seany65
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Hello all.
I thought it may be a good idea to get a proper 110 camera and film discussion thread going. It'll probably not be the most popular thread, but at least there'll be single a place people can ask questions about 110 stuff so they don't have to go hunting all over the shop.
I'd better start:
As some will know, I recently found a load of expired 110 colour film and sold it to a camera shop on behalf of the charity shop I found it in, after having offered it here first.
Between finding the film and selling it, I began to think about getting a 110 camera to have a go on.
After a little research I decided to get a Minolta Auto Zoom 110 SLR MK2 as it has a zoom lens that goes from 25mm (=50mm) to 67mm (=135mm) which can be focused, the apertures go from f3.5 to f16 and can be adjusted in half-steps, the shutter speeds are stepless between 1/1000 and 1/4, it has exposure compensation which goes in half-steps, it has a viewfinder with diopter correction, a split-image rangefinder and shows each shutter speed from 1/1000 to 1/125 by single LED's.
The main niggle with it is that the speeds from 1/60 to 1/4 are shown by one single LED that is a bit longer than the other speed LEDs.
I think I'll be able to tell if the meter is using 1/60 at the f-No. I've chosen if close down 1 stop and the meter chooses 1/125.
I've not actually received the camera yet, but from what is in the listing's photos it includes the lens hood (which I'll change for a metal one), a lens cap (which I may change for a metal one) a Hoya UV filter, the leather(ette?) never-ready case, the 'action grip', the box and the manual all for £29.95 inc. p+p.
Let's hope it works.
I believe it can only work with 100 asa and 400 asa film, so if I put a 200 asa film in, I'll have to set the exposure compensation to -1.
However, I'll be using film that expired in '94, which is over 2 decades ago and I read on the web that I should increase exposure by 1 stop for every decade that it's been expired so that would mean I set the exposure compensation to +1.
I also read that 200 asa film counts as 'slow' film and so doesn't need quite so much compensation as 400 asa film if it's all be stored the same way, so I may only need to get to '0' on the dial, but then again I may not need to compensate at all...
Bah! Ruddy interwebnet telling me a dozen different answers to any ruddy question I ask.
Lucky I've got five rolls of the expired film. All I have to do now is decide whether to the different compensating for each photo on the same film or just do each film at one compensation value and see what happens.
I thought it may be a good idea to get a proper 110 camera and film discussion thread going. It'll probably not be the most popular thread, but at least there'll be single a place people can ask questions about 110 stuff so they don't have to go hunting all over the shop.
I'd better start:
As some will know, I recently found a load of expired 110 colour film and sold it to a camera shop on behalf of the charity shop I found it in, after having offered it here first.
Between finding the film and selling it, I began to think about getting a 110 camera to have a go on.
After a little research I decided to get a Minolta Auto Zoom 110 SLR MK2 as it has a zoom lens that goes from 25mm (=50mm) to 67mm (=135mm) which can be focused, the apertures go from f3.5 to f16 and can be adjusted in half-steps, the shutter speeds are stepless between 1/1000 and 1/4, it has exposure compensation which goes in half-steps, it has a viewfinder with diopter correction, a split-image rangefinder and shows each shutter speed from 1/1000 to 1/125 by single LED's.
The main niggle with it is that the speeds from 1/60 to 1/4 are shown by one single LED that is a bit longer than the other speed LEDs.
I think I'll be able to tell if the meter is using 1/60 at the f-No. I've chosen if close down 1 stop and the meter chooses 1/125.
I've not actually received the camera yet, but from what is in the listing's photos it includes the lens hood (which I'll change for a metal one), a lens cap (which I may change for a metal one) a Hoya UV filter, the leather(ette?) never-ready case, the 'action grip', the box and the manual all for £29.95 inc. p+p.
Let's hope it works.
I believe it can only work with 100 asa and 400 asa film, so if I put a 200 asa film in, I'll have to set the exposure compensation to -1.
However, I'll be using film that expired in '94, which is over 2 decades ago and I read on the web that I should increase exposure by 1 stop for every decade that it's been expired so that would mean I set the exposure compensation to +1.
I also read that 200 asa film counts as 'slow' film and so doesn't need quite so much compensation as 400 asa film if it's all be stored the same way, so I may only need to get to '0' on the dial, but then again I may not need to compensate at all...
Bah! Ruddy interwebnet telling me a dozen different answers to any ruddy question I ask.
Lucky I've got five rolls of the expired film. All I have to do now is decide whether to the different compensating for each photo on the same film or just do each film at one compensation value and see what happens.