😂 very thorough, informative honest & humorous review. I’ve gone through numbers of review but yours simply the best.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks!! I'm here to entertain :-)

You managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. As usual, you are thorough and interesting.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks. I try!

Wow, you have an honest review ever for the Lomomatic 110, that's new, different with other, excellent.

I knew this was going to be a great review! Props to Lomo for their sense of humour choosing you. They knew what they were letting themselves in for - a very fair review Ari, humorous and engaging as you always do. Pulling out the “big guns” (the Pentax 110 SLR) in the comparison was actually incredibly generous and enlightening. I’ll add one more “pro” for 110 cameras; you can hot-swap between film types and only lose one/two frames per swap..

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

That is true -- the swapping!!

You have an impish sense of humor that I think suits a review of a new 110 camera perfectly.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

I hope I'm still friends with Emilie and Charlotte, though! ;-)

great to see new film cameras being made, even if its 110 its a definite step in the right direction. nice review!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree. Kudos for Lomography!!!!

There is something you forgot to mention in your review: A good photographer always makes good photos, regardless of the media! And you make some fantastic pictures, also this time! Great, and thank you!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks. Yeah, and I finally concluded that actually, this can be "a good camera"!

you nailed at the end... asking, "what if you have lost your inspiration?" this is so true with me, and I find myself looking to these alternate form factors and non-coded unusual film stocks. It's so true. We have a lot of realism just inside our phone. Great review. Very insightful. Even though I recently purchased a lomo 110, I very much appreciated you experienced viewpoints and great shooting. Love this vid. Thank you.

@ShootOnFilm

Ай бұрын

@@Luckywrench thanks thanks. Just developed a film from the camera yesterday. It is challenging - not an easy one.

My favorite format for everyday casual pictures😅 I know it's low-fi, but I don't care. It's so much fun 😅

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

So here we go!! I know what you mean ....!!

The best set of 110 photos I’ve ever seen…seriously! I love my 110 cameras. Some of the most creative pictures I ever taken were with a Diana Baby 110 & 12mm lens, low light in bulb mode. Printed in darkroom but never bigger than 4”x4”. Fun, creative and challenging. Thanks for sharing your experience. I hope Lomography gets the joke and pay your expenses just for fun!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, thanks -- and really, it took me a while to make this review because my initial reaction was disappointment. But but --- it's growing on me -- not the disappointment but the camera :-)

Fun video & again you made the best of what you had

You have a talent for making artful photos with minimalist gear. The Mexico pictures are great. But yeah, small negatives are a challenge.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏. Yeah I concluded it really is the negative size.

Great review. Kiitos.

Thank you for the review, it is great, the one that has given me the information I was looking for. I am thinking about buying it, because my first camera, as a child, was a 110 camera and I have a space in my shelf for a couple of them. Actually, I use them for a project about the lost photos of my childhood, in which I try to take the kind of photos I remember I took as a child, so for me, it makes sense. But that is another story. What I want to say is that I agree that this kind of format and camera help me to be very spontaneous and in this Lomomatic, there is the chance to modify a little bit the exposure, by changing the iso on each shot and there is also the chance to do multiple exposure, and in my opinion, this options make it something different that what is in the market (my current 110 camera is an Agfamatic 2008 and the only option is sunny or cloudy and the shutter). But thank you again for the review, it was really great. I hope you get your bills pay soon ;)

Great review! I'm really happy to see new film cameras hit the market, even in this format. You pretty much nailed the shortcomings of 110 format, which are exactly the same for all 110 cameras. There's one additional problem with 110 to mention: the simplification of the film cartridge means that there is no way for any 110 camera to maintain a consistent film plane for the film. The cartridges are cheap plastic, no pressure plate, and the cartridges can move around inside the camera. Combined with the tiny frame size and generally grainy consumer grade film, 110 cameras were never meant for more than casual photography. For comparison, look at the results that you can get from a vintage 16mm camera like a Mamiya 16 or Minolta 16, which are noticeably better even with a smaller frame size than 110. Love your videos!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Excellent points! I actually went and reviewed the cartridges after your comment, and yes, this is probably a huge thing. The film just floats there .....

