Shot 110 for the fist time on my road trip from Norway to Spain. Using the Pentax Auto 110. 😳 Only brought the lens I had attached which was the 24mm f2.8, no auto-winder or flash. With the wrist strap it often felt like I had both hands free while using the camera. 🤩 I'm yet to get the scans, but I'm hyped. ✨ Out of all my cameras, even small digital ones like the Pentax Q; nothing has felt more appropriate as a travel camera than my Pentax Auto 110. ✨
Yes! 110 is perfect to travel with. The was a time when 110 was the "peoples film" and many households had an Instamatic Pocket Camera as the family camera. I have six 110 cameras I shoot with regularly, and my wife's sole camera is 110. Much of my youth is documented on 110, and it will always have a special place in my heart. Many thanks to the folks at Lomography for keeping this format alive. I have yet to try Color '92 in 110, but I have tried all the other offerings with great success. I know some detest 110, but try the format and come to your own conclusion.
i agree with that about testing it out and come to an individual conclusion! that's so cool about how your and your wife shoot 110!! what's your favorite kind?
I dig all of the Lomography offerings in 110 format. I probably shoot Tiger and Orca the most, but Purple, Turquoise, and Lobster are always fun to shoot in the right settings. The Film Photography Project store has Fukkatsu 400 color negative I would like to try someday, but I have tons of 110, 135, and 120 film stored in the freezer I should shoot first.
@@Eclectachrome Pentax Auto 110, Minolta 110 Zoom, and Minolta Autopak 460TX. For the film I go with Orca for b/w and Tiger 200 for color. (That I always have printed by a lab). No other "experimental" stocks. I am very happy with them. 🙂
Just getting back into film, and picked up a Pentax Auto 110 set that had most of the accessories. I love this thing. It's SO small, and the interchangeable lenses are pretty good, considering their construction and age. It's also relatively cheap to reload cartridges, if you already have a darkroom setup (at least a dark bag), and the Auto 110 will work without perforations on the film, too, so you can slit a 35mm roll (or a roll of 120, or 70mm, or whatever) to get whatever kind of film you want into the camera. Love your video - it's easy to follow and gives some decent options. Seriously, check into an Auto 110 if you like 110 film, though.
The best small format travel camera is the 35mm half-frame. There are many camera options available, from the tiny Olympus Pen series, all the way up to the big Konica Autorex. The 35mm half-frame has many advantages over 110 film. First, 35mm film is still widely available in numerous emulsions, Second, instead of being limited to 24 exposures, you can get 72 exposures on a 36 exposure roll, and, Lastly, 35mm film can be processed by anyone who processes film. And, you can use 35mm film holders if you are scanning at home.
I LOVE 35mm half frame! All excellent points - it is the most accessible, most available, most affordable way to shoot film. I love 110 but I don't have the set up at home so it makes it expensive to send to a lab. What's your favorite half frame camera?
@@Eclectachrome I have long used the Olympus Pen W. The Japanese war photographer Bun-you Ishikawa used a Pen W for some of his most notable photographs of the Vietnam war.
My favorite camera of all time is the Rollei e110. Its a beautiful little aluminum machine. I inherited my moms and all the slides she shot with it of our childhood in the 70s & 80s, and was blown away at the quality of the image quality of the scans i got out of them bc they used to offer some very fine films in 110 format back then. But the Rollei cameras were made by teams of watchmakers, and are so complex and miniature they’re practically unserviceable, so when the torsion bar spring finally goes, it just becomes collectors jewelry & makes you wish some other company would pick up where hey left off.
Super informative video 🙂 I absolutely love shooting 110 and I'm thankful that lomography is still producing fresh 110. It's also fun cutting down and loading your own cartridges with any film stock, although that can be a bit more fiddly than larger formats.
I still have my 1st 110 camera I got for Christmas in 1981 when i was 6yr old. I use the camera up until 1990 when I got a 35mm in high-school. But I used it again in 2015 when I found film from Lomography, all the photos came out good. I did find a Vivitar Opus 10 110 camera. I still having finish the film yet. I plan to finish it on Easter, since the family is getting together. The Darkroom developed and printed the pictures for me.
Yes! love to hear that haha never hurts to browse and most options are pretty affordable, only really the film dev and scan might pinch a bit depending on where you are lol
Thank you very much for making this! It was super informative. I'm getting that nifty little Fisheye Baby cam that Lomography sells and am looking forward to seeing what the results will be! And it really does look so cool
A couple of years ago I used some new Tiger 200 and Orca 110 and the results I got were pretty poor. I got better results form Tudor film (just a brand name in the UK, they didn't make film) that had expired over a decade before I got it and the results were far better - smaller grain, sharper, better colour (though with a slight warm cast) and better contrast. The problem with ALL Lomography 110 film is that it has a long plastic strip down the right hand side of the cartridge which tells ALL 110 cameras that can "see" different film speeds that it is "Slow" (usually 100iso or even 64iso) film, even the 400iso color '92. This means that almost all cameras will be over-exposing the films eg. Tiger 200iso will be over-exposed by "1 stop" at 100iso, and the color '92 will be over-exposed by "2 stops" at 100iso. Unless you have either the Minolta 110 zoom slr or their 110 zoom slr mk2 and can thus compensate for this by using the ""Exposure Correction" dial, by turning it to "Minus 1" or "Minus 2" and thus exposing 200iso film as if it's 200iso and 400iso film as if its 400iso. Though many photographers like to slightly over-expose print film. For those users with other 110 cameras the multispeed films are only going to be exposed as if they are 100iso, so the stated film speed range of 100iso-400iso is actually a lie. If you want to use expired film try to get some that's expired after 2000, as Fuji, Kodak, Agfa etc. were making their best films about then, and if you have either of the 110 zoom slrs just turn the "Exposure Compensation" dial to Plus 1 as film loses sensitivity over time.
What's the camera you are holding your right hand? Many 110 cameras aren't that much smaller than my Rollei 35 or Pentax IQZ. I used to have several Minolta 16mm cameras and got good results. Grainy, but that is a charm in itself, and huge depth of field, which I like. I'd be interested in 110 similar in size and quality to the Minolta 16GT I once had.
Always brought my Argus mini palmatic 110 on all my canoe trips back in the late 70's early 80's. Easy to load, didn't' take up a lot of space, pull -push film advance like a spy camera. For rainy days I use my Konica Submarine 110.
The Pocket Fujica 110 was a great camera with built-in zoom lens and manual focus. I think it was sharper than the Pentax Auto 110 I had. My first camera was a Vivitar 110, bought at K-Mart.
It has a manual focus, manual zoom, which as zooms the viewfinder as well, approx 32mm screw for filters, a hot shoe for flash, cable release screw and exposure control for bright sun, dull sun and cloudy,
I just got a hotshot 110 from the 80s when my dad had it and I used to play with it as a toddler in India. I will likely just keep it for now until I may have to develop the films myself in the future.
