Nice, but bring a "real camera" as well.
Written: Jul 22 '01 (Updated Aug 01 '01)
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Pros: Easy to bring along because it's small and people will notice it for that.
Cons: Flash almost useless and camera has been prone to getting "stuck"
The Bottom Line: APS is the "late-commer" that seemed a "good idea at the time" but will be made redundant by hi-res digital technology.
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| vitamin's Full Review: Canon Elph2 APS Film Camera |
Yes, this is a handy little sexy metallica "back-up camera" but because of it poor image quality and reliabilty record, you better bring along a "real" camera on your holiday as well. Still, I keep it as a cool party-camera that's easy to bring in a pocket.
The APS format is a "bluffy" format in that all APS-cameras will snap the same full size frame on the APS film, but also record the style of cropping you had the camera set to. I bit like a digital "frame cropping zoom", in a way...
The APS "chemical soup-machine" will then develop the film and crop the copy to this recorded setting, at the same time allowing you to get other "styles" if you later make another copy. I don't think APS is a system that will be around in ten years because it only provides about half as many pixels as a conventional 24x36 film, and at the end of the day, image quality is "the name of the game".
Summary: The APS film-system and all the APS cameras came on the market about 10-15 years to late to compete with older established film-formats and the "late commer" is therfore more vunerable to the exploding digital technology. I say it's like a troubled workplace were the "boss" (the consumer) say: "Last in, first out".
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 200
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