Well done, Ari...you nailed it❤️👍

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks!! It was fun to test it!

Lieber Ari, vielen Dank für den schönen Film und den Kameratest. Vielen Dank an Lomo für eine neue analoge Kamera. Mit den heutigen Ansprüchen kann das 110 Filmsystem nicht mithalten. Als Kodak dieses System 1972 vorstellte, warb man mit billigen Kameras (28Dollart) und 7x10cm großen Bildern. Die schlechte Filmplanlage in den Einwegkassetten ist der eigentliche Grund für die "unscharfen" Bilder.

I always enjoy your videos, I was surprised that Lomography made 110 again. But back in the 70's my wife loved her 110 camera , she went through Three of them over about 12 years period . I would laugh when she said I need a New !!!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Buy her one!! please, do :-)

great review. Im not in the target market but I love weird off the wall cameras like this. Helps spark up the creativity.. cheers

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yes. Exactly!!

Not so sure about the camera but the photographer did take some good photos, shooting into the sun. Mexico City, I bet that was fantastic! I remember not being interested in 110 format back in the day, being content with 35mm.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

:-) Thanks thanks!

Hi Ari, I think this is a very good and honest review, much appreciated. I checked out the cheap colored version and it's just like shooting 110 camera back in the 1980s and 90s so the nostalgia feel is very good, and I think for the small form factor and retro feel that Lomo has done a really good job. It's not a camera for me - for quick and small and cheap I will stick to half frame 35mm like Agat 18K which is scale focus and good enough optic, and I can put any roll of 35mm film in and easily develop without the extra challenge from 110 format for a much lower price. But there is definitely a market for a small pocket camera with good retro aesthetics and the 110 format does really push the "THIS IS FILM" quality off the charts. But the facts as you point out is that 110 is just a really limiting from a technical perspective, and the picture quality will never be excellent even with the best camera and optics. I do really appreciate that LOMO are single-handed keeping the 110 format alive. I think given the limitations of the format it is as good as any other 110 camera with a fixed lens -- and the big thing to me is it is a new FILM camera in 2024 (wow!), we are living in the past! And of course any snowball rolling down hill to make an avalanche starts with a single flake of snow, and I hope it leads to many more new and exciting film cameras being made in the future. Not all of those cameras being made will be for me, but in a path of many steps by many people this is what we can expect.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

I agree with everything you said. 100%

Thanks for a fun video Ari. When I took my first photography class in 1976 I became enamored of fine grain, using mostly plus-x and panatomic-x on 35mm but I tried out one roll of black and white film in my parents' Kodak110 camera just to see what it would do. At the time I think the only b&w film I could get for it was 400 asa and I was not a fan of the golf ball sized grain it gave which when enlarged made the images look more like pointillist paintings than photos. I imagine that camera had a slowish plastic lens which wouldn't have helped. I have often wondered why Kodak switched from the much larger 126 cartridge to 110 and the only conclusion I could come up with was that the lower material costs for the film gave them a bigger profit margin. Most 126 cameras would fit in a pocket almost as easily as a 110 and their cartridge system was easy to use. My guess is they looked at the fact that almost all home photographers never printed their pictures larger than 3x5 inches (or was it 3.5x5"?) and figured that 110 and later Disc film would be more than adequate for prints of that size. I would be interested to get your opinion on what 3x5" prints of your favorite 110 images look like.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right that these images should be enjoyed as small prints. Maybe I'll try .... :-) There are a lot of plastics and mechanics in a 110-cartridge -- and so little film. Feels like those inkjet printer cartridge scams ;-)

Yes! Good pictures are easy. Bad puctures require work . Fun video. Subbed.

@ShootOnFilm

17 күн бұрын

Thanks thanks. And welcome!

