Tom hicks
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Back in the day of APS film Canon, Nikon and others made some higher end cameras. Canon having the highest end camera at the time .
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]The EOS IX (1996) is the most full featured and expensive of five APS SLRs marketed during the late 1990s: EOS IX, EOS IX Lite, Minolta Vectis S-1, Nikon Pronea 6i and Nikon Pronea S. APS SLR sales were modest and the EOS IX was a sales flop for Canon USA. Consequently, the EOS IX is no longer available. Why? It originally retailed for $1100 with an EF 24-85 USM lens kit (body only, $650). A grand is too expensive for casual snapshooters, the [/FONT]
Here are a couple from the Canon IX and yes I have hundreds of rolls of film .
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]The EOS IX (1996) is the most full featured and expensive of five APS SLRs marketed during the late 1990s: EOS IX, EOS IX Lite, Minolta Vectis S-1, Nikon Pronea 6i and Nikon Pronea S. APS SLR sales were modest and the EOS IX was a sales flop for Canon USA. Consequently, the EOS IX is no longer available. Why? It originally retailed for $1100 with an EF 24-85 USM lens kit (body only, $650). A grand is too expensive for casual snapshooters, the [/FONT]
Here are a couple from the Canon IX and yes I have hundreds of rolls of film .
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Tom hicks
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Nikon had the Pronea 6i ,add an 80-200 ED lens or a 500 f4P
Take a deer and a little Gaussian blur to give it that artful feel .
Both of these cameras can be had for under 20 buck on E. Bay just picked up another Canon IX for 18.99 free shipping.
Take a deer and a little Gaussian blur to give it that artful feel .
Both of these cameras can be had for under 20 buck on E. Bay just picked up another Canon IX for 18.99 free shipping.
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sevo
Fokutorendaburando
Now that APS film is gone with barely any hope of a resurrection (it uses a special polyester base with a magnetic backing encoding the film position, so it cannot be cut off a regular master roll, nor loaded without special machinery), prices will plummet even further.
Tom hicks
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Yes you are right , I still get it dev for 219 a roll then strip it out of the canister and scan them on my Nikon V.. I will be dev my on as soon as I have a reel modified to handle the film .
dct
perpetual amateur
Thankfully most of the many standard Noritsu Koki and Fujitsu Frontier minilabs are still equipped with the 240 format mount. I really hope the bigger labs will maintain their devices until I finished my frozen APS rolls.
As already mentioned here, APS gear is sold like crap nowadays and this allowed me to complete my Sony Vectis S-1 line with additional bodies, accessories and the complete lens setup. And:
Gear and media format is definitly only one single part of the equation to get good images. I'm supposed to like my S-1 to the end.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
I'd add Leica to the list but rate the Contax Tix the highest. And Rollei did some very nice ones too.
Regards, David
Tom hicks
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I will rephrase , Highest end that accepted the entire
EOS line of Interchangeable lens from The fish eye to 1200mm .
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
Dwayne's is still processing APS.
I still have quite a few APS cams. Contax Tix, Leica C11, Nikon Pronea 6 and S. The Tix is something else, great lens and build.
I still have quite a few APS cams. Contax Tix, Leica C11, Nikon Pronea 6 and S. The Tix is something else, great lens and build.
Tom hicks
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I too have both the Nikon's , back then I was not a rangefinder guy so never new the others were made . I have some 400 rolls of APS . I bought it last year off E Bay. 200 400 kodak and fuji. I'm going to modify some film reels and try to process myself.
Spleenrippa
Yes, Right There
Lomography recently brought out new B&W and colour APS films. It would seem the format isn't dead quite yet.
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
I thought they brought out 110? I'll have to pop over there to see if they have APS.
driver
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I like the APS concept - too bad it's obsolete. I do plan on buying some film from e-bay as it seems nice APS thrift store cameras are following me home lately.
Nikon Nuvis A20 by Mike McGarty, on Flickr
Nikon Nuvis A20 by Mike McGarty, on Flickr
Spleenrippa
Yes, Right There
GaryLH
Veteran
My all time favorite was the TIX. I still have my Canon 4000 film scanner because of the APS module. I am down to my last 6 rolls of APS.
Gary
driver
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Gary, how is APS film taken out of the canister?
GaryLH
Veteran
U leave it in the canister. The canon has a special APS scanning adapter that u place the canister into, the same way u put it into your camera..
Hope that helps
Gary
driver
Well-known
That's pretty slick. Again, I like the APS concept!!!
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
Nikon made one for the 5000ED as well. I have one, works great.
