Confusing usage of 写る


I am confused about a certain usage of 写る, that i have encountered in example
sentences.

An Anki deck I use presented: このカメラはよく写りますよ。The given translation is "This
camera takes good pictures."

[Weblio](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%86%99%E3%82%8B) lists: 暗くてもよく写るフィルム

From the translations given for the word and from other example sentences, it
seems to me that the subject of the verb is the thing that is photographed (or
seen through something). However, in the sentences above カメラ and フィルム,
respectively, have seemingly taken on that role. In these sentences I would
have expected a transitive verb, like 写す.

Can someone shed some light on how these expressions are constructed?




You could consider two interpretations.

  1. Omission from double nominative このカメラは 対象が よく写る
  2. よく写る itself expresses a capability.

Incidentally, you can't really use 写す when the camera is the subject because
it's an inanimate object, which doesn't take actions at its own will.

