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Diana Baby 110 update

xkaes

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The Diana Baby 110 is much more versatile than its earlier relatives -- for example, it has interchangeable lenses -- but it has one limitation. Although it has a PC connection on the top, it lacks a flash shoe, and with its fixed aperture of f8, a flash is a handy thing to have. Fortunately, there's just enough space on the top to attach a flash shoe:



Of course I needed an appropriate flash for the Diana Baby 110's features, and I found one. It's the Sunpak 121C. It's the same as the original 121, but put into a compact body. That's what the "C" means. It uses two AA batteries, and has manual and automatic exposure settings. At f8, the auto-exposure system requires ISO 400 film (up to 12 feet), but slower speed film can be used in manual exposure mode at closer distances. The 121C has a short, built-in PC cord, that's perfect for the Diana Baby 110. Although it looks big on the Diana Baby 110, the 121C turns the camera into an aperture-preferred, auto-exposure LO-FI wonder in any lighting situation. Here it is with the 12mm f8 wide-angle lens.

 
Looks fun!
 
Very fun! I have a Diana Baby 110, but I've never tried to use a flash with it. I'd be interested to see some of your photos using this combo.
 
I'm only half way through my first roll, so nothing yet.

Since the Diana Baby 110 has a B setting and allows for multiple exposures, there are a lot of options. The format is actually 16x17mm which is reduced if you crop out any perforations or put it in a smaller negative holder for enlarging or scanning/copying -- (NEW WORD -- "SCOPYING"). I don't know what it sets the spacing to be between frames.