And there are some seriously good 110's out there. The Pentax 110 Auto SLR is VERY capable and has an exceptional range of lenses from18mm to 70mm, including a zoom! Optics are extremely good. Over the years I have consistently printed 5X7 and some 8X10's in my darkroom. While the variety of B&W is limited, overall the selection of film is quite good.
I've been so impressed with the results I see from others shooting the pentax auto 110! did you develop 110 yourself or send to a lab? curious about the dev at home process for it - if its worth it or better to send to a lab.
Sorry for the delay, I don't get on here often. Yes, I processed myself. I have a JOBO rotary processor and the special reels. If you are doing B&W you could develop easily at home.
I was recently having a sort through of my old stuff stored at my mums and found my old Minolta Pocket Autopak 430E, complete with the plaster holding the battery door shut !!! Temped to get some B&W film and give it a try.
great vid. I'm a home dev kinda guy and love alt formats to keep things interesting. I cut down 120 to 127 format. the left over is 16mmish and works a treat in my Minolta 16 cameras. Love it.
Kodak originally offered 110 Kodacolor film in 12 and 24 exposure rolls - same as they did for 126 film. The cartridge set the film speed - like with the 126 cartridges. Some of the Canon and Minolta “harmonica” style cameras had extremely sharp glass lenses. The Pentax 110 and the 2 Minolta kind of faux slrs - all had sharp glass.
I have a Pentax Auto and I do use for on occasion. Not as much as 35mm because it does cost more to develop. I must say that I do enjoy the Pentax Auto and have liked the results I’ve gotten from Tiger 200 film.
It is fun to load b/w 16mm film which Kodak still sells, into a used 110 cartridge and use a Pentax Auto 110 (cause it still works without the sprockets). And then the film can be self processed at home and scanned…it’s the cheapest way to shoot 110 I think. But this won’t work with other normal 110 cameras just beware cause they need the sprockets to cock the shutter
I absolutely love 110, but it is not cheap for me lol. I'm in a small town in Canada, so I have to pay to ship out my film to be processed in Toronto as no where near me will process it. If that wasn't a factor, I'd shoot 110 always, but it's unfortunately just not as easy as 35mm for me. I agree that it's not for everyone as the grain and quality is quite low, but I personally enjoy it! I also agree that even with the small size and relatively cheap cameras, you can take some amazing photos with it. I'd say this film does best capturing architecture, landscapes, and group shots (so perfect for travelling in my opinion). I've actually brought my 110 into a concert recently and got some interesting photos, although they probably would have turned out better if I was closer to the stage lol. I use the Kodak 110 Star cameras, but I also have the Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608 and a Concord 110 (all of which I've thrifted for super cheap). If you can thrift your cameras and get the best possible deal on film, I'd say 110 is absolutely worth it and fun to use!
aw yeah that's hard having to pay to ship it out that far, would be nice if it was cheaper! and yes agree with everything you said, the concert photos sound super cool even if you were far away, thrifting for the win!
An interesting video. In the 70s I used a Minolta 110 and Pentax SLR 110 with three lenses. When the photographed subject was close the final prints were fine, but landscapes were very grainy and hard to view. Leica produced a 110 slide projector which may have offered decent results for the Kodak 110 slide film. If I were again interested in 110 format I guess the highest quality camera with Orca b&w film would be most appealing.
I have a few of those Minolta pocket 110 cameras. They're pretty cool, but because they're so long, I think of them as being less pocketable than a disposable or simple point and shoot.
I have a Vivitar Tele 835 AW. AW stands for auto wind. Has a telephoto lens that you can access at the flip of a switch. Because it has a motor you will need to use batteries the power both the camera and the Flash. The batteries are just normal AA batteries that's a positive. It handled the tiger 200 film very well. I don't shoot 110 all that often. I also shot a cartridge of Walgreens brand 110 film I found in my house. Those are pretty well even though it wasn't stored correctly.
I like 110 much. The best quality I get is with the Pentax Auto where I own a complete set with original Camera "suitcase"... But this equipment is big, when packing all lenses, filters etc. The second best pictures I get with a Rollei 110 which is very sharp and has a durable metal case in "Minox Style", works flawless, but needs a px27 battery "surrogate" like most cameras out of the 70ies and 80ies. I have a lot of plastic cameras made for children, some of them use the film cassette as back, but there is no high quality to achieve, because of the fixed focus plastic lenses. But Lomo brought a new 110 camera this year they call it Lomomatic 110 (available in plastic or metallic) in set with a onscrewable flash and a GLASS LENS with the Lomo typically 3 focus zones. The mechanic of this camera is mostly plastic and the film transport (Minox like) does sometimes get stuck, so you need to do a second "ritsch ratsch", but it has clear and well lighted pictures. You should only avoid Lomo Film where "wonderful grain" is written in the description, this film like the "92" has really big grain 😁 But I like the small format, personally coming from 8x11 but there the film prices got an unrealistic inflation in the last 10 years. So 110 as you said, is the last available small factor film format one can efford.
Those cameras sound great, you have quite a collection! I tried the Lomomatic and it was generally nice camera with quirks lol yesss hahah anything that says embrace the grain will have lots of grain, which isn't always a bad thing if you like grain! but depends on what people like :)
As far as convenience -- yeah, in most cases the 110 cameras are very pocket-friendly -- but the small negative size (interestingly almost exactly the same as the Micro-Four-Thirds sensor) and film options produce *meh* results in general. I have both of the Minolta 110 SLR cameras and the Pentax 110 SLR with all of the lenses (also have used them on my M4/3 camera!) -- and those can squeeze out better results from the film than the typical plastic/fixed-focus 110 camera lenses. But yeah -- ultimately you have to adjust your expectations for the image quality due to the small negative size. Happy Thanksgiving, Molly Kate!!!
I've always had trouble shooting with 110 in low light but could be the 110 cameras i've shot from thrift stores Have you shot fukkasku film? I've never heard it until now! great indepth video
thanks! I haven’t tried to Fukkatsu film yet, but yeah 110 will definitely suffer a little bit in low lighting, much of my shots in low light are super grainy, not a bad thing, just have to like it haha
Anything Italy was made by Ferrania, which was once a division of 3m. They were the source of a lot of 'generic' / store branded film. If you want to explore the dark arts of reloading 110 film cartridges, with 16mm film, Kodak VIsion3 50D is a great film. However, you do need to DIY deveoping, or find somone that can handle remjet removal. Minolta made a large line of 16mm film cameras with reloadable 16mm cartridges, before 110 was a thing.
yeah minolta and canon are two of my favorite brands for cameras! rollei always look cool but i've never shot any actually. I'm putting the dark arts of reloading 110 cartridges on my rainy day/snow day boredom killer list haha
The Color Film from Italy might be just re-batched Ferrania Solaris which was a budget film but might be something totally different. My fav 110 stock is Orca (if it has no pinholes in the backing paper). My favourite 110 camera is the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mk.2 which I prefer over the Pentax Auto 110
Hi Molly, never took 110 seriously back in the day (I'm 64). However recently picked up an original Minolta Zoom 110 SLR at a car boot for a fiver. With some TLC I coaxed it back into life and it seems to be working ok. So grabbed a roll of Tiger from AW (£9) and will be trying it out soon but not expecting too much. I searched online for 110 and have just received an e-mail from Amazon offering me a three pack for £43, that's with 10% off. Lomography are selling their three packs for £19.90?
