Lomomatic 110 Review
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
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In this episode, Jules and I review the Lomomatic 110, a brand-new Lomography premium pocket camera for the 110 film format. The camera comes in two versions: a colorful plastic version and a more elegant edition made of metal which we have here. It is directed at amateurs and prosumers who would like to explore this special film format. In terms of portability, these 110 pocket cameras are impossible to beat - so it is an ideal camera to always carry around and capture day-to-day events.
The 110 format was introduced by Kodak in 1972. Each frame is 13x17mm and comes with one registration hole. The entire film has a backing paper with continuous numbering of the frames which often can be seen through the backs of the cameras. Cartridges from Lomography allow you to shoot 24 frames and there is no need to rewind them. Once you are done, you can send them to selected labs for processing. The negatives are obviously tiny but with the right camera and scanner, you can get pretty good results out of them.
Lomography helped bring the format back in 2012 and since then expanded the available film stock to include a black and white film and various interesting color films. So from a strategic perspective, it only makes sense to offer more cameras supporting the 110 format themselves as they are the only manufacturer of 110 cartridges currently out there.
Jules and I took the new Lomomatic 110 out for a photo walk shooting some Tiger color negative and Orca black and white films around the Olympic Park and an artist, theater and crafts area around Leonrodplatz in Munich.
Gear used:
Lomomatic 110
Films used:
Lomography Color Tiger 200
Lomography B&W Orca 100
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Lomography often get's laughed at, but they do some pretty fun stuff and I'm for sure gonna buy this one and try out the 110 format. Beside the LomoKino probably one of my favs from them! :)
Beautiful camera, great to see Lomography keeping 110 alive, and great to see this channel giving 110 some love!
Fabulous that Lomography is doing a premium new 110 camera. I love 110 format since I bought my first one in 1973. People often complain about the small negative but if means the cameras are genuinely pocketable. I also love that we can explore the creative potential of grain. I especially like Orca film. It is a bonus being able to hot swap film cartridges, although I have always preferred 24 rolls compared to 36 as I often like to change film type.
I hope it has a 400 ISO switch.
Yes it does. Thanks for your comment.
Love Lomo' super happy to see they are still going strong today 😊
My first camera was a Prinz 110 colorman, bought from Dixons in the UK. 40 years later I still have it and it still works.
I'm shooting 110 for years and I was really glad when Lomography brought the film back. My mum used an Agfa Ritsch-Ratsch Klick for decades since the 1970ies and only switched to 35mm when the films were discontinued. I am shooting her old camera, some Agfas, Rollei A110, Minolta Autopak a Canon, 3 different SLRs (Minolta, Pentax). They are fun to use but I'm not tempted for the Lomography camera right now. Maybe for my birthday. But thanks for all film, Lomography!
I have the Pentax Auto Super 110 kit, and it is always a conversation starter. I was always hoping that Pentax would make a digital version.
Over Covid I started "scanning" my moms old 110 slides from the late 70s & 80s. I was always told by my serious photo dad that those images would be junk. I'm now using the Laowa 90mm dreamer 2:1 Magnifier lens (which zooms in on the 110 slide, nearly filling the frame with image and wasting no pixels of the scan) mounted a Nikon Z7 @ 45 megapixels, capturing every grain in more detail than the original film. These images are incredibly sharp, the ektachrome is vibrant and fresh, and the texture is perfectly rendered soft round grain, not jagged pixels. Turns out her 110 camera was a Rollei with a Tessar lens! Nice glass + good film = 110 is mmmmmmhm...
I have a Pentax 110 in my inventory but wasn't aware that 110 cartridges are available. I might have to buy a few cartridges and then play with the little SLR. This was fun.
I also noticed the Mont Blanc in the frame. ;)
Such a cute and capable little camera 🥺
I found both models appealing, but the silver one showed in detail here, really shines. Lovely camera and great review, as always.
One of my first cameras when I was a kid was 110 format. Back in the 80s, I bought a Pentax 110 Auto kit. It came with three lenses, a flash and an auto winder. It is a true SLR. Every once in a while, I take it out and shoot a roll. 110 has its own unique feel.
My first camera was a Kodak 110 camera. Not being familiar with the capabilities of 35mm film at the time, I, as a 10 year old, was very happy with the 110 results.
A nicely made sales video for a nice little camera using an interesting film format.❤
Thanks Max and Jules, another camera for my wish list
Maximilian,
Thank you very much for this incredible video.
The photos were very creative. Congratulations on the channel.
My wife has bought me the metal bodied one. I look forward to using it.
