This TINY Pentax Film Camera is Actually Good

[@WillemVerb]

Yoooo Sara this video was amazing!! Thanks so much for having me. Can’t wait to shoot some more when the madness is over! ✨

[@DLivingston]

Willem! Just picked up a Nikon f4 recently. I subbed to your channel as well, so cant wait to dive into a couple of your videos today!

[@yiethanyi]

Aw man you didn’t say peace. The scene just cut right before...

[@kyle-ih3qg]

Willem Verbeeck love your work! And, maybe this madness is what you need to shoot. Stay safe brother

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

Ben je eigenlijk nederlands? Want je klinkt heel amerikaans maar je naam laat me twijfelen

[@thehyperrarepodcast9859]

you're an inspo willem, thank u

[@kaitbren]

this duo is so unexpected but so refreshing??? like their personalities seem to be polar opposites but for some reason they’re super funny together. i love their videos

[@mattdayphoto]

My BOY. Love to see this. 🎞❤️

[@lorenzomartinoia8351]

So Willem is actually able to laugh and not only to giggle silently ♥️ Thanks Sara for letting us all discover it

[@iainfenton254]

Hi Sara This camera brings back memories. I used to have, may still have this camera and had different lenses for it. I loved this camera. I got interested in this camera as years ago I had a home computer called a Dragon 32. I got a basic electronic camera that plugged into the computer. It was very basic, black and white large pixels etc but it came with a Pentax lens. I ended up getting the Pentax camera. This is what got me into photography. I had the Pentax flash, and even had a motor that screws into bottom of camera that automatically winds film to next shot. Below are the lenses I had Pentax-110 24mm F2.8 Standard lens of 6 elements in 5 groups, Pentax-110 50mm F2.8 Telephoto lens of 5 elements in 5 groups Pentax-110 70mm F2.8 Telephoto lens of 6 elements in 5 groups Pentax-110 20mm-40 mm F2.8 Zoom lens of 8 separate elements I’m now gonna look around home to see if I can find it. I loved it so much . Thanks again for the fond memories I had of that camera.

[@radicaleyemag]

Not sure who this William Verbeeck guy is, but he seems pretty cool.

[@timmyd999]

Maybe he should start a channel....about walking perhaps

[@Opet420]

@@timmyd999 I think he reviews oatmeal in his pastime..........hmmmm

[@MacShootsFilm]

Film is a trend. Surely he should switch to digital soon, yeah?

[@TheGyroBarqusShow]

dude you know nothing, the greatest youtuber film photographer ever.

[@lamanhnguyen6462]

@@MacShootsFilm yo that's really the most boomer comment i've read. u know grainy days but verbeeck, seriously ?

[@insurrectus]

this willem guy seems to have the eye for photography he should start his own channel or sumn

[@PaweBanczak]

she's literally mentioned that at the beginning of the video lol

[@insurrectus]

Paweł Bańczak no shit sherlock

[@alextorres2836]

@@insurrectus hahahahahaha

[@thegrayyernaut]

@@PaweBanczak It was a joke.

[@BasedStory]

@@PaweBanczak r/whoosh

[@MichaelCocivera]

I just found that camera that you have Sara at an estate sale with the original box manual and probably even the original batteries and I got it for a total of $10. I cannot wait to get some film for it now. I grew up, playing with cameras like this when I was a little kid and the nostalgia from these is just amazing.

[@David_GarciaMontero]

I'm a simple man. I see Willem face, I click

[@MemeZero14]

A man of culture

[@David_GarciaMontero]

@@MemeZero14 Thanks a lot

[@FolkeFox]

I've been waiting for this video for so long, literally my two favorite youtube channels

[@PattymacMakes]

I used to drop my 110 at the Fotomat in the Roses parking lot for processing back in the 70s. If you really want to trip on flash, look for flash cubes. This was fun to see the old cameras and film. Thanks for sharing!

[@irvinmartin9259]

Can flash cubes still be found?

[@AimShootDevelop]

For those that don’t know 110 film is still available through lomography and the format is still thriving! I’ve shot that Pentax 110 before and the sharpness of those shots will surprise you!

[@manuelrodriguez7200]

So happy Sara is getting this Willem guy out there and giving him some exposure. Hopefully he starts a channel or something soon.

[@TSGEnt]

ok, I enjoy your videos Sara, but I especially loved the vibe of this video. Very nostalgic for me. I remember when that Pentax was new. I just graduated high school. I'm old. I had already bought a Pentax ME and couldn't afford the Auto 110 too. Interchangeable lenses! Sara, you must go on a quest to find the lenses for that thing.

