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Canon APS camera Anonymous
I was recently given a Canon ELPH 240 camera, which uses some film called "Advanced Photo System" or "APS".

Is this a useless camera? Are there even places that develop APS film? What do you guys know about it?

Thanks.
>> Anonymous
APS sucks. I don't know if anyone actually even develops it anymore.
>> Anonymous
APS = Epic fail. It delivered inferior quality to the regular 135 film with the same processing costs, the only advantage was the possibility of small cameras like your Canon. I'm not even sure they make APS film anymore...
>> Anonymous
APS was on the market for only a few years before it was slaughtered by cheap digicams, so there isn't a lot of APS cameras and no one is interested in supporting them anymore. I suggest you keep that Canon as a collector's item, it may be actually worth more in a couple decades lol.

The only good thing to come out of APS was the "APS" sensor format for DSLRs.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
Ahh, APS. The resolution advantages of low-end digital combined with the convenience of film.

Not totally useless, but I wouldn't recommend putting too much effort into it. You can still buy and get APS film processed. If not at the local drugstore, at least at any decent camera store. There was very briefly a huge amount of APS in the world until digital pretty much kicked its ass.
>> ????? !wAHA/GeRU.
There are APS SLRs floating around (Nikon Pronea, Canon EOS IX, Minolta Vectis). APS cameras could set Normal, Wide, or Panoramic. For wide and panoramic, the image is cropped vertically and the resulting image is enlarged. Ok, if you want "panoramics" done at the local drug store conveniently, but the photo quality is noticeably compromised. I have processed C-41 and APS film.

Many years ago, I almost bought the camera in the OP.