110/16mm Camera Image Quality

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Nice. I need to come up with a better way to digitize my 110 and 16mm films (well, I have a new scanner on the list for my stimulus money, maybe 9600 ppi will do the job).
 

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Okay, I need to rescan my recent 110 Orca negatives (from my Pocket Instamatic 60) now that I have a higher resolution scanner...
 

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Donald Qualls said:
Okay, I need to rescan my recent 110 Orca negatives (from my Pocket Instamatic 60) now that I have a higher resolution scanner...
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To be fair, the Rollei A110 is a spectacular little camera. It was, I think, the highest quality 110 made - or one of them. And it really bears out.

There is something so joyful in using 110 cameras. It kinda makes you feel like a kid again.
 

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My kind of dog. Never barks at the moon, doesn't shed, and needs no cleaning up after (not to mention doesn't want feeding).
 

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Wow, Huss!
Have we discovered the Eggleston of 16mm format?

I always wanted to be the HCB of Minox...

 

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Thanks for the comments! I highly recommend this camera. Plus it uses a standard PX27 6V battery! (original spec was 5.6V but my research found that the Rollei works fine/adjusts for the 6V one. And my exposures are correct so that's all I need to know!)

 

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More nice stuff. Sometimes I think that Rollei 110 images look better than those from my 35 LED with Triotar....
 

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Thanks! The Tessar lens is very good, but I think the smaller negative also helps to nail focus as DOF is greater relative to your 35.

Rollei A110, Lomo Tiger

 

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Wow Huss! Not really 'Lo-Fi' but since there isn't a dedicated subminiature sub forum don't know where else they would go.
 

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ciniframe said:
Wow Huss! Not really 'Lo-Fi' but since there isn't a dedicated subminiature sub forum don't know where else they would go.
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Thanks! Well this thread is called 110/16mm image quality so it should be ok!

Rollei A110, Fukkatsu 400

 

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Regarding the potential quality of the 110 format I well remember an ad by Pentax for their 110 reflex camera. They had used Verichrome Pan, available in 110 at that time, (In fact, until Lomography brought out Orca, I believe it was the only B&W film ever sold in 110.) and had made 8x10 prints. But, as Mt. Qualls has brought out, it takes very fastidious care in the darkroom to achieve excellent results from subminiature negatives.
Being cheap....well I prefer frugal, it is hard for me to get past the expense of 110, film wise. Especially since I can reload Minolta or Mamiya 16 cartridges for 15 to 25% of what 110 costs, at least with B&W. Although wasteful in some ways, I could slit down a 36 exposure load of T-Max or Delta into three 20 exposure rolls of 16mm. And if willing to put up with the grain, Eastman 7222, 16mm Double-X single perf, works out to less than $1 per roll.
 

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Although wasteful in some ways, I could slit down a 36 exposure load of T-Max or Delta into three 20 exposure rolls of 16mm.
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Actually, if you slit from 120, you can get six or maybe eight rolls 16 1/2 inches long (long enough to get 20 exposures in my Kiev 30, with 13x17 frame) from a single 120 roll. Six if you remove the edge markings, eight (a half millimeter under width, should still work in both camera and developing reel) if you don't. At eight bucks or so per roll of 120, that's as little as a dollar per reload for any emulsion available in 120 -- and T-Max 100 is hardly any grainier than the microfilm stocks I often use.
 

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I just loaded up my Auto 110 with a very long roll of 5219 500T stuff. I ditched the backing paper, put electric tape over the back of the cart and camera and I'm going to see how many shots I can get off the roll. It was rolled out at about 36 standard 35mm shots off a bulk roll. I don't know how long I can go before it gets jammed. I don't have any way of keeping track either. I'm shooting at 200...just because? Why not.

Also, anyone got an Auto 110 Super that needs a new home?

Great shots Huss
 
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