Thank you for an interesting and informative video. I have bought an Lomomatic 110 and am an experinced photogrpaher. Like you say at thend of your video I want this camera to enliven my creativity and I think it will do this. I do 110 photography on several cameras including the Pentax Auto 110 and Canon 110ED, both have good lenses. The lomomatic adds fun and creativity, I am looking forward to using it.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Excellent. It seems then that you prove my conclusion: a creativity expander :-)

That's very nice of lomography to cover cost of proper review locations, just as it should be haha. Also, perfect conclusion. I'm too sometimes tired of chasing "perfect" and "amazing" and "crafted" and in such times I crave that "young" "punk" "fun" "pure" energy. These cameras are perfect for that, I agree. I even liked some pictures from this camera you showed, so I can imagine myself buying that colorful one, but I don't wanna get involved in all that 110 cassettes situation very much. Maybe I'll buy some fun 35 camera from them some day, to help them cover your covers :-D.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Ha haa!! yeah, full support to Lomography. Great company, some nice products (like the Lomo 120), some of the worst products ever (like the Lomograflok back), and now this :-)

I think you hit the nail on the head, Ari. Having spent far too many hours lurking around the "analog" film Reddits - my first reaction to the pictures you shot was - "This is exactly the "look" many of those noobs are looking to reproduce". So many times I see someone posting an old, grainy, color image from, what appears to be, the '60's or maybe '70's and asking "how do I get this look?" I actually think Lomo may have done their homework on this one - and noobs who want that "vintage" grainy look - I think may flock to this. The one barrier I see is the lack of available processing and scanning . . . . . it's out there but not as widely spread as other formats. BTW - inquiring minds want to know when you get your tickets paid for 😀

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yes. I'm definitely not in their target audience, but then again, I don't spend time on analogue Reddit either. Doesn't interest me :-) ... expecting the money on my account in a week or two ;-)

I really liked the black and white street shot!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, thanks! I still have one b&w cartridge left. Maybe I shoot it before sending the camera back....

Hilarious, I don't know how you manage it Ari, but your videos are so funny. I was never a fan of the 110 cameras, but a friend had a Rollei A110 which I thought was an amazing looking thing (I still doubt that the images would have been that great), anyway, a few years later his camera conked out and he gave it to me - it'll still be there in the back of a cupboard somewhere - one day I'll dig it out and repair it and probably then put a couple of films through it before it heads back into the cupboard for another 20 years. Oh yeah, your shots looked pretty good from the Lomomatic, but I suspect you'd make a pretty good image whatever camera you were using.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks!! Yeah, I honestly tried to shoot pictures that I'd like. But, 110 requires certain attitude that is more about having fun than aiming at perfect pictures .....

Those were lovely versions of James Taylor's Fire and Rain and Mexico. I enjoy your photography a lot but I'm starting to think I subscribe as much for your piano playing. 😊 I'm a guitarist and I really believe musicians make good photographers. Something in the brain that connects the two. I was groaning at the thought of a 110 camera (as you seemed to be at the start of the video lol) but I quite liked the photos you took. They all looked like album covers for Indie bands or my mother's vacation photos from the 1970s. 😁

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks. What a revelation: Indie album covers = mum's vacation pics!! Deep!!!!

🙂 Loved it Ari 🙂 And good luck getting all your expenses paid!! 😀

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks. I'm counting on the payment. I signed the contract!!!!! ;-)

@bernardkealey6449

4 ай бұрын

Check the disputes/jurisdiction clause; will be a court in LomoLand with a jury of Lomozens 🤭

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

@@bernardkealey6449 Ha haa!! Under the Lomoreich laws!

I'm a big fan of half frame, but I think 110 is cut off point. It's just that bit more fiddly for home processing. I love that Lomography have put this out though, and hopefully they'll sell a bunch. The thing oozes '80s character.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

It does. And the orange-beige is a color combination you won't see any more!

I have an Agfa sensor 4008 and think it is a similar user experience. Nice to use and a funny thing with bad image quality. But I am really happy that lomography makes new cameras for this film Size and even film... And that my local lab can even develop them. 😅😊

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

True. It is awesome they build these. And also, my local lab develops them and sells 110 films.