Amazon always charges too much for film and they don't store it properly so I try to avoid it for buying film. I did see the Tiger 3 pack Lomography has which is cool. But what a bargain you got!! Let me know how it goes!
@@Eclectachrome Will update you with the results. Just to clarify I got 1 roll of Tiger from AW for £9. Even if I had bought 3 at £27 it's still cheaper than amazons £43.
My first camera was a cheap 110 that I got in a McDonald's Happy Meal; it broke after two cartridges. Since then, I have used a Minolta AutoPak 450E and gotten excellent results. I had a Canon 110ED 20 but never ran any film through it. I also had and shot a few rolls through the Pentax Auto 110. While I can see the draw, it never stuck with me; again, getting it processed and scanned was troublesome (even with the Lomography Scanzilla). Personally, I liked Orca and Tiger films from Lomography. I got all my film processed at The Darkroom in California.
ah the happy meal memories! that's so cool they put them in there!! but i guess on the flip side its cheap and breaks :( yeah the dev+scan is the glitchy party for me...what is the scanzilla?! lol orca and tiger are both super nice. Now that I'm in the US, I need to try the Darkroom!
Well as a film photographer, I ha e to say that it once was, in the early 70s. Those beautiful cametas from Agfa, leaps to mind. These days, one is genuinely better off with a small digital. Sometings have had their life, and have gracefully passed away. Let it rest in peace.
Small digital cameras are awesome and glad you are finding enjoyment in them! I find much more satisfaction in film, somethings have multiple lives and phases :)
Minolta made a couple 110 SLR cameras. they supposedly took great photos--but I've never owned one. I could barely stand the quality of my Instamatic 126 camera as a kid, which prompted me into 35mm photography when I was in the 9th grade. I never looked back. Almost get hives thinking about the horrible quality my relatives' 110 cameras produced ;-) Even worse, though were those disc cameras that were around for a while. If 110 was postage-stamp size, those were microfisch sized ;-)
I never much cared for the tiny negatives and the prints always seemed fuzzy at best. However, a good-to-decent Minolta 110 has fallen into my lap, and I'm running some Lomo 200 through it now. We'll see...
Back in the day, 110 was regarded as a snapshot camera. I remember not being willing to sacrifice quality for convenience, especially after getting the new Olympus XA, which isn't much bigger than a 110 camera. I also remember my photography buddy getting the Pentax 110 camera and being impressed with the system, but quickly tiring of it and going back to 35mm. Even so, I'm curious about trying 110, but I'd need to either modify my film developing reels or get a 110 sized one, and also get a wide angle enlarging lens to print the photos.
personally my favorite camera is the minolta zoom slr but I've been wanting to upgrade to the mark 2 simply because it's best manual camera for the format
Not only that, but Panasonic, which was called National back in those days, made several 110 cameras under the National brand, mostly with a built-in radio. You could argue that Panasonic has been making cameras for that MFT size from way back in 1974or 1975, depending on when their first 110 camera was first made. There is little concrete information on the early days of their 110 cameras, but they were introducing new models into the 1980's. The radio made them popular with teens and young adults going to the beach, or going camping, picnics, etc. Their MFT experiment has been running a lot longer than people realise.
@@areallyrealisticguyd4333 My favorite as well, and for the same reasons. I have several 110 cameras, including the Pentax Auto, but the cameras that get used 99% of the time are the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR, the Kodak 110 Pocket Instamatic 60, and the Canon 110ED, with the Minolta being #1 choice.
I would love for manufacturer to build a 110 that could expose 2-3 frames at once like a micro panorama sprocket pocket. Granted the cartridge would require hacking but its fun to think about.
Most likely the mystery Italian colour-film was made by 3M and unbranded for use as the "FREE FILM!!!!!" returned with each set of prints by the multitude of postal D&P labs. Talking about the size of the frame, don't forget that Minox film is still produced, in Europe and Japan at least, and that is 8x11mm so much smaller than 110. Also, Minox cameras have a pressure-plate and higher quality lenses leading to a better result on the film -- a sharper image on a flattened (or rather, perfectly curved as the film-plane is an arc) piece of film, rather than a fuzzy image on a 'bendy' frame. One of the things that goes along with most 110 cameras is simplicity for the enduser which, given the time period, usually meant simply leaving out pesky features such as focussing or exposure-control. For a small travelling camera though, I wouldn't choose my Minox B, instead I have used a half-frame Olympus Pen EE (around eighty shots per 135 roll) or, my favourite, my Rollei 35S (135 film, and a battery adapter) which has a very great lens, completely adjustable settings, a good meter and is pretty much the smallest full-frame 135 camera around. I'd give an honourable mention to the various Leica 'Barnack' screw-mount cameras, or the older Soviet clones, especially with a collapsible lens -- they are pretty compact and (if maintained) can give excellent results. Have fun with 110 -- it is all good ! :)
I didn't realize the Minox thing but one google search and it's all over, amazing!! I'll have to try that :) yeah the 110 cameras are simple and fun to use, I love half frame as well and used to have a Fed 2 which was like you said, compact with excellent results. Cheers!
I have a FED2 as well, but they are pretty much the size of Leica M cameras. The Barnack sized Soviet cameras would be the Zorki-1 and FED1 models, which are much smaller than the later 'improvements'. The FED2 viewfinder and rangefinder are nicer to use than those of the smaller cameras though.
Speaking of APS film -- I have managed to collect all of the APS SLR cameras -- in great working condition -- and I am scavenging unused APS film to use in them. Yeah -- expired film and you don't get the bells and whistles originally planned for the developing of APS film -- but, I get really decent results and the cameras were made in that late 35mm SLR/early DSLR era, so they have lots of great features (and the Canon/Nikon APS SLRs can use the standard Canon/Nikon AF lenses!)....
That's awesome! I'm sad it's not made fresh anymore because those cameras are so modern and now that I'm out of film they just look pretty on the shelf lol Are you scavenging on ebay?
@@Eclectachrome-- most of the eBay prices for expired film are nuts -- even for discontinued formats like APS (most of the sellers know very little about film except that expired film sells). I have a 'secret' online (auction) source here in the states which sells 'used' things -- and they do very little research on the items (no cleaning/testing either -- so you run a real risk of getting items that do not work) -- and often sell the 'camera bag kit' -- Grandpa's camera bag from the attic -- camera, lenses, filters *AND* often shot or unshot film. So I keep my eyes peeled for what looks usable, and not insanely priced. So far I have lucked out and have a good 20 various unused APS rolls in my freezer. I have shot I would say another half-dozen so far, paid the extra $ for developing (The Darkroom) and scanning -- and found that, in general, the expred film holds up pretty well (I see a lot less bizarre color shifts than I do with expired Kodak 35mm film). One good reason to use the more advanced APS cameras is where you can add a stop or two to the exposure. If there were fresh APS film, I would definitely be using it as the higher-end cameras are really good and the results, even for a negative smaller than 35mm, come out really well.
