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The '''Advantix T550''' is a weather resistant fixed lens compact camera for the [[APS film]] system, made by [[Kodak]] from about 1999.<ref>Chris Eve/Mischa Konig's [http://kodak.3106.net/index.php?p=202&cam=902 table of dates] for Advantix cameras, at [http://kodak.3106.net/index.php Kodak Classics], states the camera was announced in a 1998 press release for introduction in '99.</ref> It has a flash built into a flip-up lens-cover. Otherwise, many of its features (flash modes, auto-focus with focus lock and infinity-focus setting, and imprinting of date and title (from a menu of just ten titles) are very similar to the more conventionally-shaped [[Kodak Advantix T500|Advantix T500]].
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The '''Advantix T550''' is a fixed-lens compact auto-focus camera for the [[APS film]] system, made by [[Kodak]] from about 1999.<ref>Chris Eve/Mischa Konig's [http://kodak.3106.net/index.php?p=202&cam=902 table of dates] for Advantix cameras, at [http://kodak.3106.net/index.php Kodak Classics], states the camera was announced in a 1998 press release for introduction in '99.</ref> It has a flash built into a flip-up lens-cover. Otherwise, many of its features are very similar to the more conventionally-shaped [[Kodak Advantix T500|Advantix T500]].
  
 
===Specifications===
 
===Specifications===
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* Manufacturer: [[Kodak|Eastman Kodak Co.]]
 
* Manufacturer: [[Kodak|Eastman Kodak Co.]]
 
* Lens: Kodak Ektanar All Glass Lens 1:3.5/28mm
 
* Lens: Kodak Ektanar All Glass Lens 1:3.5/28mm
* Films: [[APS film]]s with 50 - 1600 ASA [[film speed]]
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* Film: [[APS film]]s with 50 - 1600 ASA [[film speed]]
 
* Viewfinder: real image finder
 
* Viewfinder: real image finder
* Focusing: active autofocus
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* Focusing:  
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**Active autofocus
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**Focus lock (by half-pressing the shutter release while re-framing)
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**Infinity-focus setting (selected with flash-mode switch)
 
* Exposure: automatic, shutter speed 1/4 -1/500 sec., aperture 1:3.5-1:11
 
* Exposure: automatic, shutter speed 1/4 -1/500 sec., aperture 1:3.5-1:11
* Flash: built-in Kodak Sensalite
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* Flash: built-in Kodak Sensalite with modes:
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**Regular flash
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**Fill flash
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**'Night view' (balances flash with low available light)
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**Flash off
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**''No'' red-eye reduction setting (the T500 has this setting)
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*Date and title imprint (title from the same menu of just ten titles as offered on the T500)
 
* Dimensions:  3.6 x 2.3 x 1.3 inch (92 x 62 x 34 mm)   
 
* Dimensions:  3.6 x 2.3 x 1.3 inch (92 x 62 x 34 mm)   
 
* Weight:  4.2 oz. (120 g) without film and [[CR2 battery]]
 
* Weight:  4.2 oz. (120 g) without film and [[CR2 battery]]

Revision as of 16:21, 19 December 2015

The Advantix T550 is a fixed-lens compact auto-focus camera for the APS film system, made by Kodak from about 1999.[1] It has a flash built into a flip-up lens-cover. Otherwise, many of its features are very similar to the more conventionally-shaped Advantix T500.

Specifications

  • Type: compact camera
  • Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Co.
  • Lens: Kodak Ektanar All Glass Lens 1:3.5/28mm
  • Film: APS films with 50 - 1600 ASA film speed
  • Viewfinder: real image finder
  • Focusing:
    • Active autofocus
    • Focus lock (by half-pressing the shutter release while re-framing)
    • Infinity-focus setting (selected with flash-mode switch)
  • Exposure: automatic, shutter speed 1/4 -1/500 sec., aperture 1:3.5-1:11
  • Flash: built-in Kodak Sensalite with modes:
    • Regular flash
    • Fill flash
    • 'Night view' (balances flash with low available light)
    • Flash off
    • No red-eye reduction setting (the T500 has this setting)
  • Date and title imprint (title from the same menu of just ten titles as offered on the T500)
  • Dimensions: 3.6 x 2.3 x 1.3 inch (92 x 62 x 34 mm)
  • Weight: 4.2 oz. (120 g) without film and CR2 battery

Notes

  1. Chris Eve/Mischa Konig's table of dates for Advantix cameras, at Kodak Classics, states the camera was announced in a 1998 press release for introduction in '99.

Links

User's manual (pdf) at Kodak