that was the bottom.

So who is right? What can a classic point and shoot in the near dark? Is the truth out there?

How slow can the shutter go click?

With a stopwatch app and slowed-down video, we test eight p&s cameras:

-Nikon One Touch
-Nikon L35AF, the big daddy: my absolute favourite version of the Pikaichi
-Nikon One Touch 2 or AF 3 or L35AF3
-Minolta Hi-matic AF - I tested this camera in a dark pawn shop before I bought it. The shutter went FOREVER...(or did it)
-Minolta Hi-Matic S2 - the camera that goes beep, beep , beep
-Canon Sure Shot 2, AF35M2, aka Autoboy 2 - I could have sworn I have an Autoboy but I can't find it
-Canon AF35 ML. ML for "Mega-Lens" because at 40mm f1.9, it sure is
-Mamiya M