An interesting assessment which is similar to mine. In the 70s I used a Minolta 110 (not the SLR) and was satisfied only with only photos taken at closer ranges. Landscapes or images nearing infinity were mainly horrid. The smaller the format, the closer the subject needs to be. I was amazed that Leica even sold a slide projector for the 110 format. Couldn't have been a great seller.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. I believe the small negative size is just such a challenge ....

I love that Lomo is making a new camera, but it's not for me. I understand that many people like the format, but for me, my compact Olympus trip MD3 is as small, and being 35mm, I don't have to have an additional format gadgets to develop, scan as I would have to do with 110. Great video and review and as others have mentioned, the best 110 photos I've ever seen 🙂

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, thanks. Yeah, I do not fully understand the benefits of 100 either ... but it's great to see what Lomography is doing!!

When I was young, I was so excited to get my photo magazine. I feel the same with your channel. Btw im not a great fan of lomography. In some era they saved film photography but that's all. Probably im not a fun person.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Oh, thanks thanks!! So kind of you to say that!!

I like the grain of the 110

I am interested in this camera and I do like the boring one haha. I had a Minolta, I believe, 110 camera and should try to find it. It is a very good review and gave more insight to the questions I had. My one question to you is, for the creative/fun side, not worrying too much about picture quality, would you recommend the Lomography 110 or a Holga……….or both? Hahahahaha Thanks for a very insightful and great video!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

From a creative point of view: Holga. From the size and ease of use point of view, Lomo.

For whatever it's worth, 23 mm focal length *is* just about normal for the 13x17 mm official 110 film frame (what's enclosed in the pre-exposed lines on the film); the frame diagonal is 21.4 mm, so it's like a 47 mm or so on 35 mm, or 80 mm on 6x6 cm). It's a little wide for the slightly larger full frame gate, which you'll get as a useful image if you manage to reload the cartridge with unperforated 16 mm film (or single perf, with the perforations on the bottom of the cartridge -- either way you'll have to disable the film feeler inside the camera). FWIW, very few if any 16 mm (including 110) cameras have lenses wider than this; a Minolta 16II or Kiev 30, for instance, has a 25 mm (albeit with continuous focus in the latter case, from 0.5 m to infinity, and with fully manual exposure). Even a Minox, with its 15 mm Complan, is close to normal for the 13.6 mm image diagonal. I think the two 110 SLRs (Pentax and Minolta) had a mildly wide angle lens option each, and those are the only wide angles I recall seeing in subminiature. The manual ISO is something rarely (if ever) seen on 110 cameras; most of them are either fixed for ISO 100 (or simple, with fixed shutter and aperture), or depend on the speed notch on the cartridge, which only carries 100 or 400 speed. It will also let you compensate for backlight by setting ISO down one stop (if you're not already shooting 100), and with a tiny chip of ND filter over the light sensor you could shoot slower film, like the ISO 12-50 microfilm stocks often used to reload 110 and other 16 mm formats that don't depend on cine sprocket holes. You can buy 3D printed film carriers on eBay for 16 mm/110 film that will go in place of a 120 strip in Epson scanners (same true for 127, BTW, in case you ever get one of those cameras). These will reproduce the clearance between film and platen glass that gets the scans correctly focused (around 4 mm on mine). I also bought a set of V800 scanning frames for my V850 (actually was using them for a while with my older scanner before upgrading) because I didn't like the anti-Newton ring glass in the V850 Pro set. For my money (just a little more than the plastic version of the Lomomatic 110), I believe my next submini will be a 60-70 year old Minox III (called a Minox A in Europe) or IIIs (the version with flash sync). Smaller, fully manual, and with image quality that's been legendary for decades. With a film slitter (which I can 3D print for myself), I can get six strips to reload the cartridges from a single roll of 120, and hence use any emulsion available in 120. New manufactured cartridges are available, and they're designed to be reloaded by the end user who processes his own film (unlike the 110 cartridge, which was designed to be destroyed during processing and discarded).

