110 Archives - Facts, notes and thoughts about vintage cameras and other trifle matters

March 9, 2024

King Regula camera family list

King Regula camera list King was established in Germany in 1936 as a machine shop and entered the camera world in the early 1950s. They made a long list of Regula-named camera models, from entry-level viewfinders to rangefinders, with or without light meters, and several pocket, 126-format and disk models. My records show only one box camera (made by Vredeborch)...

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September 21, 2022

Pentax Auto 110 Super

Pentax Auto 110 Super User manual Current value, the camera only Current value, full outfit Three years after the Pentax Auto 110 launch, Pentax presented the ‘Super’ version, adding a few features to the early model. Physical size and appearance stayed the same; the differences are: A self-timer with a LED indicator marked S on the selector. A shutter lock,...

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September 3, 2022

Sugaya Minimax 110 EE

Sugaya Minimax 110 EE Sugaya Minimax 110 EE current value Haste makes waste. I was working on the Pentax 110 SLR cameras when I noted a remark about an obscure (to me) camera, the Sugaya Minimax 110 EE, being the forerunner of the Pentax 110 cameras. Before long, I had one on my desk. Besides physical size and format,...

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August 22, 2022

Pentax Auto 110

Pentax Auto 110 User manual Current value: Black, full outfit Clear Maroon After Minolta married the #110 format with an SLR body to conceive the 110 Zoom SLR, the idea resonated with Pentax. So, when Minolta introduced the Mark II, Pentax presented a similar concept but a different uptake with a smaller and more versatile model. A kit, or a...

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August 17, 2022

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mark II

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mark II User manual Current camera value The Minolta 110 Zoom SLR, the first of the four 110-format SLR camera models ever made, was not a great success. Although an able instrument, it didn’t fly off the shelves. Introduced in 1976, it was promptly killed and, by 1979, replaced by a sibling, the 110 Zoom Mark...

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August 14, 2022

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Minolta 110 Zoom SLR current value User manual at Butkus User manual at Pacific Rim Camera Kodak has led the photographic industry in hardware and media for most of the past century. At times, they offered new formats matched with new camera types, where all were closely followed by other manufacturers, sometimes with improved models. The...

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