[@Valdormar]

The Pentax 110 has a great meter built into that small SLR. Changeable lenses and can capture great images.

[@BrianGlaze]

I thought you were about to say, “I had to get them developed on the Dark Web” 😂😂😂👀

[@anandkkuno]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bradtaylor360]

So funny hearing 110 being talked about like it’s something uncovered during an archeological dig 😂. Feeling the years...

[@laurawashereo.o1498]

When I was 12 my parents bought me a cute little purple see through 110 camera from the dollar store and I used to love that thing! To me that wasn't that long ago. :)

[@danigonzalez4299]

Yeah the Pentax 110 !!! Well known by the Pentaxians! But is nice to see people starts to approach back to Pentax which is (and still does gear) a great brand kicking asses of more popular brands in many photographic ways and styles ! Sara go get some Pentax gear and you'll see what I speak about :) In body stabilization now on Canon? Oh man! Well Pentax did that decades ago! Brand that made the first AF DSLR machine, sealed bodies rock solid DSLR machines, colours are way better than Canon or Nikon, same mount for the last 40-50 years (Pentax K) which make old amazing glass usable on today's DSLR cameras.... and so much more!

[@tohumankind]

loved this wholesome content queen

[@MikeDewey]

Lets gooo Willem! Loved seeing this collab between you two.

[@TheDude4077]

I really love seeing videos on 110, it's my favorite film format and I love shooting it. I hope videos like these inspire more people to give the format a try!

[@DecentGatsby]

“Have you ever seen anything this small before?” “I haven’t.” Sheesh!!! *Duke, ain’t playin*

[@iamthefilter]

I dug my mom's film camera out of the drawer a couple months ago, it's pretty much the same as Willem is using with the same 110 mm film and it brings me back! 'Cause i've seen her take photos on that thing since i was tiny and flipping through all the photos she took over the years was one of the reasons photography became such a huge part of my life! Anyways this all to say that seeing you guys play with 110 film gives me chills for some reason xD

[@thegrayarea]

brings back memories i used to shoot 110 back in the 80s and 90s had a lot of pics from Walt Disney World

[@DameEdnaBrown]

Thankyou Sara & Willem for a great video. Sara you have a beautiful smile

[@itsmatthewdylan]

i love this content. willem is like my fav youtuber rn.

[@itsdachief]

This is such a fun collab! I think I remember saying that Willem used to do video work for John when he first moved to NY. So cool

[@TheRangerFox]

The light splotches that Willem was getting are a result of the way they manufacture 110 film now. They don't line the backs of the film so light can bleed through on a lot of cameras. The way to fix it is to put some tape on the back of the camera where the frame counter is visible. Some people use it as a stylistic choice but personally I think it's annoying.

[@DJTV30]

Can we have more of this duo/trio pls? Love love LOVE

[@MrEddieNunez]

Always great to watch your videos Sara. Nice collab, I learned so much about film from this video.

[@MikeWood]

My first camera was a 110. An Agfamatic. With a large bright orange shutter button. It was a Rangefinder style box like the one Willem was using. And mounted a strip of single use flash strip on top or a cube flash. Loved it.

[@joethedj5652]

4:38 Paparazzi on grandma!! LOL - BIG fan of the channel!!

[@thedomesticgypsy3418]

DJoe DJ 😂😂

[@lionelfaure2478]

Cool video. Enjoyed the fun of it. Some precisions: the reason Willem's pictures got weird red spots all over is because he used a Lomography Tiger 200 film. The backing paper in those cardriges from Lomography seem to let some light in. Simple cure: put a piece of black gaffer tape over the little window at the back of the camera where the frame numers show up normally. Sara shot expired film which doesn't have this defect but her pictures turned out more grainy and washed out because it was expired film. Nothing wrong with the chemical processing.

[@DrBackseat]

10:50 when he said he looks good exposed you blushed

[@alanescalante1]

This is the cutest video. I’d love to see you guys do more content together!

[@sergeyrozum]

"I look better when I am well exposed" - nice line Willem! 110 (16mm) was my first camera. When I was out of propper 16mm film, I was using uncut 8mm movie film with sprocket holes, and developed it skipping reverse part.

[@danielnewton2390]

That photo with the child and the flowers was my fav by far! It feels so full of story.

[@pete1503]

This was so cool! I remember having a 110 film camera when I was a kid! Thankyou!

[@flaviomulatojerkin]

Really loved this video, pls keep uploading content, I really love what you do Sara 🙏🏾

[@rudyvelez1741]

Nostalgia supreme..used to work with 110 instamatic myself..really enjoyed your descriptive analysis of the shots..you do have a creatively cute mind indeed, Peachy!

