Konica AiBorg
Sep 25, 2022 09:11:34 #
lukevaliant wrote:
i started out 35 mm with a konica fs-1
How did you like it? I'll have to check it out, I'm not familiar with that one.
Sep 25, 2022 09:15:51 #
User ID wrote:
I started out with a 1967 96 850 Special. I recall we had 3 rooms all heated by the space heater in the kitchen stove.
What is a 96 850 Special?
I remember days of heating the house with the kitchen stove.
Sep 25, 2022 09:20:33 #
Harry0 wrote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/394252579110?hash=item5bcb48f126:g:MvIAAOSw4w5jKt1Y&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4MDvrG1TUwxKlYvt16TntCnhDSszSCN%2BbFIZOJYII4bdpENdaYmNRl2Ws8KaV9jSJpZiLkFYzC6qQKJOvX2NpPUiAYIoF2igT8Gwo3O1XfWTID4BVHbEyxNOe7QaCogPF8xM%2BHd24OLr4kGmOww%2F%2FncxwqAIzf90Mx3pgFoso7Yc8jDTJ51v9MzMAAiwl%2FcrRxR14XGS15K%2FFEczbZAicblP2dOGBXkRdvQ0zgeSgWNE5ecaxIU5tpNm34xLX5MByjpedAskB3VA6nEaZAFAutKyPWUS5fq1JFOY6K5i9ckH%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_il07_uYA
Thanks for the link. Looks like a good deal for someone who needs one. 😀
Sep 26, 2022 06:52:24 #
User ID wrote:
Excellent. AFAIK you cant get APS film today, even from the specialty vendors.
That is interesting, what makes APS film special?
Sep 26, 2022 13:48:01 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
waegwan wrote:
Thanks for the link. Looks like a good deal for someone who needs one. 😀
I don't know... $120 US for an AiBorg seems pretty steep to me! That's 4X or 5X what I'd pay for one.
waegwan wrote:
...what makes APS film special?
APS or "Advanced Photo System" film was introduced by Kodak in 1996. In addition to selling film and cameras using it themselves, Kodak licensed it to other film and camera makers. It involved a unique cartridge that allowed three different image formats to be shot: "H" or high definition, "C" or classic and "P" or panoramic.
More info about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Photo_System
Timing couldn't have been worse for the APS film system. Digital was just getting started and truly taking over in just a few years.
Today we refer to "APS" format digital cameras, which have a sensor similar to the image dimensions the "Classic" format would make on that film.
We used to call those digital camera more specifically "APS-C", because there also were some "APS-H" cameras, mostly from Canon and Leica, which used a somewhat larger sensor. Not as large as so-called "full frame" (which also is based upon a film format image size). As APS-H cameras have pretty much disappeared (except on the used market), more and more I notice people refer to APS-C digital cameras more simply as "APS".
Sep 26, 2022 17:14:16 #
amfoto1 wrote:
APS or "Advanced Photo System" film was ... (show quote)
$120 is not bad in comparison to the value of the dollar in 1991 compared to now considering it sold for about $500 new. But I agree, I doubt that I would pay $120 for a used one. I only started this post because I have one I bought in 92 or 93, probably in Spring of 93.
I totally missed the APS film camera era :b. When that happened I was using a late 1960s Chinon SLR. I still have and use it if I shoot film. :-)
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