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Excellent comments! Thanks! Yeah, it felt like a normal lens. And for a point-and-shoot casual tourist camera, I'd really like a wider lens. One of those Pentax Auto 110 lenses is 18mm, and I like it much more! And yes, I worked with the ISO setting to compensate my evening shots to the sunset. Tried to open the shadows a bit .... That reloading etc sounded extremely interesting. It seems you are really pushing the 110 as far as it can get. Respect!!

@SilntObsvr

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilmUnfortunately, I can't take credit for reloading 110 -- I have only one 110 camera (a Kodak Instamatic 60, auto exposure, but ISO 100 only, and rangefinder focus ) and don't use it enough to mess with reloading the 110 film. I do reload for Minolta/Kiev 16 mm, will do so for Mamiya 16 if I ever get one of my two cameras operable, and plan to do so with Minox once I have a camera and cartridges.

110 format always seemed like it would fit best with a hangover. At least you'll have gone through the process of getting a hangover.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

That's a thought!!!! I like it!!

Try the LomoApparat 21mm Wide camera. Much more fun with the accompanying spices than the 110 camera. With this you can unleash your well-known creativity!

Loved the Mexican street scenes. Not your usual tourist photos!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks!

Oye Cómo Va to use such a camera was interesting. I didn't think the pictures would have much resolution, but the black and white ones were very nice. If I were to use that camera, I would only use black and white. Too bad Adox doesn't make a film for it. If they did, I think I would buy one.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yeah … small grain Adox b&w would be the way to go for me, too!!!

I sold cameras back in the 70's. The combination of the small format plus a plastic lens resulted in grainy pictures. It became easy when customers would not be happy with the results to convince them to upgrade to 35mm.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

I can so believe that!! However, this has a glass lens -- but it still is such a small film size!

Lomography called, they want their review back. 🤣 haha just kidding; the low fi nature of 110 is the draw for this camera. This is exactly how I imagined you doing a review on small format. You never disappoint with your few reviews.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

:-) Thanks thanks!!

Nice review of the 110 format. It’s the same result as 50yrs ago, happy snaps, low quality. I was hoping scans would bring up the quality over enlarger but it does not appear to be the case. We used to just twist those cartridges open, do you think they could be reloaded with 16mm? Polaroid still seems best film format to rival the party snaps of digital instant gratification of holding a picture plus you get to watch it come up.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Yeah, INstax is actually better. Bigger size -- the bigger the better :-) I believe you could reload these with 16mm. But 110 needs certain perforations and holes in it for the camera to operate. I don't know how you could get those on a reloaded film ....

@InFromTheLight

4 ай бұрын

Thats right. I forgot about those perforations. It will be someone’s hobby to print a punch machine.

@kmcsmart

4 ай бұрын

The Pentax 110 does not need the perforations so you can roll your own for that camera. The 70mm lens for the Pentax 110 is a darling. I love adapting it to a micro 4/3 camera.

Are you able to get Tetenal chemistry? It is not available now in the US. But Canadian and Australian sites are showing it in stock.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

I just found 2 boxes in the local store and bought them :-)

@tim31415

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilm Thanks for the info. It would be great if we could get an update about Tetenal. 110 film was very popular in the '70's and '80's. I recall that the standard prints (4x6) were as good as 126 and 35mm.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

@@tim31415 Here is what they call "a replacement for tetenal". www.fotoimpex.com/chemistry/adox-c-tec-c-41-negativ-kit-rapid-for-12-16-films-to-mix-1000-ml.html

Would be interesting to see sliced Kodak Gold 120 down to 16mm in comparison but it really does not matter. But I like 110 it's fun!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

And that is probably the best justification for it!!

The lens does appear to be a bit soft. I use a Rollei A110 and a Pentax auto 110, and both have stellar optics. As I've been interested in subminiature photography for a very long time, I know how to obtain really good results from small negatives.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

That Pentax auto feels almost like a professional camera.

My long ago conclusion was that the market for 110 or disc cameras was grandma, who wanted recognizable 3x5 inch or 4x6 inch pictures of her grandkids, her dog, and her sisters at Easter and Christmas. My mother-in-law loved her Kodak disc camera but this sort of 110 camera might have been a bit complicated for her.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think the ease of use was the leading design principle!

