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Kodak T550 Advantix APS Camera

Kodak T550 Advantix APS Camera

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A little Gem of a Camera
Review: I bought one of these little APS cameras on a whim right after Christmas about 2 years ago when the price was reduced ... I was having lots of trouble with my fancy and expensive Nikon Nuvis 120i APS so I needed another camera for all the APS film that I had. The ... Nikon took terrible pictures and I figured this camera had to do a little bit better. Boy, was I wrong! It takes great pictures! I carried it all over Europe last summer in my pants pocket while I watched other photographers lugging around their thousand dollar SLR's. No one ever knew I had a camera 'till I pulled it out, flipped up the lens cover (which doubles as a flash) and started snapping away. About the only feature it doesn't have is a zoom lens (which I would rarely use anyway).
Go to your favorite camera store a take a look at this little gem and play around with it.
Good Points: Tiny,like a pack of cigarettes, lightweight, flip up flash, sharp lens, fully automatic, self timer, drop in film loading, reduced red eye from the flip up flash. A LOT of camera for the money. Kodak did their homework on this one!
Bad Points: APS film (more expensive), no zoom, tiny viewfinder.(sometimes it takes a second to get your eye propery aligned)
I now have a months worth of euro-photos(about 250 pictures)to remind me of my great trip and not one turned out unacceptable.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for the kid's
Review: I have purchased three of these over the last two years, one for each of my kid's. they have lost many cameras over the years by leaving them behind on vacations, and school outings. This camera is so small it fits into their jacket, shirt, or pants pocket. It also has many features the larger cameras have and takes great pictures. I don't worry any more about them leaving their camera behind. They love taking their camera along with them because they just put it in their pocket.( Now my wife and I get to see some neet pictures of our kid's and their friends ).

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This is a fine camera
Review: I really like this camera as a bring-it-everywhere point and shoot. It really is small enough to fit in your pocket; much more convenient than a small 35. The picture quality is very good. I find the flip-up flash almost never produces any red-eye, and is much more reasonable than preflashes and other schemes. I've been using it extensively for almost a year, mostly with 200 film. The only negatives are that a slight delay in the auto-focus sometimes makes it hard to keep up with kids, and with the flash up you have to wear your Sox hat backwards.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This is a fine camera
Review: I really like this camera as a bring-it-everywhere point and shoot. It really is small enough to fit in your pocket; much more convenient than a small 35. The picture quality is very good. I find the flip-up flash almost never produces any red-eye, and is much more reasonable than preflashes and other schemes. I've been using it extensively for almost a year, mostly with 200 film. The only negatives are that a slight delay in the auto-focus sometimes makes it hard to keep up with kids, and with the flash up you have to wear your Sox hat backwards.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Good camera at first.. before it broke.
Review: I've had this camera for about a year and a half. After less than a year, I began to have problems. First of all, it would overwind the film to where the film would read "developed" when it had just come out of the camera. This created problems for the developing center because they thought I had already developed the film. So, I just lived with this problem for a while since I was still able to develop the film.

However, then the camera started having problems taking pictures. I would press the shoot button many times without it taking the photo. Needless to say, I missed tons of great photo ops.

The biggest problem came a few weeks ago, when I rewound the film and saw that it came out saying "new roll". I figured the camera had over-overwound and tried to develop it anyways. However, the entire roll came out blank. I was so upset!

Then, I tried to send it to the camera repair company that the Kodak website recommends. However, they sent it back to me saying that there was nothing wrong. HA! I am still having the same problems with the camera and am now definitely going to get a new one--NOT a Kodak.

In addition, a big problem for me was that the window on the camera where you look into is TINY. It's really hard to even see your target. This is especially a problem at night!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good camera
Review: It is a good a camera. Its light to carry around and very compact. And it also Focus' nicely. I recomend it to any person who likes photography.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tiny, great image quality, nice price
Review: The T550 is a very useful APS camera if you prefer a camera with a fixed focal length lens. The best camera is the one that you have on hand when the opportunity to capture a great picture comes your way. The T550 is about the size of a pack of cigarettes and certainly gives you the opportunity to carry it with you at all times.