[@DLivingston]

Saw Dan in there. Crazy where life takes people! I remember Dan from the Underoath/touring days and now he's into the boxing world and now shows up on one of my fav KZbinrs videos multiple times. I am digging his journey for real! Also, love this video. I recently purchased a Nikon F4 and have been loving it!

[@DLivingston]

Willem: Whats my band called? John: "My Emotions Hurt" LOL

[@randelduncan9268]

Ok, I am reminded how old I am. My parents had that exact Kodak camera that took many of my childhood pictures. Now I am binging youtube on all the amazing technology that's now available for pictures, sound, podcasting. Giving me great ideas for creating content for my classes.

[@bletheringfool]

You have your own cameraman! The 110 format and cameras are what I started out on as a young kid back in the way 80s. You just pop the film in and remember to wind it on. Also make sure your finger is out of shot. I just bought a basic 110 camera at the market and have ordered new film. Can't wait to get back into it

[@middle-aged-mom-discoversstuff]

I actually bought a Pentax auto 100 kit because of your video! I can't wait to take it out!

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

3:15 I used that film in the 80s! Wow memories!

[@kreativflurrydesign]

This video was a joy to watch! Thank you!

[@JTan74]

We used 110 film cameras in the late 1970s to the early 1980s. My aunt had a Pentax like yours. She had two (2) zoom lenses for that camera too. My first camera was a Hello Kitty 110 film camera made by Fujifilm. After that we switched to Kodak Disc film system. Try that out next time. 😁

[@mar4kl]

OK, I'm old (child of the 1960s-70s), and I had a lot of experience shooting on 110 film. 110 wasn't the first point-and-shoot format, but it was arguably the first mainstream shirt-pocket camera format. Cameras like Sara's Pentax 110 SLR were curiosities. Most 110 cameras were long, slim rangefinder affairs, like the one Willem used in this video. Most had built-in strobe flashes. As I recall, the 110 rangefinders were among the first mass-market cameras that did. Most of the boxy, 126 film point-and-shoots that preceded them used flashcubes and variants thereof (X-type Magicubes, flashbars, etc.). The main limitation of 110 film is that it's a very small format, about half the area of a 35mm frame, so there were limits on how much you could enlarge the pictures, and the slightest amount of camera shake would make a photo unrescuably blurry. But until manufacturers figured out how to miniaturize 35mm point-and-shoots, 110 cameras were the only good choice for someone who wanted a camera that would fit in a shirt or suit jacket pocket. FYI, prior to 110 film, several major manufacturers experimented with ultra-small film cameras. My dad had a tiny Minolta camera that used proprietary film that was similar to the 110 format. He once tried to repack one of its proprietary cartridges with film taken from a 110 cartridge. It didn't work, because the Minolta film and the 110 film both used frames that were preprinted somehow on the film, and the Minolta's photos didn't line up.

[@Amon_Rudh]

It's so cool seeing people get into shooting film! I've been using 35mm film for a few years now, and it's really cool (though can be a pain when it goes wrong- definitely can't say that from experience :p ). I've never tried 110 film, and I'm not even sure if there's any labs near me that develop it, but it'd be an interesting experience.

[@anyhoot47]

The camera Willem was using is not a range finder, it's a point and shoot. The Camera Sara was using is not like an SLR, it is an SLR. I purchased the Pentax Auto 110 Super in 1984 as a kit. It came with an auto winder, a flash and 3 lenses, 18mm, 24mm and 50mm, all f/2.8. The Auto 110 Super was a vast improvement over the Auto 110. The Super was a single stroke film advanced and it has an exposure compensation button on the front that helps with backlit subjects. I still have my Auto 110 Super kit and lots of memories of shooting with it. There was also a zoom lens and a 70mm lens that Pentax made. Wonderful video, love seeing younger photographers rediscover cameras and film that I grew up with.

[@klb430]

I grabbed a pentax Q off ebay a few months ago and it is a blast! Digital, not film but about the same size and the lenses are itty bitty

[@Hangiinjohnny]

110 is super fun to use and the cameras are all pocketable

[@jeremyscharlack]

My first camera was a 110. Got it when I was a kid in the 80s. So that grainy small format film look, even when it's of pictures of modern Tribeca, looks like the past to me.

