Through the Years

• The Brownie
• The 126
• The 110
• Army Years - Part 1
• Army Years - Part 2
• Army Years - Part 3
• Army Years - Part 4
• Army Years - Part 5
• Army Years - Part 6
• Working in a Photofinishing Lab
• Industrial Era - Part 1
• Industrial Era - Part 2
• The 2nd Career
• Into the Fine Arts - Part 1
• Into the Fine Arts - Part 2

Photography Hardware

• Cameras
• The Darkroom - Part 1
• The Darkroom - Part 2
• The Darkroom - Part 3
• Other Photo Accessories

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• Camera Building
• Pinhole camera
• Camera obscura
• Cyanotype project
• Sabattier effect
• Posterization
• Time Shifting

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• Old Gallery 1
• Old Gallery 2
• 2017 - Gallery 1

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• 2017 - Photography 1
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The 110

Then in 1972 I picked up a 110 format camera, shown on the right, which, compared to the Brownie, was more convenient to use and smaller, making it easy to carry. It used a drop-in cartridge for loading the film and flash cubes instead of the AG1 flash bulbs which meant that I could take 4 shots with a flash before having to change the bulbs.

I used this for everyday snapshots but it really got a workout when I went into the Army in 1972 and took it with me to basic training, to my school in Georgia, and after that, to my permanent duty station in New Jersey. That last assignment was short-lived as after 6-weeks I volunteered for a TDY (Temporary Duty) and was transferred to Camp Drum in upstate New York, taking this camera along with me.

Of course, the 110 cameras like this one really took lousy pictures. It had a fixed-focus lens and used film that was 16mm wide, quite a bit smaller than other formats. This resulted in fuzzy, grainy prints. Kodak reacted to this by introducing a print paper with "silk" finish, a texture that somewhat obscured the shortcomings of the negative.

This camera went into retirement in the summer of 1973 when I found my way into 35mm photography.

The photos below were shot with my 110 camera
Augusta, Georgia, Feb. '73	Paul's Tavern, Pemberton, NJ, March '73
Fort Dix, March '73	Fort Dix, March '73
Chuck in the barracks, Fort Dix, March '73	Remington Pond, Camp Drum, April '73
Camp Drum, April '73	Camp Drum, April '73
Quarry, Camp Drum, April '73	Outside the Special Services Building, Camp Drum, April '73
Special Services, Camp Drum, April '73	Special Services, Camp Drum, April '73

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Updated December 2020.