On Oct 1, 2006, at 7:44 PM, John Celio wrote: >> Besides the Pentax Auto 110 and Auto 110 Super, I acquired a >> couple of >> Rollei 110s, the A110 and the E110. My favorite 110s are the >> ones shaped >> like a familiar object. I have Coke and Pepsi 110 camers. Even >> a tire >> in the shape of a 110. A very unusual 110 is a book camera. You >> open the >> spine of the book to reveal the camera. > > > Wow! I'd love to see photos of your collection. I am a big fan of > small > cameras, and have a few around the house (including a little Kiev, > a Universal, > and the tiny and everpresent Hit camera). Right now I'm trying to > get a film > slitter so I can try shooting with those cameras, as well as > potentially load > slide film into my Auto110. > > I'm particularly curious about the Pepsi camera, as my brothers are > huge Pepsi > nuts and I might have to start watching ebay for one if it's > particularly cool.
Reloading 110 cassettes is a bit of a pain as you have to carefully slit the cartridge open and re-roll the film with the backing paper. You also have to be certain to use no perf or single perf film, and orient single perf the right way, and be sure that your camera will work without the standard 110 perforations (which are used to cock the shutter and stop the film advance on a lot of cameras). If you would like to play with subminis, the Minolta 16-II is one of the best. No, Single or double perf 16mm film is cut into a 22 inch long strip and slides into the cassette, that provides film for 20 exposures. I have a few of them and haven't used them much lately, send me an email if you'd like to buy one. They take very good photos. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