This is my first experience with APS film and I'm more pleased with it than I had anticipated. The 200 ASA film is quite good and standard size prints give away little in image quality to 35mm. Haven't received my 400 ASA prints back yet, but I anticipate similar results.

The positioning of the flash on the T550 is very favorable for reducing or eliminating 'red eye' - a real plus with a pocket camera. The viewfinder has an oval that shows the area where the camera focuses. Be forewarned that focus is quite selective - center your subject, partially depress the shutter release, then compose the picture.

This is a quiet little camera as well, which is nice for taking unobtrusive photographs with the flash turned off. Available light photographs have been very good, even in a dimly illuminated chapel. I haven't fully figured out how to use the available light/flash sync to best advantage yet, but learning how many times to press the flash button in a dark room to bring that feature up (or carrying a little flashlight) may be a useful skill. It's a nice feature to have and should yield some fun images.

The lens is a moderate wide angle, arguably the most useful focal length. It's just right for a camera intended for taking snapshots, which is definitely the strong suit of the T550.

This is a fine little camera and I think it's a great deal... Give it a try and see for yourself!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Great Little Camera
Review: This camera is simple to use and easy to carry around--and that is why I would recommend it to anybody. First of all the drop in loading is fantastic. No longer do you need to worry about putting in your film wrong or exposing the film to light therefore ruining it. The film is easy to load. Also the film has symbols on it that let you know if the film is used or unused. This is wonderful because no longer will you find a roll of film and wonder if it is blank or filled with pictures waiting to be developed.

This camera is also so light and easy to use. You can easily carry this camera in a pants pocket or a purse. It is tiny. No longer will you hesitate to bring your camera along because it is to bulky. This camera you can take anywhere just in case something interesting pops up.

The camera is so easy to use. You get to choose from three picture sizes. All you have to do is click a button to change the size of the photo--when you do click this button automatically the view of the photo changes to let you see what the photo will look like. Also you can change photo sizes in the same roll of film. This means that you can have standard, group and panoramic photos all on the same roll of film. Also the autofocus is great for people who don't have time to fuss with focusing their pictures.

A few drawbacks are that the film is more expensive to develope and also sometimes you need to get really far away to take a picture in order to capture everything. Other then that this camera is really good and highly recommended.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Great Little Camera
Review: This camera is simple to use and easy to carry around--and that is why I would recommend it to anybody. First of all the drop in loading is fantastic. No longer do you need to worry about putting in your film wrong or exposing the film to light therefore ruining it. The film is easy to load. Also the film has symbols on it that let you know if the film is used or unused. This is wonderful because no longer will you find a roll of film and wonder if it is blank or filled with pictures waiting to be developed.

This camera is also so light and easy to use. You can easily carry this camera in a pants pocket or a purse. It is tiny. No longer will you hesitate to bring your camera along because it is to bulky. This camera you can take anywhere just in case something interesting pops up.

The camera is so easy to use. You get to choose from three picture sizes. All you have to do is click a button to change the size of the photo--when you do click this button automatically the view of the photo changes to let you see what the photo will look like. Also you can change photo sizes in the same roll of film. This means that you can have standard, group and panoramic photos all on the same roll of film. Also the autofocus is great for people who don't have time to fuss with focusing their pictures.

A few drawbacks are that the film is more expensive to develope and also sometimes you need to get really far away to take a picture in order to capture everything. Other then that this camera is really good and highly recommended.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: It's compact size is superb, but weak...
Review: This camera is small and takes great pictures. Its modes and flip up flash system from kodak to reduce red eye successfully. However, I did find this camera very fragile. I must go against the above said "great for kids." Just from normal use and being put in a back-pack, it broke. All in all, good camera, but its low cost might be because you'll need more than one.


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