From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!tesla!jeff
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Title: Re: Pentax 110 SLR
Article-I.D.: tesla.12
Posted: Fri Mar 18 18:06:25 1983
Received: Wed Mar 23 19:29:05 1983
References: hogpc.39

I have a 110 and the 18mm and 70mm lenses.  The camera is well-made and
cute, and packs a lot of versatility in a small package.  However if all
you're interested in is good pictures, without the interchangeable lenses,
I'd recommend a Minox 35GT or Olympus XA, both of which are full 35mm.
I have them both, and find the optics on the Minox better than those on the
Olympus, although the coupled rangefinder on the Olympus is a nice feature.
The Minox lets you use any flash, the Olympus requires use of the Olympus
flash.
I doubt 110 will go off the market during the lifetime of any 110 camera
bought now, even though Kodak undoubtedly makes much more from Disk film.

Print quality is good to 4 X 5, noticeably inferior to 35mm above that.
I note the new finer-grained Kodacolor films are being made available in
35, some in Disk, but have seen nothing about 110.

The Pentax 110 is a neat gadget, but for really good snaps get a small 35
or for serious creativity get a 35SLR (for photojournalism get a rangefinder
camera, e.g., Leica or Minolta CLE)
jeff