@Argo-F-Ur-Sef

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilmmy first camera was a Kodak Tele-Instamatic 608 110. I was around 8 years old in the mid-70s. As I kid, i loved the thing and at the time thought it made great pictures. For me, 110 is nostalgic and wouldn’t be the same without seeing the grain. Great review!

The thing is, one of the true measures of a good photographer is when they (you) can create captivating images with a format using negatives smaller than a postage stamp. I’ll not be buying one of those cameras, but what you’ve been able to do with it should definitely help them sell more of them.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks. I hope they sell these. I really do!!

@flyingo

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilm I’m of the opinion that, just like Pentax coming out with a half frame, vertical oriented point & shoot camera, the market being targeted is the young first-time film shooters who will post their photos on social media. Which is fine as good sales of these will help analog photography live on.

Tickets to Mexico! Damn; the lengths you'll go to for a review ;) I loved the minimalist snow shots.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Anything for a balanced review!!

Now way I go back smaller than half frame. I don't have such reels and no scan holders. What a pain. I'd have sent it right back to them with best wishes.

In Lomo terms it is ideal. For higher IQ your suggestions are fine, but I would add the Minox 35 or the slightly larger Rollei 35; both fit easily in any pocket.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. But it may be Lomo is investing in 110 format and wants to push that to consumers as a strategy. Dunno.

I'm confused. Why film speed settings?

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

To push and pull?

@conrad4094

3 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilmyes that … and the B&W “orca “film is 100 iso , the normal colour film is 200 , the weird colour shift ones say they’re 100 to 400 and the lomo 92 is supposed to be best shot at 400

I love 110 format, but you need to embrace the grain. It means I explore textures and contrasts with black and white. I do silly things like taping gels over the lens, over-exposing using bulb. I use it as an experimental play-thing, and somehow manage to get images that I like. More art than tourist, but 110 is also good for tourist shots. I do like that various films look different in 110. Metropolis, for example, looks just right in 110, and much nicer than 135 and 120. I don'y like that lomography backing papers for 110 often have random perforations, so I tape over the camera rear window. I like being able to hot swap film cartridges and only lose a single frame, so I can go from color to black and white or from 100 to 400 ISO film at will. Can't do that with 135 or 120. We used to be able to do that with 126 film also. It is one of the best things about cartridge film. BTW, Lomography sells a camera scanning device called the DigitaLIZA which has masks to do 135, 135 with sprockets, 120, and 127 film, but they also sell an optional 110 film mask to use with the device which also doubles for scanning those narrow 135 panoramas that were common on point and shoots from the 1990's. Very handy device.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

That was also my conclusion in the end. 110 is what it is, and you need to cherish it as it is.

@artistjoh

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilmYes, embrace, cherish, accept. Enter into the current of its limitations. THAT is where the joy of 110 is to be found. I must say that this new camera is one of the best of all time. I do like the range-finder fast lens ones like the Canon, and the Kodak 60. I even like the Pentax auto 110, but my favorite is the Minolta Zoom SLR 110 because of control over exposure, but the electronic ISO selection of this new camera is the secret sauce that was missing. from all previous 110 cameras.

I think if I were to own this camera I would use it in the same situations where I would use a Polaroid. So probably more for social activities and situations rather than panoramic or artsy stuff.

I think Lomography knew pretty well why they built in a good glas lens in this one. Imagine what the pictures would look like with their standard plastic ones! But I think they have a certain look even their other plastic cameras in 35mm cannot (re)create. They do really look like taken decades ago. I am one of those who are experimenting with cheap cameras at first. But I think using a standard reusable 35mm could give you more and costs less. The form is unique but basically everywhere they ask for a premium to develop 110film, if they develop it at all. I was instantly interested in this camera but decided against it. It shoots a film format Lomography has a worldwide monopoly on. They could've made it less expensive knowing, that whoever buys it will *have to* buy their film from them exclusively.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

True, true -- but it is ALWAYS good news if new film cameras pop up! Not all can be everybody's cup of tea, though!