I love 110 but I do not think its the smallest, you can still get minox spy film from 1 seller, online only. I have the Pantex super auto 110 and love shooting it, but its tricky to get the film speed right as it has no speed setting, and lomography doesn't set tabs for high and low formats like some old 110 film cameras and film use to use.
@Eclectachrome Film Photography Project Store, and they just call it. Spy film. 🕵️♂️. It comes I'm black and white and color. I'm pretty sure it's cut down 35mm so development is simple.
@@Eclectachrome film photography store, or Blue Moon Camera, and they call it Spy Film, it comes in color and black and white. the color is c 41, cut down 35mm film, so should be easy to develop. I have one black and white role done, with mixed results, and have a few more color ready to go to development. Its not cheap, but you do get like 36 shots.
I don't care whether 110 is the best or worst - I love it, and use it because it is such a convenient format, and therefore loads of fun. Orca is the best film, because it has the highest resolution. I love Metropolis and '92, but everyone needs to contact Lomography to encourage them to make another Peacock batch. Lomography marketed Peacock for cross processing, but it is better processed as E6 which provides a sharper result with good colors. It frustrates me that we need to tape up the back of the cameras because Lomography insists on using backing paper with holes in it that produces speckles on photographs. It is a fake hipster thing about lo-fi, but I find it really annoying, and it is so unnecessary.
@@Eclectachrome I tape them all because of the speckles in images caused by random microscopic holes in the backing paper. Since I must have shot thousands of cartridges since the 1970's, and Lomography is the only film I have ever experienced this with, I can only assume vthat either it is a deliberate attempt by Lomography to create lo-fi light leak effects, or it is an accidental thing caused by very poor quality backing paper, and Lomography chooses to not fix the bproblem. Either way, it is an annoying, and unneccessary flaw. It shows up in color film as orange speckles, but not in every image. I am not the only one to do this. Lots of people tape over the rear window on their 110 cameras,
Objectively speaking, it's just a bad film. However, it brings back memories of my childhood. 😊 I now have a camera for this type of film again, the same one that belonged to my brother, an Agfa Agfamatic 4000 Pocket, nice and compact! In German there was the slogan “ritsch, ratsch, klack” a phonetic description of how it works. 😅
@@Eclectachrome I myself don’t have a 8x11 minox, but the films are available at a Berlin store called fotoimpex. (I’m from Germany). Its super expensive though, 25€ for 36 exposures, just for the raw film cartridge.
I took mine to Washington DC on a 5th grade school trip, along with several Magicube flashes. The photos are disappointing to look back at. The 126 film was much bigger and better and had less curl. 126 still holds up. 110 does not. But better than Disc film cameras!
Aaaaargh . . . . discfilm . . . . I have never seen worse results and usability. Fortunately I was gifted a (huge) Box Brownie a few years before my younger sister had the bad luck to be given a disc-camera !
hahah someone else just mentioned disc cameras! I need to check it out more to see what it looked like. there's a whole spectrum of results with small film, interesting to see where everyone lands!
"Made In Italy"? Very good chance it was made by Ferrania, or 3M (who took over Ferrania in the 80's). Also, the 110 film size is roughly the same size as Micro 4/3rds (Olympus & Panasonic digital cameras)
Yes, I could only think of Ferrania but surprised there was no name branding on the package! And Micro 4/3 rocks! I've shot with a few cameras and always enjoy the size and the results are just as good as long as you don't need a file size for massive prints, even then...
@@Eclectachrome All over the place. Here in the US, from the 1960's to the 1990's, Kmart sold Ferrania's film under their store brand name "Focal", which they also used the "Focal" name for other rebadged cameras/lenses from other film companies. Alot of other big box stores (like Sears) did similiar thing of importing cameras/lenses/film & other photo stuff & labeled it under their own store "brand name"
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Shot 110 for the fist time on my road trip from Norway to Spain. Using the Pentax Auto 110. 😳
Only brought the lens I had attached which was the 24mm f2.8, no auto-winder or flash.
With the wrist strap it often felt like I had both hands free while using the camera. 🤩
I'm yet to get the scans, but I'm hyped. ✨
Out of all my cameras, even small digital ones like the Pentax Q; nothing has felt more appropriate as a travel camera than my Pentax Auto 110. ✨
Yes! 110 is perfect to travel with. The was a time when 110 was the "peoples film" and many households had an Instamatic Pocket Camera as the family camera. I have six 110 cameras I shoot with regularly, and my wife's sole camera is 110.
Much of my youth is documented on 110, and it will always have a special place in my heart. Many thanks to the folks at Lomography for keeping this format alive.
I have yet to try Color '92 in 110, but I have tried all the other offerings with great success.
I know some detest 110, but try the format and come to your own conclusion.
i agree with that about testing it out and come to an individual conclusion! that's so cool about how your and your wife shoot 110!! what's your favorite kind?
I dig all of the Lomography offerings in 110 format. I probably shoot Tiger and Orca the most, but Purple, Turquoise, and Lobster are always fun to shoot in the right settings.
The Film Photography Project store has Fukkatsu 400 color negative I would like to try someday, but I have tons of 110, 135, and 120 film stored in the freezer I should shoot first.
Oops, forgot to mention Metropolis, another fine film by the folks at Lomography. Super fun to shoot.
My opinion? Yes it is! The best format for everyday photos and traveling! Absolutely!😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Cool 😎 any favourite stock or camera?
@@Eclectachrome Pentax Auto 110, Minolta 110 Zoom, and Minolta Autopak 460TX. For the film I go with Orca for b/w and Tiger 200 for color. (That I always have printed by a lab). No other "experimental" stocks. I am very happy with them. 🙂
i love this format! I hope they make more options available in the future! ektachrome would definitely be a good candidate
Yeah was sad to see peacock not in stock but then we have a new color '92! So hopefully it keeps going!
Just getting back into film, and picked up a Pentax Auto 110 set that had most of the accessories. I love this thing. It's SO small, and the interchangeable lenses are pretty good, considering their construction and age. It's also relatively cheap to reload cartridges, if you already have a darkroom setup (at least a dark bag), and the Auto 110 will work without perforations on the film, too, so you can slit a 35mm roll (or a roll of 120, or 70mm, or whatever) to get whatever kind of film you want into the camera. Love your video - it's easy to follow and gives some decent options. Seriously, check into an Auto 110 if you like 110 film, though.
The best small format travel camera is the 35mm half-frame. There are many camera options available, from the tiny Olympus Pen series, all the way up to the big Konica Autorex. The 35mm half-frame has many advantages over 110 film. First, 35mm film is still widely available in numerous emulsions, Second, instead of being limited to 24 exposures, you can get 72 exposures on a 36 exposure roll, and, Lastly, 35mm film can be processed by anyone who processes film. And, you can use 35mm film holders if you are scanning at home.