Interesting...Hats off to Lomography... As soon as I saw the camera it immediately reminded me of Agfa's Agfamatic series of cameras of 1970's with the characteristic red Shutter release button. That bought back a lot of nice memories..Well done Max for another excellently made episode..
Thanks for the - as always- excellent review of this attractive little camera. Back in the early seventies, I had a Voigtländer Vitorette 110, and I liked it a lot. Developed and printed the films myself of course. Glad to see it has a more than worthy successor. I think I gonna buy one.😊
great review
Another great episode! Max, having set the precedence, can we look forward to a review of a Minox C (or A or B) spy camera soon? Love your channel! Thank you guys for keeping the spirit of film photography alive!
Pocket 110 Film...my really #1 camera as kid was a Hanimex 110 DFTele, which came out into 1984. Since 1987, i've had 35mm SLRs (Pentax MX was being the first)
I love the review.. A very good camera for starters. Better than many other cameras out there.
Fantastic news and a well presented review.! I’m a huge fan of the 110 format and I’m grateful that Lomography supports it so well.
I carry a Minox subminiature camera, loaded with ADOX HR-50 at all times. You should try one.
I always forget about 110. I really like the results from this one, I might have to pick one up.
I like your MontBlanc Meisterstuck fountain pen as well!
The first camera I had as a child was a Kodak Instamatic 25 which used 126 Cartridge film, also no longer made, I still have the camera, I hope that is introduced one day.
But I like the way that 110 cameras have been reintroduced. It would be great if someone made a digital camera in such a small form factor.
I recently bought some Lomography 35mm film that I'm looking forward to shooting. The 110 is an interesting format. I think this could be a great intro into film for many. I hope it's a success, and I for one will probably buy one. Great review btw!
so lovely, and love the form factor
Impressive results from such a small camera and film format, not quite like I remember it from my childhood days (Kodak Instamatic 110). By the way, I also love Montblanc ballpoint pens. Very good taste gentlemen!
I had totally forgotten about 110 film! I remember having a 110 camera way back in my teens, but I don't recall what it was.
I love 110 ❤. I think this one is more expensive than all my 110 cameras put together though and I don't really have money atm. Very nice to have the multiple exposures together with the other features!
Klasse!
Meine erste Kamera war tatsächlich eine Agfamatic 2008. Ich hatte viel Spaß damit. 🙏
Nice review! 👍👍
Nice!
So good to see a brand new 110 camera! It looks really chic. I am using my Minolta 110 Zoom SLR right now, but this really looks appealing. Your results look pretty good as well - usually you see more "trashy" photos when 110 film is used. The creative decisions in controlling are important to highlight here as well. And Ocra 110 is just stunning for 16mm!
Thanks!
Thank you soooo much! Really appreciate it.
Awesome & Thanks :)
Amusing to hear Max extol the virtues of the 110 cartridge. At 68, I have experience with 126 and 110 cartridges, so it’s kinda “Well… of course!” But then I remember that not everyone shares my experience. 😂
Anyways, pretty nifty little camera, and it looks like you got some very respectable results with it and the film.
Nicely done video as always 👍🏼.
Haha. I can imagine how you must feel. But yes, some of this stuff is still very new to me. 😅
My daughter just shot some Orca through a Minolta 460tx last weekend 😊 She was upset the flash didn't work. I'm sure I'll end up ordering one of these Great video!
I am old enough to remember having a 110 camera as a kid. Back then we all wanted them because you could play James Bond photographing secret files. The reality though is those cameras were mostly not great with no way to control exposure or shutter except the built in flash if you were lucky. It might be fun to see an episode on the old Minox cameras.
I second Minox! Bluemooncamera is continuing to produce the film for them much like lomo continues the 110 film
A very good method to scan your 110 Negativs is by using a good Macro lens. I got the Laowa 100mm 2.8 2/1 Makro. This one is very very good for scanning negativs so small like this! The most scanners that you can get, just dont give you a very good quality. Even something like a Epson V850 that i used for some time, cant really work with such small film. If you get into the Minox range, of corse it will get even worse. A Setup with a good Makro Lens is just the better Option here.
The littel Lomo looks a lot like the Rollei A110. This one is made from Metal as well und fells very nice! The Silver Strap is just like the Once that were made for the Minox. Very nice and it fitts very well.
Super cool! Wart ihr ja schnell... Ich hab leider noch nicht dürfen 😅 werde mir sicher die orange zulegen, ist so schön retro...
