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Earlier in the year I might not have presented this roll at all. I was excited when I finished Roll #46 in my Minolta Auto 110 SLR. It was an expired roll of Kodacolor 200 from who-knows-when. So excited I tweeted about it. . . The results were frankly junk. It's just too expired. These… Continue reading Week 46 – Disappointment
The Ektralite 10 is a nice snapshot camera. Kodak really hit the mark with this one. It's not very special, but for quick and easy photos of the family, it just works. The 110 format produces a smaller, grainier image than I prefer, but this camera did a decent job with the conditions it was… Continue reading Kodak Etralite 10 – week 51 results
Introduced in 1978, the Ektralite 10 was the flagship of Kodak's 110 film point and shoot lineup. It featured a 25mm f8 lens with fixed focus from 5 feet to infinity. Shutter speed was fixed at 1/170, and the large internal flash ran on 2 AA batteries. Production ran until 1994. My example has a… Continue reading Week 51 – Kodak Ektralite 10
This camera was loads of fun, with a few quirks. Exposure is automatic based on the selected aperture. If the shutter speed is out of range, an LED triangle lights in the finder pointing in the proper direction to turn the exposure wheel to correct. If the shot is acceptable, no feedback is provided. … Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 19 results – Minolta 110 Zoom SLR
I have an oddity this week, a Single Lens Reflex camera using 110 cartridge subminiature film. The Minolta 110 Zoom SLR (Mark I) was introduced in 1976. It is an odd-looking little pancake of a camera with a 25-50mm f4.5 zoom lens. Focus is manual with a micro prism finder spot. Exposure is aperture priority… Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 19 – Minolta 110 Zoom SLR
"If you want something to look old, use an old camera." In some cases this is true, although much of the 'look' of a photo is influenced by film selection and processing methods. In this case, the Weathermatic A & Lomography Tiger 200 film teleported me back into the 1970s. It's an easy camera to… Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 7 Results – Minolta Weathermatic A
The Minolta Weathermatic A is a weatherproof 110-film camera introduced in 1980. A friend of mine had one of these in hight school; I only knew it as a yellow camera. In fact it's waterproof to 3 meters. It has a zone focus system and three different apertures all selected by the black knobs on… Continue reading Week 7 – Minolta Weathermatic A – 52 Cameras
I expected more attention from the third graders than I got. One asked me what the 33 was, while the rest seemed content to ignore me. I guess the chaperones are supposed to be weird. Shooting the 33 was about what I expected, but the results were disappointing. The form factor is vintage 110 Instamatic,… Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 3 Results – JC Penney 33
This little gem jumped at me from the shelves of my local Goodwill store. I haven't owned many 110 cameras as they were mostly known as cheap snapshot cameras. What I first noted about the 33 was its metal construction. While the metal is nice, what made me buy it was this: A hot shoe!… Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 3 – JC Penney ’33’
Notes from Mosquito Hill 