nessus@nsc.UUCP (Dr. Brown) (08/12/85)
[I hope my camera never grows up; I like it small.]
A couple of months ago, I bought a Pentax Auto 110 used. For those who
don't know, this is a 110-format SLR(!) camera with automatic exposure timing
and changeable lenses. I am overall satisfied with the camera, but I have no
manuals for it.
Does anyone out there know where I could get a manual or a copy of it?
No flames about 110-format cameras, please; I think MOTAS's 35mm is rather big
and clunky.
Dr. Brown
Mr. Fusion, Inc.
"The Home Power-Plant"
!menlo70!nsc!nessusron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) (08/14/85)
In article <3114@nsc.UUCP> nessus@nsc.UUCP (Dr. Brown) writes: > A couple of months ago, I bought a Pentax Auto 110 used. For those who >don't know, this is a 110-format SLR(!) camera with automatic exposure timing >and changeable lenses. I am overall satisfied with the camera, but I have no >manuals for it. > > Does anyone out there know where I could get a manual or a copy of it? >No flames about 110-format cameras, please; I think MOTAS's 35mm is rather big >and clunky. > Dr. Brown *** No flames here. A great little camera. I have the full outfit with winder and glass zoom lense. I took it to India on two occasions and it held up under a lot of abuse. The winding mechanism finally quit after over two hundred rolls. (Easily fixed.) The smaller format negative will reduce your sharpness somewhat, but the glass lense I found made a great deal of difference over the Acitates (?) that come with the camera, and the pictures don't look any worse than a cropped 35mm shot when blown up. My only regret is that I paid list price for everything. The full outfit cost me about the same as my present Nikon equipment. (With motor, etc.) Even as we speak, a picture I took with the auto 110 and had blown up to 8 by 10 is on display at Brooks Cameras in San Mateo. Had entered it in the county fair. Won no prizes, but it did get recognized. The grain is noticeable at 8 by 10, but it doesn't look any worse than fast film in the 35mm format. And this is with the old 110 film. Haven't tried the newer VR stuff in it yet. Ron -- -- Ron Christian (Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif.) {pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix,vecpyr,certes,isi}!wjvax!ron Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: "If you are seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it."