[@scotthamilton1054]

Yea those old consumer cameras had only one exposure BUT color neg has a lot of latitude and over exposure could be printed down quite a bit at the lab. Under exposure is the danger zone however. I’m glad to see film make a comeback. I was raised on film in the 80’s and after my RIT college days spent the 90’s shooting 4x5 & medium format for all of my commercial work. I miss the discipline that film forced upon you. Also in the 90’s I did a lot of research photography for Eastman Kodak and when I used to shoot music videos it was on 16mm color and b&w neg so the absence of film in my day to day work flow leaves a big hole in my heart. I gotta get back into it and all you young kids too!! Kodak is down the street from my. You guys should come to Rochester for a Kodak tour it would make for a good episode. I’ll help connecting the dots and drive you around once the dust settles on this thing. lmk

[@JeffersonMartinElliott]

The 110 has aperture control. stopping down really helps in day light. Fun video, thanks for creating.

[@BottleBass1977]

Oh, this brings back memories. My first camera was a drug-store own-brand 110 fixed-focus point-and-shoot I had when I was like ten years old. Served me very well until I got my first digital camera in 2001 (Canon PowerShot 2 megapixel job). Really itching to get back into film photography/street photography. Subbed to this and Grainy Days in the last couple of weeks :) aahhhhh nostalgia

[@owenthegenealogist]

The 110 cartridge is notched depending on the film speed (just like Super 8 film and cameras) and many 110 cameras have presets for aperture and shutter speed depending on the cartridge's notch!

[@martimsousa2060]

Love the video!! Can I just ask what the film is?

[@DKMediaTV]

I love these Sara and Willem react to film roll videos!

[@beameup64]

I purchased two Pentax 110 lenses for my Olympus Pen E-PL10(digital, 16mp) along with an adapter. Totally amazed with performance, considering a $50 investment for the lenses/adapter.

[@s3cr3tpassword]

the point with 110 film was to hit the cheap consumer market, but by the time this format was developed, 35mm film was relatively affordable. Another thing to note is the low resolution of the film, hence the low adoption rate. But this formate was wildly popular with the journalist market due to the fact that cameras can be incredibly discrete.

[@AlexPerrucci]

This was a fun video! I need to try shooting film more often.

[@MartinTaylor415]

The Pentax 110 does have automatic exposure. The Instamatic style camera has one, fixed exposure and fixed (no) focus. The Pentax 110 has the weirdest mechanics ever. The shutter and aperture are the same mechanism in the body. The lenses don't have any iris and all the lenses for the Pentax have to be 2.8 to support this weirdness.

[@dylangergutierrez]

Thanks, came to the comments to say exactly this!

[@crawfb]

@@dylangergutierrez Same here. It really hurt to hear someone spouting misinformation when a small bit of Googling would have given them all the info they needed.

[@nerys71]

Yep iris is in body instead of in lens. Neat little booger. Love mine!

[@IcebergGemFoodstuffs]

Had 110 as a kid...tween had one time use 35mm...teen I had a digital cam personal use but one time use 35mm for official family or vacation photos.

[@ChristopherGilbert14]

Omg seeing both of y’all on one video blew my mind, Epic creator collab!!!

[@nomadmaxmarble]

I just watched Jon's engagement video. I have watched you for years. Love you guys. Congratulations and my best to you. Big smile.

[@parz173]

I love shooting 110, i have a vitoret El and it's a really cool 110 camera but it's had some issues... I have a Kodak 110 that works fine though!

[@burgermode]

thanks for this. my camera sales will skyrocket

[@robertknight4672]

110 for some reason is very prone to those orange spots. Another thing I sometimes see is blue streaks across the image, my camera that only happens with the first few frames.

[@gabeayala5659]

This video is amazing. The production quality is Great

[@yannispapanastasopoulos]

Damn I have this camera for some months now but can’t find film for it. Funny thing is you can buy an adaptor for the lenses and work great on a Sony A7III. 😄 I have tried it. Super cheap tiny cute lenses.

[@AimShootDevelop]

Yannis Papanastasopoulos lomography has made 110 film for a while now, you should check it out!

[@figjoy]

You can also use the lenses on Micro 4/3 and the light circle actually covers the sensor area well!

[@garciatony]

Love this Willem, been subbed to his channel for the longest, would be awesome to see you on his channel.

[@FabrizioZago]

Cool little camera. I've shot 110 film many many years ago, this Pentax makes me want to do it again.

[@Ilovepizzandnb]

another great video! cool small camera

[@normapadro420]

I like your video. You both looked like you had a great time. I use to take a lot of photographs when I lived there. Things were always changing all the time. Enjoy your day.

Sara! Your video color correction is awesome! Is there a link to your cameraman?

