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APS Cameras

Ever heard of Kodak Advantix?  Or the Canon Elph?  Me neither. That's why I went digital.

While there is something to be said about APS cameras  (Advanced Photo System), there's not a whole lot. When APS cameras first came onto the market, the idea was that they would really give the 35mm camera a run for its money. The 24mm film  was supposed to make for the most user-friendly and utterly fool-proof type of camera available. All you do is drop the film in, close the lid, and bam! It's loaded without fail. No screwing up the film loading and losing a whole roll of film that you thought you were shooting. Plus, APS film enables you to switch between regular 4x6 ratio shooting and the once-coveted panorama shots.  the draw bak with switching to the panorama view was that you didn't get a larger negative, just cropped the image before it hit the negative on the film.

The only problem was that APS cameras  couldn't really grab the consumer's attention for longer than 15 minutes, and now the APS camera's time for fame has expired. First of all, it can't compete price-wise and it isn't as convenient as using 35mm cameras because you can only use APS film  with APS cameras.  Not to mention, it's hard to find film when in a pinch because not everywhere sells it. Shall I also mention the onslaught of digital cameras to the photography world?