![]() ![]() I attached them to my Fujifilm camera and went out to shoot. The smallest of the three is the 24mm, which is likely the littlest lens in the world that you can attach to a Fujifilm camera. They’re pretty darn small, much smaller than any APS-C or full-frame lens that I’ve ever used! If you want something small and lightweight, these are the lenses for you! They’re absurdly and almost comically small when mounted to a Fujifilm X camera. It’s f/2.8 and be there! They are manual focus only. These three lenses, which are 18mm, 24mm and 50mm, all have an aperture fixed at f/2.8. Are the lenses any good? I wasn’t sure the answer to these questions, but I gave it a shot and purchased an adapter and a Pentax Auto 110 camera with three lenses. But would it work? Would the lenses cover the frame? After all, APS-C sensors are larger than a 110 film frame. Could I even mount these tiny lenses to my X-T30 and X-T1? A quick search revealed that Fotasy makes an inexpensive Pentax 110 to Fujifilm X adapter. When I saw the little lenses, I wondered if they could be adapted to Fujifilm X cameras. Because 110 film is similar in size to Micro 4/3 sensors, the Asahi lenses made for the Pentax 110 Auto became in-demand for use with Olympus and Panasonic MFT cameras. Around 10 years ago Lomography stepped in and began selling it, making 110 film somewhat trendy, which increased the popularity of cameras like the Pentax Auto 110. As 110 film became less and less popular, it was discontinued altogether by major manufacturers. Two things gave the Pentax Auto 110 camera new life in recent years: the lomography movement and the ability to use old lenses on new cameras via adapters. Around 1985 the system was discontinued, and not long afterwards forgotten. As the name implies, the camera was fully automatic, except for focus, which was manual. Initially Pentax made three lenses for the camera, all very tiny, and in the early 1980’s they introduced three additional small lenses. The first camera, the Auto 110, was replaced by the slightly improved Auto 110 Super in 1982. It sold enough copies for Pentax to continue to market the system for seven or eight years. The Pentax Auto 110 was only moderately successful. Perhaps the compact size of the gear would be enough for photographers to overlook the inferior film format. Pentax, on the other hand, saw an opportunity to create a miniature interchangeable-lens camera aimed at a more advanced user. It was great for those who knew very little about photography, those who valued simplicity over quality. Kodak never figured that anyone who had more than a basic understanding of photography would ever be interested in using 110 film. They didn’t intend for it to be for serious photographers, and only made cheap entry-level point-and-shoot cameras for it. Kodak introduced 110 film in the early 1970’s. ![]() The tiny film allowed Pentax to design an extraordinarily small camera system. If you aren’t familiar, 110 film comes in a cartridge that’s easy to load and unload, designed for the novice. In fact, the frame is similar in size to a Micro 4/3 sensor. What allows this camera to be so small is that it uses 110 film, which is quite a bit smaller than 35mm film. You might think that it was intended for kids, but it wasn’t. The Pentax Auto 110 camera is extraordinarily tiny! It fits into the palm of my hand, and looks more like a toy than a real camera. In all, there were two SLRs and six lenses made by Pentax, plus several accessories, so this was indeed a complete camera system. This little camera was introduced in 1978, and the Pentax Auto 110 system was manufactured until the mid-1980’s. Never heard of it? That’s OK, I hadn’t either until a few weeks ago. The Pentax Auto 110 is the smallest interchangeable-lens single-lens-reflex camera ever produced. ![]()
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