Pentax Auto 110
The Pentax Auto 110 is an analog SLR camera from the Japanese camera manufacturer Pentax . After Minolta, Pentax was the second and last manufacturer of an SLR camera for pocket film . The Auto 110 , released in 1978/79, is considered the smallest reflex camera in the world, and it is also the only pocket film SLR with interchangeable lenses.
Data
The Pentax Auto 110 is a single-lens reflex camera , it measures around 56 × 99 × 45 millimeters and weighs around 172 grams (each with the 24 mm standard lens). The camera has a fully automatic TTL exposure measurement, the exposure times vary between 1/750 and 1 second. At times below 1/30 of a second, a yellow LED lights up in the viewfinder. The interchangeable lenses are attached using a Pentax 110 bayonet. For flashing, Pentax built a special flash contact for the in-house external flash unit. A prism viewfinder with a sectional image indicator serves as the viewfinder . As standard, the film is transported manually on the body of the camera using a transport lever which has to be moved twice for each image.
Lenses
For the market launch, Pentax released three lenses for the Auto 110 :
- 18 mm f / 2.8 wide angle
- 24mm f / 2.8 normal
- 50mm f / 2.8 telephoto
Three more lenses were added later:
- 20-40 mm f / 2.8 zoom
- 70mm f / 2.8 telephoto
- 18 mm f / 6.3 Pan Focus (for hyperfocal distance )
equipment
Pentax marketed numerous accessories for the Auto 110 . There are two different winders that automate the film transport. In addition, two electronic flash units appeared , which are automatically synchronized via the special Pentax flash base. There are various UV and skylight filters as well as various close-up lenses for the lenses .
Pentax Auto 110 Super
The Pentax Auto 110 Super appeared in the early 1980s . Technical enhancements to the Auto 110 on this camera are a backlight button, a self-timer and a release lock. The body of the camera is identical to the Auto 110 , so all lenses, winder and accessories are compatible.
history
Kodak brought the pocket film onto the market in 1972 , with which the success of the in-house 126 Instamatic system could be continued. After Minolta launched the first SLR camera for 110 pocket film with the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR in 1976 , Pentax presented the System 10 in 1978 , which, due to its design and interchangeable lenses, is much more of a "real" SLR camera for the user was more tangible than the Minolta model. The Auto 110 , however, was not the first miniaturized SLR; KMZ already had a miniature SLR for 16 mm film in what was then the USSR in the form of the KMZ Narciss , but its dimensions exceeded the Pentax. At the beginning of the 1980s, the Auto 110 Super, a slightly technically modified successor, came onto the market.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Pentax Auto 110: The smallest single-lens reflex camera in the world. lomography.de, June 13, 2012, accessed May 5, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Asahi Pentax Auto 110 Pocket SLR System. (PDF; 1.5 MB) Asahi Pentax, 1979, accessed on May 6, 2020 .
- ^ Christian Zahn: Pentax Auto 110 Super. optiksammlung.de, accessed on May 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Russian Narciss 16mm SLR. cameraquest.com, accessed May 5, 2020 .
- ^ Kurt Tauber: Pentax auto 110 Super. kameramuseum.de, accessed on May 5, 2020 .