Nikonman44

in its day it probably cost you 20 p.

Today its probably worth 100 quid.

I was at a car place yesterday. I had a 1966 vette back then and paid 3900 dollars for it new.

The one they had was on the block ( not as sharp as mine) for 100,000 dollars

Nikonman44

Bond James Bond yes

BebuLamar

Bond wouldn't get caught using that thing. He's Bond and not Mac Gyver.

turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

I have one of these, it was a Kellog promo. It was free. I forgot what we had to do but it came with a cartridge. It is part of my camera collection.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

I had a little Kodak 110 film camera for a short time. The pictures were never very good quality, always grainy and somewhat blurry, even in the best of conditions. It didn't get used very long and faded into antiquity. Or the trash.

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

No problem. The post war models are more plentiful and naturally more well known from the whole spy movie gernre that sprang up with the cold war.

I collect vintage cameras and have a 1960s vintage Minox, but never saw a "Riga" in person. Since they were built and used in wartime the "Riga" is now rare and is a "holy grail" among Minox fans.

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

Since there's a market for cerial giveaway collectibles, Your Kellogg's promo is likely worth more than many "real" cameras of the same vintage! And if Coca-Cola gave away a version, Who knows what THAT would be worth!

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

The Kodak 110s wern't that bad for the money, But all 110s suffered the limitations of such a tiny image size. (even the high end 110 SLRs wern't going produce stunning 8x10s) The real bad ones were the "generic" plastic lens "drug store" specials. I could never see buying a camera that cost less than the film! The original 126 Instamatic cartridge of course could do better. Even it suffered the same problem of having thin plastic essentially forming the camera "back" no matter what quality the camera the cartridge went in.

R. Bush Loc: Ogden, UT

The smallest film cameras in my collection are two Rollie 35s. One is a German made Rollie 35 that has a Carl Ziess f3.5/40mm Tessar lens and the other is a Rollie 35-S (the 'S' standing for being made in Singapore) with a Sonnar f2.8/40 lens. Unfortunately the light meter does not work in the Singapore made camera. Poor light meter units that quit working were the major shortcoming of this specific camera type.

I don't think I would ever want a film camera with a smaller film format than that of the 35mm camera.

To allow the light meter to read light accurately in the Rollie 35 cameras, I now use an adapter that is the same diameter and thickness of the original mercury battery, but has a tray that holds a smaller current type battery within it. This is needed because the required voltage needs to be the same as the original mercury battery. Internationally, mercury batteries are no longer produced because the mercury that was used in them produced birth defects to children born in those locations where these batteries were made. Mercury is a heavy metal that, like lead, is poisonous to humans.

Pentax made an extremely high grade reflex camera system that use the Kodak 110 film cassettes, but again, the small format didn't yield very high quality pictures. Digital camera technology was also coming into the picture and helped kill off most all of smaller format film cameras. Now smart phones are killing off digital point and shoot cameras.

R. Bush Loc: Ogden, UT

The smallest film cameras in my collection are two Rollie 35s. One is a German made Rollie 35 that has a Carl Ziess f3.5/40mm Tessar lens and the other is a Rollie 35-S (the 'S' standing for being made in Singapore) with a Sonnar f2.8/40 lens. Unfortunately the light meter does not work in the Singapore made camera. Poor light meter units that quit working were the major shortcoming of this specific camera type.

I don't think I would ever want a film camera with a smaller film format than that of the 35mm camera.

To allow the light meter to read light accurately in the Rollie 35 cameras, I now use an adapter that is the same diameter and thickness of the original mercury battery, but has a tray that holds a smaller current type battery within it. This is needed because the required voltage needs to be the same as the original mercury battery. Internationally, mercury batteries are no longer produced because the mercury that was used in them produced birth defects to children born in those locations where these batteries were made. Mercury is a heavy metal that, like lead, is poisonous to humans.

Pentax made an extremely high grade reflex camera system that use the Kodak 110 film cassettes, but again, the small format didn't yield very high quality pictures. Digital camera technology was also coming into the picture and helped kill off most all of smaller format film cameras. Now smart phones are killing off digital point and shoot cameras.

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

Being a "Pentaxian", I have a Pentax Auto 110 in my collection! (sadly, I only have the 24mm lens though) The Pentax 110 was a "system camera" I point this out as Minolta also made high end 110 SLR s but with fixed lenses.

elwynn Loc: Near Atlanta, GA

Minox

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

I had a 1971 Buick Riviera (first year "boat tail") I bought it in the early 80s for $400 sold it for $500 - I don't want to know what they go for now. Probably a little more than $500!

marki3rd Loc: Columbus, Indiana

The Minox Camera did not come after WWII. It was invented in the early 20's and was used extensively during and following WWII.

marki3rd Loc: Columbus, Indiana

Minox was developed in 1922 I believe.