Minolta 110 Zoom SLR
Minolta 110 Zoom SLR MARK II image by John Nuttall (Image rights) |
original model image by Steve Harwood (Image rights) |
Minolta made two attempts to offer SLR cameras for the 110 pocket film format. One looked more like a conventional SLR camera, the other was the camera pictured on the right, the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR, which had a built-in 1:4.5/25-50mm zoom lens. The aperture selector was not part of the lens. It was placed around the exposure-meter-eye instead. The meter controlled just the shutter speed. A hot shoe for a flash was an top of the camera.
The other "pocket SLR" was the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR MARK II with a 1:3, 5/25-67mm macro zoom lens. According to the source http://www.subclub.org/shop/min110.htm it's rated to have been one of the best mini cameras ever.
Sample images
Images by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)
Links
- Variations in Minolta 110 cameras and manuals
- Minolta 110 SLR on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Brief video clip showing Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mark II (with comments in Spanish); posted to Flickr by Jaime J. Villamarin.