Instamatic 110 & 126 Film - who still sells it or develops it?

[Timmyjoe]

Gonna try one of those Canon 110ED's. See if it's sharper than my Minolta 16QT when shooting the same film.

Also just discovered a way to remove the RemJet off a half a dozen 100ft rolls of 16mm color film I've had in storage since 2008, so now it looks like I'll have enough 16mm/110 film to last me for about 150 years. 🙂

Best,
-Tim

 

[Faintandfuzzy]

Gonna try one of those Canon 110ED's. See if it's sharper than my Minolta 16QT when shooting the same film.

Also just discovered a way to remove the RemJet off a half a dozen 100ft rolls of 16mm color film I've had in storage since 2008, so now it looks like I'll have enough 16mm/110 film to last me for about 150 years. 🙂

Best,
-Tim

Do the sprocket holes line up like 110 film? I have some cartridges and backing paper...but if 16mm works, I'd like some grainy stock I can process myself

 

[Timmyjoe]

Do the sprocket holes line up like 110 film? I have some cartridges and backing paper...but if 16mm works, I'd like some grainy stock I can process myself

The sprocket holes are much more frequent, so depending on your camera, you either need to cock the shutter & fire the camera with your hand over the lens, a couple times; or hold the shutter button down until you advance the film a certain amount (different for each camera design) and then release the shutter button and the sprocket hole sets the shutter.

I'm going to come up with some solution to the backing paper issue, because that will throw the film out of the film plane if the paper is missing.

 

[unixrevolution]

Recently unearthed my Auto 110s after buying some minor accessories for them on another forum. I forgot how cool they are, and how the entire system of two bodies, six lenses, two flashes, and a winder fits in what is otherwise a frustratingly small camera bag, with room to spare. They, and my other 110, a Demekin fisheye, all seem to have film in them. Time to shoot that up!

 

[Timmyjoe]

Picked up a Canon 110ED 20 this week, and a few rolls of the Lomography ORCA B&W 110 film. Just processed the first roll. Found it interesting that Lomography pre-exposes the roll to put black boxes around each image on the negative (white on the print). Maybe this helps frame alignment with their Mini 110 cameras. But I've never seen that before.

PS: Just shot a side by side comparison between the Canon 110ED 20 and the Minolta 16QT I've had for a while, and was disappointed to find the Canon wasn't as sharp as the Minolta. I guess there really isn't any getting "really sharp" images with the tiny 110 size negative. Bummer

 

[unixrevolution]

Picked up a Canon 110ED 20 this week, and a few rolls of the Lomography ORCA B&W 110 film. Just processed the first roll. Found it interesting that Lomography pre-exposes the roll to put black boxes around each image on the negative (white on the print). Maybe this helps frame alignment with their Mini 110 cameras. But I've never seen that before.

PS: Just shot a side by side comparison between the Canon 110ED 20 and the Minolta 16QT I've had for a while, and was disappointed to find the Canon wasn't as sharp as the Minolta. I guess there really isn't any getting "really sharp" images with the tiny 110 size negative. Bummer

All of the 110 film was pre-exposed to some extent, according to what I've read and remember.

I just got another roll of the Orca 110, myself, and I have been shooting up what was left in my Auto 110s, so we will see what we can see.

 

[Timmyjoe]

Here's a shot with the Lomography ORCA B&W 110 film in a Canon 110ED 20.

Not sure the Lomography quality control is so great on the cartridges as the film had a series of scratched through the emulsion the entire length of the roll. Checked the Canon 110ED 20 and it was "smooth as a baby's bucket" as we used to say. So I believe the scratches came from the cartridge.

It's fun to be able to still shoot these older miniature cameras.

Best,
-Tim

 

[Dwig]

They only ever made 3, and they were fairly rare. But they do exist and they are really flippin' cool. 🙂.../

There were at least 4 models. Minox also made the Minox 110s with a coupled RF. Back in the day, I made some rather good 16x20" prints from VP110 negs shot with one of these.

 

[johannielscom]

While we're at it anyway, any rangefinders for the 126 films? I have quite a handsome stack that needs exposure 😀

 

[zuiko85]

While we're at it anyway, any rangefinders for the 126 films? I have quite a handsome stack that needs exposure 😀

Kodak Instamatic model 814 had rangefinder focusing and shutter speed dial. There are a couple on ebay right now as a BIN for $12.50 and under. Cannot tell if they work.

There were probably more but I cannot recall brands or model numbers at the moment. There were also models that had viewfinders and focusing by scale.

 

[Doug]

I seem to recall Yashica had a couple of decent 126 cameras, one of which had an RF...

 

[ajramirez]

While we're at it anyway, any rangefinders for the 126 films? I have quite a handsome stack that needs exposure 😀

Minolta Autopak 700. Circa 1966. Cut my teeth on one when I was a child. Fully manual or program auto exposure. 38mm 2.8 Rokkor lens, shutter speeds from 1/30 - 1/250 and bulb. Beautifully made, resembling a small Hi-Matic 7s of the era.

You can pick it up on Ebay for $10-25. I have a few of them and would love to be able to shoot them again.

Cheers,

Antonio

1966 Minolta Autopak 700 by Antonio Ramirez, on Flickr

 

[CMur12]

Minolta made some nice Autopak cameras for 126, with four-element (probably Tessar-type) coated glass lenses, auto-exposure, and zone-focusing. If you find one of these nice cameras, you might not be able to get the right battery for it anymore, though.

- Murray

 

[Timmyjoe]

Having so much fun with the Canon 110ED 20, I made a diopter for it:

These aging eyes need all the help they can get.

Best,
-Tim

PS: Now if I could just find the service manual for this camera so I could take it apart and clean the haze out of the viewfinder. Surprisingly, the taking lens is haze free.

 

[unixrevolution]

Having so much fun with the Canon 110ED 20, I made a diopter for it:

These aging eyes need all the help they can get.

Best,
-Tim

PS: Now if I could just find the service manual for this camera so I could take it apart and clean the haze out of the viewfinder. Surprisingly, the taking lens is haze free.

Looks like a fun little shooter! I might have to get one of those, and dump my Kodak Instamatic 60 on eBay with its impossible-to-find batteries.

 

[Timmyjoe]

Yeah the battery issue is a deal breaker for me. Have had to make adapters for a few of my old cameras. It is so nice to just go to B&H and buy a PX28LB, pop it in, and boom, you're off to the races.