Minolta aps photo player iso#
It also introduced an ISO 400 chromogenic B&W film that could also be processed in C-41 color chemistry. Kodak upgraded its ISO 100 and 200 Advantix colour negative films in 1998, improving their color reproduction and storage stability. The higher-end cameras used an LED-based optical system to drive the film transport rather than conventional sprockets. APS film was given the format designation ‘IX240’ and also known as 24mm. The low-end APS cameras had an optical information exchange arrangement that only recorded the selected aspect ratio for the print. The magnetic coating – called the ‘information exchange’ system or ‘ix’ for short – also allowed for additional data to be recorded along with the image, including the date and time, exposure details, and a short caption. Consequently, if you re-ordered a print, you could have it in any format regardless of what was originally set in the camera. All images were recorded as HD frames – at 30.2x16.7 mm, representing a 1.25x crop on 35mm – and then cropped to 25.1x16.7 mm (1.44x) for the C format print and to 30.2x9.5 mm (1.36x) for the 16:9 aspect P format. (Image credit: Kodak)ĪPS used 24mm wide film with just two perforations at the base of the frame, and a transparent magnetic coating that allowed different format frames to be obtained from the same roll – these were called Classic (which has given rise to the naming of the ‘APS-C’ sensor size), Panoramic and High Definition. APS-H), but you could also specify two crops at 25.1x16.7mm (APS-C) or 30.2x9.5mm (APS-P). It was available in 15-, 24- and 40-exposure lengths.ĪPS cameras captured an image sized at 30.2x16.7mm (aka. The APS cartridge was drop-loaded – it could only fit into the camera one way – and the film prewound. A set of four markers on one end of the cartridge indicated the status of the film inside – unexposed, partially exposed, exposed but not processed and, finally, processed. The higher-end APS cameras even allowed for the cartridge to be removed mid-roll and reloaded later to resume shooting from the next unexposed frame. The Advanced Photo System was designed to eliminate all film handling issues because users never actually saw the film at any point… even the processed film was returned in the APS cartridge. The latter two are, of course, camera based and, in reality, were not widely adopted, so film loading errors – which inevitably resulted in lost pictures – continually topped the lists of consumer complaints about 35mm photography and, consequently, were seen by the industry as inhibiting growth in the then-lucrative point-and-shoot sector. Over the years a number of features had been added to 35mm to make it more goof-proof, including DX (Direct eXchange) coding for automatic film speed setting, drop-in film loading and film prewinding which meant all the exposed frames were safely in the cassette should the camera be opened accidentally. Indicators showed the status of the cartridge unexposed (1), partially exposed (2), exposed but not processed (3) and processed (4). After processing, it was returned packed back inside. The APS cartridge was designed so you never saw the film… ever.
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