APS (Advanced Photo System)

You have an APS film roll. Advanced Photo System is a film format that appeared in 1996 and was produced by Kodak, Fujifilm, AgfaPhoto and Konica, among others. The 24mm film comes in a plastic cartridge with the numbers 1 to 4 and four symbols visible on the top to indicate the status of the film:

Number 1 and a full circle show that the film is still unexposed
Number 2 and a half circle show that the film is partly exposed
Number 3 and a cross sign show that the film is fully exposed but not yet processed
Number 4 and a rectangle show that the film has been processed

So if you can see a cross sign or half circle, take the cartridge to a photo lab to get it developed. Or if you see a rectangle, there are still negatives inside, in which case you can keep hold of it or take to a lab to have the photos printed.

Did you know …

… APS was given various brand names? Kodak called the APS film roll Advantix, Fujifilm called it Nexia, Konica chose Centuria, and Afga opted for APS Futura.

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