47greyfox
Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range
Even though, as a relatively satisfied user of a Canon IX and an IX Lite, I sort of completely forgot about this era that came and went when digital took over. Nonetheless, I hope the folks who bought mine are still happy.
Hmm, I'll bet there are still a few APS film cartridges around the house somewhere, neatly arranged in one of those Kodak plastic book type cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=200&v=H4n0VrZDnkk
AndyH
Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire
I remember them, but it was never a format I had any interest in. Cool video!
Andy
Mac
Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
47greyfox wrote:
Even though, as a relatively satisfied user of a Canon IX and an IX Lite, I sort of completely forgot about this era that came and went when digital took over. Nonetheless, I hope the folks who bought mine are still happy.
Hmm, I'll bet there are still a few APS film cartridges around the house somewhere, neatly arranged in one of those Kodak plastic book type cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=200&v=H4n0VrZDnkkEven though, as a relatively satisfied user of a C... (
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I think they were called APS, not APS-C.
47greyfox wrote:
Even though, as a relatively satisfied user of a Canon IX and an IX Lite, I sort of completely forgot about this era that came and went when digital took over. Nonetheless, I hope the folks who bought mine are still happy.
Hmm, I'll bet there are still a few APS film cartridges around the house somewhere, neatly arranged in one of those Kodak plastic book type cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=200&v=H4n0VrZDnkkEven though, as a relatively satisfied user of a C... (
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I never had one of those, but I did have this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK71PQoimogThe Bell and Howell/Canon half frame camera. It used 35mm film, but took two shots in the space of the normal 35mm neg, so you got 72 frames per roll. It also had a wind-up mechanical film advance. Sometimes I used it with a flash that was bigger than the camera.
47greyfox
Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range
Mac wrote:
I think they were called APS, not APS-C.
Oops, my bad. You’re right. “C” was one of the 3 aspect ratios. 🙄
What about 'disk' film. Remember those?
I still have an EOS IX in mint condition which I bought for my wife so she could share lenses from my 35mm EOS cameras. It's a neat camera, very well thought out, but not worth the original cost. Digital killed that format in it's infancy. Anybody want to buy it? Have maybe 10 rolls of Fuji ISO 400 film in the freezer. Also have several of those plastic film cartridge/index print boxes that 47greyfox mentioned. Somebody make me an offer.
Re: disc cameras... My mother had one and loved it, I think because it was flat and stowed in her purse unobtrusively. It finally gave up the ghost and she was most unhappy because I insisted that having a $40 camera repaired (if anyone could be found to do it) was not cost effective and bought her a small 35mm to replace it. In retrospect, I should have found her another disc camera that she would have been happy with instead of touting the better image quality of the larger film format and the convenience of a zoom lens. I think it had a 3:1 zoom range. Not much to write home about.
Beard43
Loc: End of the Oregon Trail
I have a Minolta version in my camera collection.
I had one of the Nikon APS cameras and used it frequently as my snapshot camera until I got a Kodak digital bridge camera.
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