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is anyone still making this 110 film and who and where can it be gotten


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Quite a bit of its on ebay, especially Konica Centuria 200. Unfortunately about 90% of it caters for the Lomo crowd and has not been freezer/fridge stored, all of it is at least 4 years out of date.

I've shot one roll through my Pentax Auto 110 and whilst it was o.k, there was a definite magenta colour shift which is extremely difficult/impossible to correct, it was even grainer than my parents 110 shots from the 80's and a lot of latitude seemed to be lost as the highlights were frequently quite blown out (it was overexposed 1 stop as the 110 cartridge notch only allows for ISO 100 and 400 but 1 stop of overexposure is nothing for negative film).
I've shot another at 400 by filing off the cartridge speed notch which I've not got developed yet, I'll post some on here when I do.

Adox are going to get it out sometime but they have to get the actual Adox Pan 400 in production first (the results of the test coating rolls sold were not as good as hoped) and then they hope to be able to re-introduce it, along with an ISO 200 colour 110 film according to their German website (it doesn't say on the English version) and hopefully a colour 126 version as their seeking to but the cartridge moulds off Farrenia who made the last 126 film.
 
Best thing to do nowadays is probably cut 35mm down to 110 size and reload cartridges.
 
It suits home developing better, to be honest. If you've already got a darkroom/changing bag...
 
And if your able to find a 16mm film spiral for the tank...

Their not very common.
 
And if your able to find a 16mm film spiral for the tank...

Their not very common.

I tried to jerry rig an adjustable reel to load 110 film, but found you'd need really tiny fingers. After a couple of experiments, I found you could string out the roll in the bottom of the development tank and rely on agitation to ensure it gets totally coated.

If 110 film was cheaper and my Pentax Auto110 had some way of controlling exposure, I might have persevered and polished my technique.

I got around scanning by mounting two frames in a slide mount.
 
s162216 said:
And if your able to find a 16mm film spiral for the tank...

Their not very common.

Mr Cad in Croydon had some, I picked one up last time I was there in the summer. I'm just waiting for the b&w film to come back into production.
 
RaglanSurf said:
Mr Cad in Croydon had some 110 spirals in stock, I picked one up last time I was there in the summer. I'm just waiting for the b&w film to come back into production.
 
Mr Cad in Croydon had some, I picked one up last time I was there in the summer. I'm just waiting for the b&w film to come back into production.

Is it worth a visit for little accessories? I've heard about the shop before.
 
Is it worth a visit for little accessories? I've heard about the shop before.

It's an Aladdin's cave of all sorts of wonders, definitely worth a visit.
They were talking of moving and were clearing out all sorts of old stock, not sure if they have actually moved yet so best give them a ring before you go.
 
It is something of an Aladdin's Cave. They have masses of stock.

I find their prices on the bigger ticket items a bit on the high side for the condition it is often in, but it can be worth it for small stuff if you're nearby.

My problem is I spend far too long just enjoying browsing. :)
 
My problem is I spend far too long just enjoying browsing. :)

I only went for a focussing screen for my RZ67 and ended up with a carrier bag full of stuff, and I had to stop myself buying more, lucky I wasn't in the car :lol:
 
RaglanSurf said:
It's an Aladdin's cave of all sorts of wonders.

ha! I had't seen that post while writing mine.

Declaring a small interest, I did a back-end database for their first web site in the late 90s. It hasn't changed hugely since then - I often wonder if they're still using it. :)
 
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