Kodak Advantix 4100 IX APS Film Camera with 6 rolls of color film and case

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The Kodak Advantix 4100 ix zoom is a compact zoom camera for the APS film system.

Type: 35mm compact camera
Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Co.
Lens: 1:4.5-1:8.5/30-60mm zoom lens, glass hybrid aspheric
Shutter: programmed electronic shutter with speeds 1/6 - 1/270 sec.
Focusing: active autofocus (infrared?)
Films: APS films with speeds 50 upto 1600 ASA
Viewfinder: real image finder with parallax marks and autofocus indicator
Flash: flash on, off or automatic, long time synchronization
Dimensions: 124 x 64 x 39 mm
Weight: 230g without film and CR123 3V battery

May 16th, 2011 at 9:41:27 AM PDT by

The Advanced Photo System (or APS) was introduced in 1996 as an alternative to or even as modern replacement for the still-popular 35mm format. The "IX240" film cartridges are optimized for fully automatic film load, enclosing the 24mm wide film completely when not in use. The film is even put back into its cartridge and returned to the user after it has been developed.

Most cameras support 3 exposure formats:

C for "classic" (25.1 x 16.7 mm; aspect ratio 3:2; 4x6" print or 10x15 cm print)
H for "HDTV" (30.2 x 16.7 mm; aspect ratio 16:9; 4x7" print or 10x18 cm print)
P for "panoramic" (30.2 x 9.5 mm; aspect ratio 3:1; 4x12" print or 10x24 cm print)
The C and P formats are formed by cropping, each format can be selected via the camera (with the exception of some disposable cameras) at any time for use with the format. The H format is the original format. Every single image on the developed film has this format, the print format is just information written by the camera onto magnetic storage on the film - which is used by the printing equipment to crop the picture appropriately.

The magnetic data storage on the film is made possible by a transparent magnetic coating of the film's back. Data for certain purposes is stored there on several tracks. This offers a unique set of advantages:

May 16th, 2011 at 9:42:28 AM PDT by

PQI print quality improvement by storage of film type, film length, film speed, film ID,
and for each image the print format, the preselected number of prints, the title, and the exposure data.
Some APS-film-viewers offer the possibility of changing the information on this magnetic storage, for example to switch the print format, or to add information for a slideshow on that viewing device.

The exposure data is useful for corrections of underexposure or matters like that by the photo laboratory. It's also used for removing a film from a camera for putting it back into it later. Thus a photographer can switch from the color film he actually uses to a black and white film for some exposures, and vice versa, until both films are full. The additional mechanical marker in the film cartridge shows when a film is full. This marker shows whether the film is empty, in use, full, or developed.

The exposure numbers are stored twice, once as magnetic data, and another time enlighted on the film which has just one perforation with two holes per image. The film's basic material is refined polyethylene naphthalate (A-PEN) foil, and its film emulsion is improved compared to pre-1996 35mm film emulsions.

May 16th, 2011 at 9:43:05 AM PDT by

I did not get an owner's manual when I bought it, so I cannot include one in the auction. It's pretty easy to use so you may not need one, but you can probably find one online.

May 17th, 2011 at 3:16:43 PM PDT by

I couldn't find any expiration dates on the film cannisters...but I purchased them from Target late last summer.

May 16th, 2011 at 9:45:36 AM PDT by

I did find out, when I took the original owner's film to be developed, that it cannot be done in the 1-hour labs - it has to be sent out to a full lab, probably because of the reading of the information on the magnetic storage of the film.

May 17th, 2011 at 9:19:48 AM PDT by

FREE: Kodak Advantix 4100 IX APS Film Camera with 6 rolls of color film and case