Kodak T550 Advantix APS Camera

I purchased a camera from this seller .bridget clawson IT did not work. I tried contacting her with with no reponse on her end!! I sent back her the camera certified mail.they tried delivering it to her dec.17th at 3;54 it is now sitting in fargo post office I would never buy anything from this person.. tonight a rep. from amazon said she will take care of my problem. what a nightmare!!!

Given, it had a hard life with my daughter on the road with Drum and Bugle corp. But it did the same thing as several people remarked about on several different models: it was working and then it broke for no reason. You think it's batteries, but with brand new batteries no go. I'm wondering if I should even buy another Advantix. This problem seems to cover more than one model.

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.

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!

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!