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Preview your photos on the LCD screen and still use film
This camera is an amazing hybrid of digital and film technology. It shoots normal APS film, producing negatives and prints like any standard camera, but it also has an LCD preview screen on the back like a digital camera. Some sneaky optics capture the scene simultaneously on the film and on a digital sensor, allowing you to see your image on the screen -- Was it in focus? Did someone blink? Plus, it allows you to select how many copies of that print you would like the photofinisher to make, from 0 to 9. If you shoot a bad picture, choose 0, and you'll not waste any prints. If you shoot 5 friends and everyone wants a copy, choose 5. Most labs offering APS processing will comply with your wishes, as they are magnetically encoded on the film itself. It should help organize your photographs by not wasting bad prints and by allowing "reprints" right at the camera instead of later. The only drawback is that each new image deletes the previous preview, so you can't flip through a whole set. Very cool, overall.
November 2000 · Unknown