Pentax 110
A wonderful system designed around a very poor film cartridge.
G
I have one, with a few lenses. It would be nice if somebody would make a digital back for them.
G
well the sensors exist, the 4/3rds system is more or less the right size, of course the market is far too small so no one will ever do it
Is 110 film still readily available and easily processed ?
Bodies: K20D (2), K10D, Super A, ME Super, Auto 110 SLR, X70, Optio P70
Pentax Glass: DA* 300, DA* 60-250, DA* 50-135, DA* 16-50, DA 70 Ltd, FA 31 Ltd, DA 35 Ltd, DA 18-55 (2), DA 12-24, DA 10-17, M 200, A 35-70, M 40, M 28, Converter-A 2X-S, 1.4X-S, AF 1.7, Pentax-110 50, Pentax-110 24
Other Glass: Sigma 105 macro, Sigma-A APO 75-300
Flash: Metz 58 AF-1 P, Pentax AF160FC ringflash, Pentax AF280T
If you get Kodak 400 film you have to file the corner off the cassette though, because the cassettes are indexed as 100ASA (long tab) so you end up over exposed by 2 stops unless you modify them a bit.
I have one somewhere in a box and loved using it when it was new because it was so light etc, and now perhaps we could contact a Chinese firm and see if they would make one for us but which one.
I really think they're dinky (I hope that word doesn't have other meanings ), but maybe I'd find it hard to justify, if not to me, then to the boss
Malcolm
Life? Don't talk to me about life!
I get an unrecognised URL. Have they changed, or are they defunct?
I'll try again, but I've had several tries so far.
Malcolm
Life? Don't talk to me about life!
The link in your post works. The link in Mongoose's post has an extraneous comma after .co.uk which is why his doesn't work. www.pentax110.co.uk will get you there. Interesting stuff on that site.
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I love mine, true a modern digi-compact makes at least as good a camera, but the 110 makes such a good conversation starter. I don't think I've met anyone who can resist commenting on it.