![Went to a steam engine show today, here's some really old tech for you. [4032x3024 - 6.01MB]](https://pic8.co/sh/adVYv0.jpg){kind=link}
My trusty Pentax 110 with the 40mm lens, which is comically larger than the camera. I usually put the wide pan lens on it, but I was shooting at the zoo the other day and a wide 14mm didn't do diddle.
I have a mix of expired 110 of different makes and vintages, with some new stock. The oldest I've shot through this was 1973 vintage stuff, it gives a really odd ethereal look to things when it exposes. I have about 30 carts of old stock left, I'm trying to shoot it up before it completely goes bad, since 110 isn't the easiest thing to get these days.
That's really cool. I haven't even seen a 110 cartridge for decades.
I believe Kodak and Fuji quit making them about 20 years ago when Kodak did their purge. Fuji did for a little longer, especially since they made rebadged film for anyone who needed it.
Right now, a company called Lomography makes a wide range of cartridges, including B&W, slide, color, and special dyed strips. It's kind of cool to see the stuff again. Dwayne's will still process it for you.
https://www.dwaynesphoto.com/site/services https://www.lomography.com/magazine/276578-a-quick-rundown-of-the-lomography-110-films
Cameras for the stuff, especially the Pentax, simply don't exist for a good price these days, unless you want one of those crap bar cameras. Lomo does make a few now and then if you ever want to experiment with format knocked out of the worst format slot by the horrendous DISC films.
Crazy.
It is amazing how different photography is now. Very cool that this company is keeping old school film accessible.
I actually take that back. I see 110 cameras on eBay again for a reasonable price. I guess the heady days of the early Internet have faded.
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