Compared to the Lomo 120, I ask myself why this 110 must be that huge. It's quite a Russian tank version of a 110 camera with about two till four times the size of comparable 110 film cameras of the late seventies / early eighties and only about half / a third of the Lomo 120.

I just finished my first roll with the silver version. That shutter button! 🤮 Still, mostly fun.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Awesome. I hope you keep on liking it. And yes, the shutter button ....

Well I won't be going back to 110 as I started out with it. I liked the Santana though. it has aged rather better than 110 film cameras.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

:-)

We should all start to call the viewfinder 'focusing hole' 😅

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

My French ... :-)

Don’t send the hotel receipts yet. Maybe you could also add the piano tuning fees for this review? Hehe

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

A very good point. The tuner is coming this Monday!

You can always spot a European with those shorts and shoes😂. It looks like a fun little camera, I expect it will be popular.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

I am a style icon!!!

oye como va?

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yes 😂. And Mexico by James Taylor.

My father bought me a 110 as my first camera in the 1970s. Fortunately it didn't put me off too much and a little later i got a "real camera", a Zorki 4! Never liked 110. It is just too small.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. Hasn't got any better since the 70s ;-)

Lomography will probably be filing for bankruptcy soon! I think I'll pass on the camera but fun video.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

I hope not :-) A new film camera is always good news, but...

@lomographicsociety

4 ай бұрын

We don't know yet, we are still waiting for the invoices and pray that it was not a private jet! ;)@@ShootOnFilm

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

@@lomographicsociety It was not -- luckily -- but my wife has an expensive taste :-)

The size of negative is the downfall. Kodak made that and later the Disc camera format. Both pure crap. I used Minox 9,5mm film. It was expensive to buy film and process.. 1/2 frame or better 35mm point and shoot. As Lousy as the Holga is, it's 120 film. 12 images! Perfect for way better quality.. Great report!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Thanks thanks. Yeah, I'm not really a fan of 110, either.

I know it's a stupid purchase, but I still want it. 🤷‍♂️

@ShootOnFilm

Ай бұрын

@@DirtyPlumbus it looks cool!

At least Lomography hasn’t asked you to destroy it with a hammer again…yet. That may change when they receive your invoice for expenses 😎

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Hey, but they asked me to send it back ... ha haa!

I guess you can't break the laws of physics...I thought your b&w images were nice tho.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. Size matters!!!

I really don't understand. If someone need to produce new simple film camera today, why not make: 35mm, hard plastic(but good quality), 28mm f5.6 fixed at infinity(small, really sharp and everything is in focus already really up close), viewfinder(only to compose), manual winding and shutter auto connected to small lightmeter or manual. It can look like small Leica, it will produce really sharp and good exposed pictures and it will be small, light, beautiful and pocketable. Instead they make garbage. For 200 euro Nikon F65 with AFS 50mm 1.8G will produce almost absolute amount of quality that 35mm film can achieve.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

I agree. However, I respect anybody who is making a new film camera. So kudos for that. I'm looking forward to seeing Pentax's forthcoming film camera -- 35mm half frame...

@danijel3227

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilm New Pentax will be toy for 4 year olds and half frame is little better than 110 only because of choice of better films. And that is my point, they make something again, but far worse, like we are in times after Fallout or mass Dementia. Stuff that they produce is like presumptation that "new kids on block" are, for lack of better word, stupid. That is cash grab and you know it, better than I. You make Fallout stuff, but your devices produce quality results because that is your intention. Their are not and of course, most of them lack "upper house" capability.

rofl

@florian_kopr

4 ай бұрын

thank you, love it and at the same time I laughed much, as I just reexpierience cheap 110 cameras of my youth and they also make fun but a bit shitty pictures 🙂

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

@@florian_kopr Shitty ain't necessarily bad, eh? ;-)

@florian_kopr

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilm just needs a special embracement that shittyness.