I LOVE 35mm half frame! All excellent points - it is the most accessible, most available, most affordable way to shoot film. I love 110 but I don't have the set up at home so it makes it expensive to send to a lab. What's your favorite half frame camera?
@@Eclectachrome I have long used the Olympus Pen W. The Japanese war photographer Bun-you Ishikawa used a Pen W for some of his most notable photographs of the Vietnam war.
My favorite camera of all time is the Rollei e110. Its a beautiful little aluminum machine. I inherited my moms and all the slides she shot with it of our childhood in the 70s & 80s, and was blown away at the quality of the image quality of the scans i got out of them bc they used to offer some very fine films in 110 format back then. But the Rollei cameras were made by teams of watchmakers, and are so complex and miniature they’re practically unserviceable, so when the torsion bar spring finally goes, it just becomes collectors jewelry & makes you wish some other company would pick up where hey left off.
That’s so cool thank you for sharing all that info!!
Super informative video 🙂
I absolutely love shooting 110 and I'm thankful that lomography is still producing fresh 110.
It's also fun cutting down and loading your own cartridges with any film stock, although that can be a bit more fiddly than larger formats.
Thanks! Yeah that is cool if you do it but a little too fiddly for me!
Basically, 35mm format is to full frame as 110 format is to micro four thirds.
I think this format perfect for everyday photos and I love the gritty look that you get out of 110!
Awesome Nuno! 👌 it's definitely for folks that love grain which is me most of the time!
I still have my 1st 110 camera I got for Christmas in 1981 when i was 6yr old. I use the camera up until 1990 when I got a 35mm in high-school. But I used it again in 2015 when I found film from Lomography, all the photos came out good. I did find a Vivitar Opus 10 110 camera. I still having finish the film yet. I plan to finish it on Easter, since the family is getting together. The Darkroom developed and printed the pictures for me.
that's great! what camera was it, your first one?
Thanks for this. I've been considering a 110 camera for a while, and I think your video was enough to convince me to start shopping. :)
Yes! love to hear that haha never hurts to browse and most options are pretty affordable, only really the film dev and scan might pinch a bit depending on where you are lol
Thank you very much for making this! It was super informative. I'm getting that nifty little Fisheye Baby cam that Lomography sells and am looking forward to seeing what the results will be! And it really does look so cool
Glad it was helpful! That's such a fun option, enjoy it!!
I wish they would re-introduce 126 cartridge format film. I still have my first Kodak Instamatic 25 126 camera!
that would be nice, I'd love to try it :)
Kodak tried in the form of Advantix/APS and the world's reaction was "I'm gonna p[pretend I didn't see that"
A couple of years ago I used some new Tiger 200 and Orca 110 and the results I got were pretty poor. I got better results form Tudor film (just a brand name in the UK, they didn't make film) that had expired over a decade before I got it and the results were far better - smaller grain, sharper, better colour (though with a slight warm cast) and better contrast. The problem with ALL Lomography 110 film is that it has a long plastic strip down the right hand side of the cartridge which tells ALL 110 cameras that can "see" different film speeds that it is "Slow" (usually 100iso or even 64iso) film, even the 400iso color '92. This means that almost all cameras will be over-exposing the films eg. Tiger 200iso will be over-exposed by "1 stop" at 100iso, and the color '92 will be over-exposed by "2 stops" at 100iso. Unless you have either the Minolta 110 zoom slr or their 110 zoom slr mk2 and can thus compensate for this by using the ""Exposure Correction" dial, by turning it to "Minus 1" or "Minus 2" and thus exposing 200iso film as if it's 200iso and 400iso film as if its 400iso. Though many photographers like to slightly over-expose print film. For those users with other 110 cameras the multispeed films are only going to be exposed as if they are 100iso, so the stated film speed range of 100iso-400iso is actually a lie. If you want to use expired film try to get some that's expired after 2000, as Fuji, Kodak, Agfa etc. were making their best films about then, and if you have either of the 110 zoom slrs just turn the "Exposure Compensation" dial to Plus 1 as film loses sensitivity over time.
Half frame is the way to go. More fun - more film. Give me an old PEN and double the shots on any 35mm I can find!
love half frame!!
AND you get a decent lens.
What's the camera you are holding your right hand? Many 110 cameras aren't that much smaller than my Rollei 35 or Pentax IQZ. I used to have several Minolta 16mm cameras and got good results. Grainy, but that is a charm in itself, and huge depth of field, which I like. I'd be interested in 110 similar in size and quality to the Minolta 16GT I once had.
I believe it's the premiere mini, I found it randomly, it's not a camera that's talked abotu often, but it is very underrated!
Always brought my Argus mini palmatic 110 on all my canoe trips back in the late 70's early 80's. Easy to load, didn't' take up a lot of space, pull -push film advance like a spy camera. For rainy days I use my Konica Submarine 110.
cool!! those push-pull cameras feel so nice to shoot! that was what the ektralite was like. Where did you go canoeing?
@@Eclectachrome Connecticut Rier, Taunton River, Nemasket River and a lot of flat water ponds
awesome! @@mrchairman08
The Pocket Fujica 110 was a great camera with built-in zoom lens and manual focus. I think it was sharper than the Pentax Auto 110 I had. My first camera was a Vivitar 110, bought at K-Mart.
Nice!! Fuji 110 sounds great, wonder if they can be found easy today?
That's the 110 I had, a pocket Fujica 350 zoom I mentioned above and still have it.
It has a manual focus, manual zoom, which as zooms the viewfinder as well, approx 32mm screw for filters, a hot shoe for flash, cable release screw and exposure control for bright sun, dull sun and cloudy,
@@philmartin5689 Yes, that’s it, thanks!
I just got a hotshot 110 from the 80s when my dad had it and I used to play with it as a toddler in India. I will likely just keep it for now until I may have to develop the films myself in the future.
that's awesome! good luck with the developing, that's the part I found difficult
And there are some seriously good 110's out there. The Pentax 110 Auto SLR is VERY capable and has an exceptional range of lenses from18mm to 70mm, including a zoom! Optics are extremely good. Over the years I have consistently printed 5X7 and some 8X10's in my darkroom. While the variety of B&W is limited, overall the selection of film is quite good.
I've been so impressed with the results I see from others shooting the pentax auto 110! did you develop 110 yourself or send to a lab? curious about the dev at home process for it - if its worth it or better to send to a lab.
Sorry for the delay, I don't get on here often. Yes, I processed myself. I have a JOBO rotary processor and the special reels. If you are doing B&W you could develop easily at home.
no worries! oh JOBOs look awesome, would love to get one someday, that's super cool. :)@@billvanorden1144
It's very nice the way you review :) Please talk about the new Lomomatic 110 when you get your hands on it.
thanks! I have a review in the works for that one, should be coming out soonish! :)
I was recently having a sort through of my old stuff stored at my mums and found my old Minolta Pocket Autopak 430E, complete with the plaster holding the battery door shut !!! Temped to get some B&W film and give it a try.
neat! haha hey whatever keeps the camera together - might be cool to see how it comes out :)
great vid. I'm a home dev kinda guy and love alt formats to keep things interesting. I cut down 120 to 127 format. the left over is 16mmish and works a treat in my Minolta 16 cameras. Love it.
that sounds great! I just shot 127 for the first time and how cool are those cameras for it?! What do you use to cut down the film?
