Kodak's simple APS point-and-shoot — Advantix line, built-in flash, three print formats, late 1990s.
The Kodak Advantix 2100 Auto was a simple APS point-and-shoot in Kodak's Advantix line, sold in the late 1990s as one of the cheapest routes into the Advanced Photo System. It sat below the zoom-equipped C-, F- and T-series Advantix models, competing with similarly basic APS compacts from Fujifilm and Canon.
It is a compact plastic-bodied camera with a fixed lens, automatic film advance and a built-in flash, taking APS (IX240) cartridges with foolproof drop-in loading. Like all Advantix models it records the three APS print formats — Classic, HDTV and Panoramic — selected at the time of shooting, and frame data is exchanged with the lab through the cartridge. Kodak did not publish detailed lens specifications for this model, so none are given here.
As a beginner-friendly snapshot camera it asked nothing of the user beyond loading a cartridge and pressing the button. Today it is mainly of interest to APS collectors and to buyers wanting a period-correct late-90s compact for display, since the format's film supply has gone.
APS film was discontinued in 2011, so the camera can only be shot with expired cartridges, which are scarce and unpredictable — many examples now sell as display or prop pieces. If shooting is intended, confirm it powers up, winds and fires, that the cartridge door latches, and that the flash charges with a fresh battery.