[@joseerazevedo]

You should try a Rollei A110. That's a pocket (any pocket) quality camera with a Zeiss Tessar lens. You won't get any better with 110. And it's SO cute!

[@erikkimes7564]

It's crazy to see and feel the nostalgia brought by seeing the pics from those 110's. I bet people would pay some money to have the 'vintage feel' captured with modern themes

[@nickdumais]

You had me at Willem. Looking forward to your collab on his channel ✌️

[@oackgourmandi6061]

Any photographer: exist. Squarespace: is for me?

[@MikeLikesChannel]

These young'ns are adorable. I'm 36... I remember my dad rocking the Kodak Royal Gold 200 at Disney World with his Olympus Stylus I... I suspect the born-after-2000 crowd thinks a lot of regular folks shot 120 into the 1990s, not so, only pros back then.

[@yiethanyi]

These are some dope photos

[@DrAmirahKweliCrystalRckGoddess]

Was the film Kodak 110 hard to find and is there a substitute?

[@ciaranframe578]

These are great guys. You too really bounce off one another!

[@naksnicole7]

A series called “Willem in the Wild” where someone follows Willem around discreetly as he takes photos ala Animal Planet / Crocodile Dundee would be great 🤔

[@DKMediaTV]

Dang, This edit was C L E A N. Transitions was fire

[@CertainExposures]

10:55 “My emotions hurt.” Lol. Half-frame film cameras (like the Olympus pen f) are a great way to get a similarly small film camera, SLR, and more resolution compared to 110 film. Stick with the original pen F or FV vs the FT for a much better viewfinder experience. Still a little squinty though. On the bright side, Sara, when you make a mistake like you did with the R6 you rarely do it twice. So...don’t quit.

[@SteveMorton]

I have an old Kodak Instamatic 25 camera from the early 1970's it was my first camera. It uses/used 126 film which is the same width as 35mm film. But like 110 film it's not so easy to obtain and get processed now.

[@crosrod9111]

I love 110 💛

[@forrestsmith8398]

Oh my gosh i found one of these in my basement after a party and haven't figured out how to use it yet. Thank you for this

[@hertsguy]

I've used that 110 Lomo Tiger film and they all have orange spots. Not sure whether it's a fault or by design. I've had it on a couple of batches.

[@hartzogLovesScience]

110 was my main film, and I still have a Fuji film camera with zoom. Took a lot of shots in museums, gardens.

[@GregoryVeizades]

The Pentax Auto 110 is actually auto exposure. It will read old tabbed 110 Cartridges at 100 and 400 iso. With the untabbed Lomography Color 200 film, it will default to 100 iso meter readings. But I have used it and it is only 1 stop of overexposure and it works fine. The camera is program auto exposure. So it will vary aperture and Shutter speed. It doesn't have a fixed Aperture like Willem said.

[@artistjoh]

One of the reasons I love the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR is the manual controls that allow me to use exposure compensation to expose at exactly 200 ISO if I want. It is also easy to cut the tab to trick any camera with high and low speed lever to shoot at 400 ISO. Because of this hack I actually like it that Lomography only supplies 110 cartridges with the full 100 ISO tab, as it gives me more choices.

[@kappcave]

Brilliant work and collab ;)

[@aliceksipes6015]

I didn't even know that a SLR 110 film camera existed! Thank you

[@elaineisxyz]

Love the editing on this and man this makes me nostalgic for film cameras. Though where I am now, there is actually no such thing as a development studio anymore, so I'd have to find some film nerd's home dark room or ship the film overseas somewhere. Guess photoshop grain filters it is for me.

[@panelsandbars]

If you do get into film, use The Darkroom. They profess film from all over the world. Great quality, quick turnaround and decent prices.

[@v-g-z3689]

110 Film is right up my alley, I use the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mark II and love the camera. The only thing that is pissing me off is that there are no slide frames made anymore, because I shoot the Lomography Peacock slide film and I don´t like scanning. I wish somebody would start production again.

[@brianschatteman5949]

love to see my man getting exposure

[@SteelRiderCarl]

Long before digital was even a thing, I cut my teeth on focus free plastic film cameras, but I really consider my first real forays into photography back in 2002 when I was doing 100% hand developed black and white Kodak T-Max that I shot on an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II. It's a screw mount 35mm film camera that's a treat to use if you ever find one. But my newest project is going to be great new high end Canon L-Series glass on film using my Rebel Ti and EOS-1v.

[@Григорий-ч6ю]

Sara is realy greatest fotografer of the XXI Century, bat this Pentax... no more than fun for baby. Good luck Sara!