@@Eclectachrome I bought a 127 cutter called FCK 127 works a treat. and patterson reels already have the 127 width in them so deving is easy!
Kodak originally offered 110 Kodacolor film in 12 and 24 exposure rolls - same as they did for 126 film. The cartridge set the film speed - like with the 126 cartridges.
Some of the Canon and Minolta “harmonica” style cameras had extremely sharp glass lenses. The Pentax 110 and the 2 Minolta kind of faux slrs - all had sharp glass.
yesss, the photos I've seen from some of those are very nice and sharp!
I have a Pentax Auto and I do use for on occasion. Not as much as 35mm because it does cost more to develop. I must say that I do enjoy the Pentax Auto and have liked the results I’ve gotten from Tiger 200 film.
That’s one of the coolest ones I’ve seen!!
It is fun to load b/w 16mm film which Kodak still sells, into a used 110 cartridge and use a Pentax Auto 110 (cause it still works without the sprockets). And then the film can be self processed at home and scanned…it’s the cheapest way to shoot 110 I think. But this won’t work with other normal 110 cameras just beware cause they need the sprockets to cock the shutter
that's awesome! Do you use a darkbag to load? yeah that would be much cheaper for sure!
I absolutely love 110, but it is not cheap for me lol. I'm in a small town in Canada, so I have to pay to ship out my film to be processed in Toronto as no where near me will process it. If that wasn't a factor, I'd shoot 110 always, but it's unfortunately just not as easy as 35mm for me. I agree that it's not for everyone as the grain and quality is quite low, but I personally enjoy it! I also agree that even with the small size and relatively cheap cameras, you can take some amazing photos with it. I'd say this film does best capturing architecture, landscapes, and group shots (so perfect for travelling in my opinion). I've actually brought my 110 into a concert recently and got some interesting photos, although they probably would have turned out better if I was closer to the stage lol. I use the Kodak 110 Star cameras, but I also have the Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608 and a Concord 110 (all of which I've thrifted for super cheap). If you can thrift your cameras and get the best possible deal on film, I'd say 110 is absolutely worth it and fun to use!
aw yeah that's hard having to pay to ship it out that far, would be nice if it was cheaper! and yes agree with everything you said, the concert photos sound super cool even if you were far away, thrifting for the win!
Pentax 110 are gems..worth a try!
If I ever see one for a steal, I'd pick it up!
I love the church at 4:20. I always walk past it when I'm on a photo walk.
amazing, it's beautiful!
An interesting video. In the 70s I used a Minolta 110 and Pentax SLR 110 with three lenses. When the photographed subject was close the final prints were fine, but landscapes were very grainy and hard to view. Leica produced a 110 slide projector which may have offered decent results for the Kodak 110 slide film. If I were again interested in 110 format I guess the highest quality camera with Orca b&w film would be most appealing.
agreed! Orca is my favorite and I would love to shoot with the Pentax Auto 110 with the different lenses. It’s on the wish list lol
I have a few of those Minolta pocket 110 cameras. They're pretty cool, but because they're so long, I think of them as being less pocketable than a disposable or simple point and shoot.
I have a Vivitar Tele 835 AW. AW stands for auto wind. Has a telephoto lens that you can access at the flip of a switch. Because it has a motor you will need to use batteries the power both the camera and the Flash. The batteries are just normal AA batteries that's a positive. It handled the tiger 200 film very well. I don't shoot 110 all that often. I also shot a cartridge of Walgreens brand 110 film I found in my house. Those are pretty well even though it wasn't stored correctly.
I like 110 much. The best quality I get is with the Pentax Auto where I own a complete set with original Camera "suitcase"... But this equipment is big, when packing all lenses, filters etc. The second best pictures I get with a Rollei 110 which is very sharp and has a durable metal case in "Minox Style", works flawless, but needs a px27 battery "surrogate" like most cameras out of the 70ies and 80ies.
I have a lot of plastic cameras made for children, some of them use the film cassette as back, but there is no high quality to achieve, because of the fixed focus plastic lenses.
But Lomo brought a new 110 camera this year they call it Lomomatic 110 (available in plastic or metallic) in set with a onscrewable flash and a GLASS LENS with the Lomo typically 3 focus zones. The mechanic of this camera is mostly plastic and the film transport (Minox like) does sometimes get stuck, so you need to do a second "ritsch ratsch", but it has clear and well lighted pictures.
You should only avoid Lomo Film where "wonderful grain" is written in the description, this film like the "92" has really big grain 😁
But I like the small format, personally coming from 8x11 but there the film prices got an unrealistic inflation in the last 10 years. So 110 as you said, is the last available small factor film format one can efford.
Those cameras sound great, you have quite a collection! I tried the Lomomatic and it was generally nice camera with quirks lol yesss hahah anything that says embrace the grain will have lots of grain, which isn't always a bad thing if you like grain! but depends on what people like :)
As far as convenience -- yeah, in most cases the 110 cameras are very pocket-friendly -- but the small negative size (interestingly almost exactly the same as the Micro-Four-Thirds sensor) and film options produce *meh* results in general. I have both of the Minolta 110 SLR cameras and the Pentax 110 SLR with all of the lenses (also have used them on my M4/3 camera!) -- and those can squeeze out better results from the film than the typical plastic/fixed-focus 110 camera lenses. But yeah -- ultimately you have to adjust your expectations for the image quality due to the small negative size. Happy Thanksgiving, Molly Kate!!!
Well said and Happy Thanksgiving!!
I've always had trouble shooting with 110 in low light but could be the 110 cameras i've shot from thrift stores
Have you shot fukkasku film? I've never heard it until now! great indepth video
thanks! I haven’t tried to Fukkatsu film yet, but yeah 110 will definitely suffer a little bit in low lighting, much of my shots in low light are super grainy, not a bad thing, just have to like it haha
Anything Italy was made by Ferrania, which was once a division of 3m. They were the source of a lot of 'generic' / store branded film. If you want to explore the dark arts of reloading 110 film cartridges, with 16mm film, Kodak VIsion3 50D is a great film. However, you do need to DIY deveoping, or find somone that can handle remjet removal. Minolta made a large line of 16mm film cameras with reloadable 16mm cartridges, before 110 was a thing.
Also, minolta and Canon made some of the best 110 cameras, quality wise. Beware of Rollei 110s, they usually don't work, but were excellent cameras.
yeah minolta and canon are two of my favorite brands for cameras! rollei always look cool but i've never shot any actually. I'm putting the dark arts of reloading 110 cartridges on my rainy day/snow day boredom killer list haha
The more I hear about 110 the more I wanna try it again. Use to shoot it back in the late 80s. 😎
Worth a go! Even a good thing to break up a slump or retail therapy haha
@@Eclectachrome so true! I have been eyeing one eBay. Maybe I will.