Dear Gods. What's next? A Lomography Disc format camera? You are a good photographer. But, if you want a good tiny camera, buy a Minox C.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

😂. I’ve got a Rollei 35 with a f2.8 lens. That’s the smallest I’ll go.

@ianhand5006

4 ай бұрын

I'm a Minox subminiature user, and the user manual shows you how to hold a camera, like this, in a vertical orientation.

@Kitsaplorax

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilm A 35SE was my first film camera. Exactly the wrong choice for living on the coast of Spain. No filters or a hood were available when the camera was new, at least not from any military base. It was great for grab and go shots in Texas.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

🙂

Ok, just one question: If you really want to - for whatever strange reason - use a 110 format camera, why not use one of the in fact bordering good of those cameras from the 80s and 90s? Minolta, Pentax, Agfa, Kodak, ..., there are literally millions of those around, some even still in pristine condition, for a fraction of the price of that Lomo camera. Why contribute to the pollution of our planet with producing subpar superfluous iterations of something what is already available in abundance? But well, we are talking Lomo here, a company serving the hedonistic photographer who already has everything and is on the hunt for anything new he (or she) can spend money on. Already beyond the phase of trying to create good pictures, they have exceeded those folly desires and are now trying to challenge the limits of technically bad photography. Each according to his own, yes?

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Valid points. However, adding a handful of new cameras to the circulation won't make any environmental difference. And, it is not trivial to find a good quality used camera nowadays. The majority of eBay cameras are broken or unusable -- based on my experience. If you buy a serviced camera, it will cost over $99, since nothing can be serviced with that little money. So, a new camera is a good option for many who are about to start film photography.

@Dahrenhorst

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilm Generally, yes - but we are talking 110 format cameras here, and those were mainly low tech cameras. Low tech means low chance of defect. While it can be hard to find a working technically sophisticated last century system camera, it's quite easy to find a working low tech camera from that time. 1930s Box cameras mostly work fine today as do fix focus or zone focus cameras with three shutter times and two aperture openings, what the vast majority of the old 110 cameras are.

The only point in using a 110 camera is that it is pocketable. This bit of junk from Lomo is pocketable only if you always wear cargo shorts. It's twice the size of most 110 cameras. It has no features not found in the simplest old 110 cameras. It has none of the best features of the best 110 cameras. It costs ten times as much as comparable 110 cameras on eBay. The film costs significantly more per exposure than 35mm film, and when you can find someone to process it, that costs twice as much. The image size is the same as the old, abandoned subminiture format, and the quality is less than acceptable. Lomo started selling 110 format film when everyone else stopped selling it - smart move to serve a limited market. However, notwithstanding that 95% of 110 cameras ever made ending in a landfill, there are many more and better 110 cameras readily available. So, why did Lomo have some Chinese company produce this bit of junk and plow it into the marketplace now? He found image quality between the 110 format and a dirt-cheap Lomo 120 camera "staggering". Well, dah!

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

While I agree with you on many points, the fact that somebody builds and sells new film cameras is a good thing. Regardless ....

Thanks for all the negativity. Your reviews are boring and lack energy.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

Excellent!! I suggest you watch my previous video, too! It was for you! Here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJ1ny86ko6-_Xbg.htmlsi=gafPBpRDUkyVz2xa&t=104

@akudashaku

4 ай бұрын

@@ShootOnFilm The Lomomatic 110 is not a Leica. We understand you don't like the 110 format. Did you have fun with this camera? Did you enjoy using it. Try to be more positive.

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

@@akudashaku Did you watch the video? Till the end?

@akudashaku

4 ай бұрын

@ShootOnFilm Maybe it's a cultural thing. I would say you may not be the right demographic to review this camera. In the US we are used to 110 cameras. We know the negative is smaller and picture quality may be lower. We are also familiar with APS film. The one question I have is why do you shoot directly into the sun?

@ShootOnFilm

4 ай бұрын

@@akudashaku Maybe. Still asking, did you watch till the end? This is why I shoot into the sun: instagram.com/p/CtKBLfnodHe/

Good luck getting your expenses paid by Lomo!