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The Kodak Advantix F350 is a point-and-shoot APS film*(see below) camera with a slightly wide angle lens and fixed focus. So it is no 35mm camera, the APS main format is 30.2x16.7mm, a bit bigger than half format. APS has been released in 1996 and was discontinued in 2011.

* The APS (advanced photo system) film is 24 mm wide and has three image formats: H for "High Definition" (30.2 × 16.7 mm), C for "Classic" (25.1 × 16.7 mm) and P for "Panoramic" (30.2 × 9.5 mm). The "C" and "P" formats are made by cropping the full image which is always taken on the film. So the formats are just a code recorded on the film. Date and camera settings could be written on a magnetic area on the film. The APS system was a very advanced photo system indeed, but digital cameras made it obsolete.

The Agfa Futura was introduced right in 1996.
Its main features are:

27mm Agfa F6.7 lens, fixed focal length
Electronic shutter, 
1/30-1/250s
Size 108x62x40mm,  Weight 166 gr. without battery
automatic coding, self-timer, automatic film advance and spooling


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Camera closed, manual, strap and case.

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Camera closed.

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Camera front open. Nothing moves out. On the left side: battery compartment. Takes 2 AAA batteries.

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Back view. Viewer and ready lamp.
Format selector. Slider to open the film compartment. Push to the left and then down.
 
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Seen from above.
LCD screen, indicates no. of photos left with date mode and setting buttons. Flash mode setting and self-timer. Mid-roll rewind button. Shutter release.

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Camera bottom.
Lid of the film compartment. Tripod socket.

This camera is very easy to use, switch it on and it's ready. Putting a film is easy as well, you drop the film into the compartment and that's it. It has some flash settings, there is a way to switch it off. As it's fixed focal length camera, it's ultra quick.

It's a point and shoot camera with a moderatewide angle lens. It has good picture quality. It's small and light. Point and shoot at its purest and simplest.

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