Not sure if I’d be up for 110 format, mostly because of limited film stocks and if it’s possible to develop and scan at home.
yeah the at home dev and scan setup stops me from using it a lot more! adds up at the lab.
The Color Film from Italy might be just re-batched Ferrania Solaris which was a budget film but might be something totally different. My fav 110 stock is Orca (if it has no pinholes in the backing paper). My favourite 110 camera is the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mk.2 which I prefer over the Pentax Auto 110
could be! Yeah, Orca is super nice and the minolta camera looks really cool, i've never tried it but seems nifty, and i love minolta glass!
Hi Molly, never took 110 seriously back in the day (I'm 64). However recently picked up an original Minolta Zoom 110 SLR at a car boot for a fiver. With some TLC I coaxed it back into life and it seems to be working ok. So grabbed a roll of Tiger from AW (£9) and will be trying it out soon but not expecting too much. I searched online for 110 and have just received an e-mail from Amazon offering me a three pack for £43, that's with 10% off. Lomography are selling their three packs for £19.90?
Amazon film prices are bonkers! Hunt around at the various online film-photo related shops and you can definitely find better.
Amazon always charges too much for film and they don't store it properly so I try to avoid it for buying film. I did see the Tiger 3 pack Lomography has which is cool. But what a bargain you got!! Let me know how it goes!
@@Eclectachrome Will update you with the results. Just to clarify I got 1 roll of Tiger from AW for £9. Even if I had bought 3 at £27 it's still cheaper than amazons £43.
absolutely! @@andrewwilkin1923
oh meant bargain on the camera lol@@andrewwilkin1923
My first camera was a cheap 110 that I got in a McDonald's Happy Meal; it broke after two cartridges. Since then, I have used a Minolta AutoPak 450E and gotten excellent results. I had a Canon 110ED 20 but never ran any film through it. I also had and shot a few rolls through the Pentax Auto 110. While I can see the draw, it never stuck with me; again, getting it processed and scanned was troublesome (even with the Lomography Scanzilla). Personally, I liked Orca and Tiger films from Lomography. I got all my film processed at The Darkroom in California.
Yo, was it the Spy Kids one?
@@Peter-bx7ip No, it was unthemed, just yellow.
ah the happy meal memories! that's so cool they put them in there!! but i guess on the flip side its cheap and breaks :( yeah the dev+scan is the glitchy party for me...what is the scanzilla?! lol orca and tiger are both super nice. Now that I'm in the US, I need to try the Darkroom!
Well as a film photographer, I ha e to say that it once was, in the early 70s. Those beautiful cametas from Agfa, leaps to mind. These days, one is genuinely better off with a small digital. Sometings have had their life, and have gracefully passed away. Let it rest in peace.
Small digital cameras are awesome and glad you are finding enjoyment in them! I find much more satisfaction in film, somethings have multiple lives and phases :)
Minolta made a couple 110 SLR cameras. they supposedly took great photos--but I've never owned one. I could barely stand the quality of my Instamatic 126 camera as a kid, which prompted me into 35mm photography when I was in the 9th grade. I never looked back. Almost get hives thinking about the horrible quality my relatives' 110 cameras produced ;-)
Even worse, though were those disc cameras that were around for a while. If 110 was postage-stamp size, those were microfisch sized ;-)
haha I haven't seen much from disc cameras but maybe like you said there's a reason why!
Can we compare the quality of 110 and half frame 35mm? I think that it is similar.
More so yes! The half frame still is higher for me in terms of quality depending the camera and lens too of course!
I never much cared for the tiny negatives and the prints always seemed fuzzy at best. However, a good-to-decent Minolta 110 has fallen into my lap, and I'm running some Lomo 200 through it now. We'll see...
Oh neat! Good luck!!
Back in the day, 110 was regarded as a snapshot camera. I remember not being willing to sacrifice quality for convenience, especially after getting the new Olympus XA, which isn't much bigger than a 110 camera. I also remember my photography buddy getting the Pentax 110 camera and being impressed with the system, but quickly tiring of it and going back to 35mm. Even so, I'm curious about trying 110, but I'd need to either modify my film developing reels or get a 110 sized one, and also get a wide angle enlarging lens to print the photos.
yeah the XA is great!! Yep, I'm not too keen on slicing up my film reels yet haha and yess then there is the printing side of it!
I think 110 was really a format that was before it's time. It's almost exactly the same size as Micro 4/3
It's amazing what can come from such a small format! M4/3 is great!
personally my favorite camera is the minolta zoom slr but I've been wanting to upgrade to the mark 2 simply because it's best manual camera for the format
Not only that, but Panasonic, which was called National back in those days, made several 110 cameras under the National brand, mostly with a built-in radio. You could argue that Panasonic has been making cameras for that MFT size from way back in 1974or 1975, depending on when their first 110 camera was first made. There is little concrete information on the early days of their 110 cameras, but they were introducing new models into the 1980's. The radio made them popular with teens and young adults going to the beach, or going camping, picnics, etc. Their MFT experiment has been running a lot longer than people realise.
fascinating!! @@artistjoh
@@areallyrealisticguyd4333 My favorite as well, and for the same reasons. I have several 110 cameras, including the Pentax Auto, but the cameras that get used 99% of the time are the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR, the Kodak 110 Pocket Instamatic 60, and the Canon 110ED, with the Minolta being #1 choice.
I would love for manufacturer to build a 110 that could expose 2-3 frames at once like a micro panorama sprocket pocket. Granted the cartridge would require hacking but its fun to think about.
it's a cool idea for sure!
Forget 110, what about the Kodak Disc Camera ?
what kind of film does that take?
Most likely the mystery Italian colour-film was made by 3M and unbranded for use as the "FREE FILM!!!!!" returned with each set of prints by the multitude of postal D&P labs. Talking about the size of the frame, don't forget that Minox film is still produced, in Europe and Japan at least, and that is 8x11mm so much smaller than 110. Also, Minox cameras have a pressure-plate and higher quality lenses leading to a better result on the film -- a sharper image on a flattened (or rather, perfectly curved as the film-plane is an arc) piece of film, rather than a fuzzy image on a 'bendy' frame. One of the things that goes along with most 110 cameras is simplicity for the enduser which, given the time period, usually meant simply leaving out pesky features such as focussing or exposure-control. For a small travelling camera though, I wouldn't choose my Minox B, instead I have used a half-frame Olympus Pen EE (around eighty shots per 135 roll) or, my favourite, my Rollei 35S (135 film, and a battery adapter) which has a very great lens, completely adjustable settings, a good meter and is pretty much the smallest full-frame 135 camera around. I'd give an honourable mention to the various Leica 'Barnack' screw-mount cameras, or the older Soviet clones, especially with a collapsible lens -- they are pretty compact and (if maintained) can give excellent results. Have fun with 110 -- it is all good ! :)
I didn't realize the Minox thing but one google search and it's all over, amazing!! I'll have to try that :) yeah the 110 cameras are simple and fun to use, I love half frame as well and used to have a Fed 2 which was like you said, compact with excellent results. Cheers!
