Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/20

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Subject: [Leica] 110 Film
From: jacques_bilinski at yahoo.com (jacques bilinski)
Date: Thu Mar 20 06:18:38 2008

from http://www.subclub.org/shop/110.htm
Leica 110 
It may be hard for some people to believe, but Leica made a 110 camera. But 
it would be more accurate to say that they PLANNED to make a 110 camera.  In 
1974, Leica made a prototype 110 camera, but the camera was never actually 
produced and marketed.  How many prototypes are out there is still a 
mystery, and this is one reason why they get such fantasic prices at auction 
when they show up -- tens of thousands of dollars!  The camera looked like 
most 110 cameras, but it had all the extra touches, such as built-in sliding 
lens cover, focusing lens, built-in CDS meter, extra large viewfinder and 
more.  For a 110 camera, it has an amazing array of features. Rangefinder 
focusing from 2' to infinity with scale visible on the top of camera, 
automatic parallax correction in the viewfinder, 25mm f2.8 lens, 
aperture-priority auto-exposure, apertures selectable from f2.8 - f16, 
apertures visible in the viewfinder, electronic shutter automatically sets 
the correct
 shutter speed from 1/1000th to 4 seconds, over- and under-exposure warning 
lights in the viewfinder.  WOW!!!  Please contact us if you have more 
details. 


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