Ja, ich musste bei der orangenen auch schon an dich denken. :)
In the 1970's and 1980's, I looked at subminiature film formats, from Half/Single frame (18X24mm), #126 (28X28mm) to 10X14mm and 12X17 Minolta.I concluded that the camera had to have high quality lenses, be capable of at least Zone Focus, and needed a tripod (or other support) for such photos to start to equal 24X36mmm, #135. I never did "get smaller" with 8X11mm (Minox) and passed on Eastman Kodak's Disc system that used that film format. It was interesting, but most of these "smaller than 24X36mm" formats used basic/Box camera designs. I got more out of H&W Control system films and devlopers that used microfilms and could resolve tiny things not visible at first glance, such as aircraft or automobile license miles away. Still, I did like my Canon 110ED, until my "can I borrow this for a field trip" older sister promptly lost it! I have come to agree with Mike Eckman that subminis are "a step above toy cameras.";)
It would be good to know the range of exposure times with this camera.
Also, I’m reminded of my Pocket Fujica 110 with a great quality multi-element glass zoom lens, better optics than my Pentax Auto 110.
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My first camera was a fixed focus Kodak instamatic 110 camera. Rarely got a sharp, well exposed photo. Hopefully this will be better. Not sure who processes 110 these days. The format is so small I’m not sure what it offers over Fuji Instax. I hope it succeeds though.
Tolle Kamera!👍❤
I lover it, and applaud to Lomography as I have in the past purchased some of their cameras to keep the toy camera, or Analog photography Alive. as yes I bought my first 110 camera back in 1972, and yea I stall got it, it was the Kodak Instamatic 20 model in which it was Actor Dick Van Dyke that sold me to get the camera, and so I went to my Neighborhood camera store, and bought it. I use it during high school, and taking shots of my classmates, and also my EX-High School Girlfriend(Drunken Bitch) as also using Color film then in which it was Kodak Film only that I use Color Print, and Color Slide in which it was Kodak Kodachrome 64 in a 110 format, and Kodak did make the 110 Slide Projector, as a small version of the Kodak Carousel Projectors. Then I got the Kodak Instamatic 60 that was their top of the line model, But try finding a battery for that model. I congratulate Lomography for their creative ideas in keeping film photography Alive.. Good Video Thank You for bringing back memories that we all Cherish then, and Now...
You should take a look at the Pentax Auto-110. It looks like a toy, but actually demonstrates to full potential of 110 film when used with proper optics and exposure control.
My first camera was a cheap no-name 110 camera I got in a showbag in the late 1980s. It like many supposedly fancier 110 cameras had only a fixed aperture and shutter speed, and relied wholly and solely on the latitude of colour film (and sometimes, flash) to get a halfway decent exposure. Looking through our old photo albums clearly underexpsoure was a reoccurring issue. Hence 110 was forever associated with grainy, washed out and generally dreadful images.
The little Pentax is however a legit manual focusing, auto exposure SLR with interchangeable lenses that delivers surprisingly good images with fresh film. The Lomo stuff is good but I’m really keen to try mine with some sliced down Porta 160 or Ektar… cut down 120 film to 127 and you’re left with a 16mm strip that can be spooled into a 110 plastic cartridge. The Auto-110 is one of the few 110 cameras that doesn’t rely on the registration hole to cock its shutter, conveniently.
Im REALLY hoping this camera allows re-loaded carts of cut down film. It seems the shutter is independent of the pin, as the camera has a multi-exposure function, so that's a good sign.
Very interesting, I like this camera and reckon I will buy one. I do 110 with a Canon 110ED and Pentax Auto 110 and would like a new quality 110 camera. Before cominh home to watch this video I had just finished a 110 film in my Canon, I think this new camera would be just as good to hold and to use.
Wow that is pretty sharp
This camera looks very promising! I am also wondering about how you scanned the negatives? Did your lab scan them or do you have your own setup?
My trusted lab MeinFilmLab.de took care of the scanning process in this case.
The overall design and functions are very reminiscent of the Minolta 16II camera I used back in the 1970s; same opening action, very similar design, although the Minolta used 16mm cartridges and was even smaller.
Minolta II is such a gem. One thing this has over it is the ability to focus. In that respect it's closer to the Russian copy of the Minolta 16 II, the Kiev, to which they added focusing. The shutter button on this Lomomatic even resembles the button on the Kiev model.
Any idea from experience what the range of shutter speeds or exposure values might be?
Update: a Lomo guy informed me it's EV 0-16 , 30sec - 1/250 program
Looks like a really excellent camera with a somewhat limited film format. Tempting, but I think I have to save my camera budget for Pentax.
You should review the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR!! Two versions exist. The original is more common to find. Really unique looking camera. The second version looks more like a traditional SLR
Would you say the quality of the photos is just above Polaroids?
Thank you for the review!!! Question: Is it possible to have a focused picture with this film format? Or it will always be out of focus (especially when shooting close-up faces)?