I have a FED2 as well, but they are pretty much the size of Leica M cameras. The Barnack sized Soviet cameras would be the Zorki-1 and FED1 models, which are much smaller than the later 'improvements'. The FED2 viewfinder and rangefinder are nicer to use than those of the smaller cameras though.
Speaking of APS film -- I have managed to collect all of the APS SLR cameras -- in great working condition -- and I am scavenging unused APS film to use in them. Yeah -- expired film and you don't get the bells and whistles originally planned for the developing of APS film -- but, I get really decent results and the cameras were made in that late 35mm SLR/early DSLR era, so they have lots of great features (and the Canon/Nikon APS SLRs can use the standard Canon/Nikon AF lenses!)....
I'm using one of the Canon APS SLRs. Amazing how small it is.
That's awesome! I'm sad it's not made fresh anymore because those cameras are so modern and now that I'm out of film they just look pretty on the shelf lol Are you scavenging on ebay?
@@Eclectachrome-- most of the eBay prices for expired film are nuts -- even for discontinued formats like APS (most of the sellers know very little about film except that expired film sells). I have a 'secret' online (auction) source here in the states which sells 'used' things -- and they do very little research on the items (no cleaning/testing either -- so you run a real risk of getting items that do not work) -- and often sell the 'camera bag kit' -- Grandpa's camera bag from the attic -- camera, lenses, filters *AND* often shot or unshot film. So I keep my eyes peeled for what looks usable, and not insanely priced. So far I have lucked out and have a good 20 various unused APS rolls in my freezer. I have shot I would say another half-dozen so far, paid the extra $ for developing (The Darkroom) and scanning -- and found that, in general, the expred film holds up pretty well (I see a lot less bizarre color shifts than I do with expired Kodak 35mm film). One good reason to use the more advanced APS cameras is where you can add a stop or two to the exposure. If there were fresh APS film, I would definitely be using it as the higher-end cameras are really good and the results, even for a negative smaller than 35mm, come out really well.
I love 110 but I do not think its the smallest, you can still get minox spy film from 1 seller, online only. I have the Pantex super auto 110 and love shooting it, but its tricky to get the film speed right as it has no speed setting, and lomography doesn't set tabs for high and low formats like some old 110 film cameras and film use to use.
oh that's cool! what is the seller?
@Eclectachrome Film Photography Project Store, and they just call it. Spy film. 🕵️♂️. It comes I'm black and white and color. I'm pretty sure it's cut down 35mm so development is simple.
@@Eclectachrome film photography store, or Blue Moon Camera, and they call it Spy Film, it comes in color and black and white. the color is c 41, cut down 35mm film, so should be easy to develop. I have one black and white role done, with mixed results, and have a few more color ready to go to development. Its not cheap, but you do get like 36 shots.
In case you didn’t know, Lomography has just released a new Lomomatic 110 camera.
I did know! I’m reviewing it 😊😊
I don't care whether 110 is the best or worst - I love it, and use it because it is such a convenient format, and therefore loads of fun. Orca is the best film, because it has the highest resolution. I love Metropolis and '92, but everyone needs to contact Lomography to encourage them to make another Peacock batch. Lomography marketed Peacock for cross processing, but it is better processed as E6 which provides a sharper result with good colors.
It frustrates me that we need to tape up the back of the cameras because Lomography insists on using backing paper with holes in it that produces speckles on photographs. It is a fake hipster thing about lo-fi, but I find it really annoying, and it is so unnecessary.
yeah Orca is my fav :) what kind of camera do you have to tape up? Mine were fine!
@@Eclectachrome I tape them all because of the speckles in images caused by random microscopic holes in the backing paper. Since I must have shot thousands of cartridges since the 1970's, and Lomography is the only film I have ever experienced this with, I can only assume vthat either it is a deliberate attempt by Lomography to create lo-fi light leak effects, or it is an accidental thing caused by very poor quality backing paper, and Lomography chooses to not fix the bproblem. Either way, it is an annoying, and unneccessary flaw. It shows up in color film as orange speckles, but not in every image.
I am not the only one to do this. Lots of people tape over the rear window on their 110 cameras,
gotcha - shame about that!@@artistjoh
Objectively speaking, it's just a bad film. However, it brings back memories of my childhood. 😊 I now have a camera for this type of film again, the same one that belonged to my brother, an Agfa Agfamatic 4000 Pocket, nice and compact! In German there was the slogan “ritsch, ratsch, klack” a phonetic description of how it works. 😅
it's super nostalgic yes! that's really cool, have you shot with it yet? haha i love the phonetics :) that's exactly how it sounds!!
Technically you could even go smaller with Minox 8x11 Film and Cameras 🙂
Someone else mentioned this too! Where do you get your Minox film from?
@@Eclectachrome I myself don’t have a 8x11 minox, but the films are available at a Berlin store called fotoimpex. (I’m from Germany). Its super expensive though, 25€ for 36 exposures, just for the raw film cartridge.
Not for me. I used to shoot 35mm and now trying medium format. What to have less grain and higher definition.
that's awesome you're starting into medium format - for sure an incredible result for less grain and more "resolution" - how is it going so far?
I took mine to Washington DC on a 5th grade school trip, along with several Magicube flashes. The photos are disappointing to look back at. The 126 film was much bigger and better and had less curl. 126 still holds up. 110 does not. But better than Disc film cameras!
Aaaaargh . . . . discfilm . . . . I have never seen worse results and usability. Fortunately I was gifted a (huge) Box Brownie a few years before my younger sister had the bad luck to be given a disc-camera !
hahah someone else just mentioned disc cameras! I need to check it out more to see what it looked like. there's a whole spectrum of results with small film, interesting to see where everyone lands!
good timing for you! ;p box brownie cameras are awesome!
I prefer Minox 8X11mm and Minolta 16mm cameras.
Cool! Where do you find the film for it?
I slit my film from 35mm film cassettes.
"Made In Italy"? Very good chance it was made by Ferrania, or 3M (who took over Ferrania in the 80's).
Also, the 110 film size is roughly the same size as Micro 4/3rds (Olympus & Panasonic digital cameras)
Yes, I could only think of Ferrania but surprised there was no name branding on the package! And Micro 4/3 rocks! I've shot with a few cameras and always enjoy the size and the results are just as good as long as you don't need a file size for massive prints, even then...
@@Eclectachrome Like Kodak, Fuji, and Ilford (even though they deny it), they did alot of "white labeling"/rebadging for small company's
ah interesting! was that for companies within italy or did they make for ones further away too? @@Huginn87OG
@@Eclectachrome All over the place. Here in the US, from the 1960's to the 1990's, Kmart sold Ferrania's film under their store brand name "Focal", which they also used the "Focal" name for other rebadged cameras/lenses from other film companies. Alot of other big box stores (like Sears) did similiar thing of importing cameras/lenses/film & other photo stuff & labeled it under their own store "brand name"
Not really, 110 film was dreadful and compared poorly with 35mm and I had a good quality fujifilm 110 camera.
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