The 110 format has really grabbed my interest despite an initial cool reaction. I now find myself with two more of these cameras thanks to an auction job lot, only one in full working order (GAS strikes again). The precision of manufacture and materials, and the complexity involved in order to achieve such simple operation …
Investigating a 110 cartridge and film for possible re-use. Read More
After my first, recent experience of the 110 format I concluded that I wasn’t won over to the it despite the camera being so good to use. In fact, it made me more interested than I expected after subsequently reading and re-reading various articles on the subject here and elsewhere. Bob Janes’ posts (such as …
Never Say Never – My Approach to Spiral Modification for 110 Film Read More
Reading several excellent articles, here and elsewhere, introduced me to an area of photography I had only considered as snap-shooter territory, the 110 Pocket Instamatics. This film size flourished from 1972 to the late 1990s before being eclipsed by digital. Some of the sample images weren’t all that bad so modern emulsions could have lifted …
Minolta Pocket Autopak 460 Tx 110 – A Shooting Experience Read More
In the beginning were the Knoll brothers. It is a built in aspect of the human condition that we never seem to stand still. Whatever innovation man’s ingenuity devises there is always someone who will improve and eventually replace it. Generally this is to the overall benefit and some things will also filter back to …
Progress, Progress and more Regress? Analogue Photography and the Digital World. Read More
Recently I thought I would give colour negative film a try again having used a great deal of this film type in the past, which I used to process myself in Neofin Colour chemistry. This was a very convenient kit of single use glass phials of concentrate which had snap off ends, now no longer …
Kodak Colorplus 200 Colour Negative Film Mini-Review Read More