Sorry for this comment, but IMO we shoud keep 100 film dead.
I used it in the late 90's, it was what I had at that moment, and it was very very lomo (to be polite).
Very nice review, thank you! It’s really positive that new products are coming out.
On a very irrelevant topic I loved this pair of Nikes, nice color scheme. Which model is it?
Thank you for your comment. Sure, those are Nike Internationalist “by you” so designed by myself with a blue and orange combination I liked plus white laces.
@@AnalogInsights Thanks for that!
Really cool camera. Apologies if you covered this and I missed it, but I’m wondering how you’d describe the quality of the viewfinder? To me, a bright crisp image in the finder can dramatically enhance my enjoyment of a camera!
Definitely a nice and bright viewfinder. No complaints here.
Is this a former Minox product? I think Minitar was the lens designation for the Minox 110 cameras. That camera performed spectacularly, but had some foibles!
How does the zone focusing lever feel? Is it very stiff? Does it feel like it’s easily broken? Or does it feel solid and well built? That lever/slider would be used a lot so it would need to be robust. What are your thoughts?
Lomography must realize what`s coming with Pentax and Mint building serious new analog cameras. A glass lens sounds like a big step forward (IDK if Lomo has glass lenses on other cameras). Of course I don't know how important a glass lens is for a 110 camera, maybe they tried plastic but the film is too small the get decent pics with that?
Of course the investment makes a lot of sense for Lomography: They have a monopoly on 110 film, and also development is really, really rare to get even in Germany where there is still a decent infrastructure for 35mm film development. So buying a 110 camera from Lomography binds you to the company's films *and* to their send-in lab service out of Austria, that - of course - is priced rather high.
I really love the look and the quality of finally going above toy camera quality. But it's really the lack of availability of cheap film / development that makes me not buy this. Just sending in the film for development will cost around 5€, I guess + 15€ development cost for 24 pictures + around 10 € of a film = 30€ for a film. I get that there are analog shooters who buy a Leica for 6k, but - just for me - the 110 offering is too high to shoot as a hobbyist.
If you want a compact pocketable easy to use camera, with a fixed focal lenght lens, that can produce pin sharp well exposed negatives. Just buy yourself one of the Olympus AX series cameras. I doubt they are much bigger than this thing, as sturdy, and they use standrd 35mm film! The negative is larger. The film is easier to find, has more options in terms of emulsion type, and easier to find a lab willing to process it. Certainly with Black & White film easy to process at home.
Apparently Lomography is often associated with analog cameras, that produce images with a distinct, dreamy look with vignettes, blurs, and unexpected color shifts. Just smear a little vaseline on the front of a Skylight filter, then screw it to the lens of your camera! It's possible to downgrade the technical quality of images made with a high quality camera, but upgrading the technical quality of images from a low quality camera...
Gibt es Reels, mit denen man den S/W selbst entwickeln kann? Wie scannt man ihn am besten?
Olympia stadion Munich ❤
Producing new cameras for something like the 110 seems such a plastic toxic waste when there are so many that nobody uses because it's a niche format film and it's harder to develop.
Ritsch Ratsch Klick :)
110 film? There's a thing called a cellphone camera already on you. The point of a tiny film film frame that doesn't stand up to significant enlargement?
*inhale* nice review *inhale*
When the video is an advertorial I think you should indicate it more clearly.
the product was announced today, it's pretty clear this is a sponsored review/experience type of video
"Includes paid promotion."
I am mentioning in the video that this is an exclusive preview version, declaring it an AD as first word in the video description and use the „includes paid promotion“ feature by CZcams. What else shall I do? 😅
Sorry If this offends, but do you have a condition that forces you to mouth breathe? The sound is very off putting. I humbly suggest you sample and remove the breathing sound from your videos. Again, please don’t take offense.
No offense taken. No condition that I know of yet. :D
I always felt that this makes it more of a realistic conversation. You are possibly used to all these CZcamsrs making constant cuts to achieve a fast/choppy video with no pause to breathe. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But I always thought this “unedited” (to a certain degree) approach fits Max’s style of videos. My 2 cents anyway 😅
@@alexandermatragosThank you. I really appreciate this. And you wouldn’t believe the effort that goes into creating proper clean takes with as few edits as possible. 😅
@@AnalogInsights Oh I know, believe me haha. I’ve only done 3 videos and the amount of takes it took me to get a clean one was painful 😅. Even when I do a voice over, it takes a good amount of effort to achieve a decent result.
as if we didnt have thousands of these small 110 cameras on auction sites that no one wants to even buy. Is Lomography in the waste production business?
You guys ever collab with Tatiana Hooper?