INTRODUCTION

The Nikon Pronea S is an APS (Advantix) film SLR camera. Today, it's as useful as a rock.

It was made by Nikon Corp between 1999 and 2001.

BEST SUITED FOR:

Good for nothing!

PERSONAL NOTES

The Pronea S is a small SLR, all gray, mostly plastic, light, with a pop-up flash. The camera is ok, a typical low-end SLR camera from the 90's.

The size of the film is smaller, real close to APS-C, so the lenses are a bit smaller and lighter. These IX-Nikkor lenses cannot be used on other Nikon SLRs because they deliberately added some plastic that protrudes inside the body, so if you use the IX-Nikkor lenses in a regular body, you WILL damage your mirror. On the other hand, you can use any nikkor lenses on the Pronea without mechanical issues.

The APS system had 3 different image sizes. One of them is the whole film area, and 2 others are cropped from that same size, so you actually have less details when using the panoramic mode. This system was intended for regular users, who printed no more that 8x10 or so. So the design was all right, but if you want more image quality, APS is a no-go.

The APS system also had some nice options. On the film canisters you could see the status of the film which were either : Unexposed, Partly exposed, Fully exposed but not processed, Processed. So you could rewind the film and change film on the go. But I know no one who used this feature.

CONCLUSION

Even if it was a nice design, because of the limitations and availability, I suggest avoiding all APS cameras.

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