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Vivitar TELE-835AW (110 film cartridge camera) - Where's the film advance lever

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See photos of the camera here:
https://imgur.com/a/JfZX3kx

These aren't my pictures; I found them here, but I have a camera just like it.

I'm getting some 110 film cartridges developed for family and there's a partially used film cartridge inside this camera. When it comes to film cameras I've only ever used SLR cameras or the disposable point-and-shoots, and I'd like to make sure I protect the images on the film without double exposing or exposing the images to light by accident. I'm pretty sure the way to eject film is that slider just under the word "TELE", but I have no idea if that "EX <---" slider is "advance film" or "new exposure" and I wanted to ask before mucking up a 30 year old picture.

Bonus question: is there any harm in taking photos with the remaining unused exposures? I'm paying a good amount to get these developed and I thought it might be fun to take some fun photos with an old camera.
 
According to http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Vivitar_Tele-835AW it’s a motor driven film advance, so if the batteries are inside the film chamber you might need to change them in a dark bag. If you can access them from outside then there should be no problem.

Apparently the EX switch “The cameras also have a button that allows the exposure to be corrected at close range when using the flash. It places a grey filter in front of the lens and thus prevents faces from being overexposed.” ( see
https://www.reddit.com/r/analog/comments/lu67su/vivitar_tele835aw
)

And finally, no, there shouldn’t be a problem finishing off the roll, just don’t expect too much from it as it will be old film
 
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Overrank said:
According to http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Vivitar_Tele-835AW it’s a motor driven film advance, so if the batteries are inside the film chamber you might need to change them in a dark bag. If you can access them from outside then there should be no problem.
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Other pictures of the camera online seem to show that the battery compartment is at the back of the built-in flash and outside the film compartment. It probably takes standard AA batteries. This is normal for motorised cameras, though many manual-wind models did have one or more batteries inside with the film, which always struck me as a daft idea.
 
Do you think batteries would be necessary to advance the film? I tried all the sliders I can see with no luck, but with no batteries installed (the batteries can be removed in a side compartment that's separate from the film cartridge); could it be that the current exposure was never taken and it needs to be before the film can be advanced to the next exposure?
 
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tl05 said:
Do you think batteries would be necessary to advance the film? I tried all the sliders I can see with no luck, but with no batteries installed (the batteries can be removed in a side compartment that's separate from the film cartridge); could it be that the current exposure was never taken and it needs to be before the film can be advanced to the next exposure?
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It looks like they would be. If you can access the battery compartment I’d try putting fresh batteries in and see what happens (as long as you don’t open the back it shouldn’t damage the film that’s already been taken)
 
Heritage Cameras said:
Overrank said:
According to http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Vivitar_Tele-835AW it’s a motor driven film advance, so if the batteries are inside the film chamber you might need to change them in a dark bag. If you can access them from outside then there should be no problem.
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Other pictures of the camera online seem to show that the battery compartment is at the back of the built-in flash and outside the film compartment. It probably takes standard AA batteries. This is normal for motorised cameras, though many manual-wind models did have one or more batteries inside with the film, which always struck me as a daft idea.
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Yes, my Ektralite 450 is like that (batteries outside), but my Canon 110ED has batteries in the film chamber and an electronic shutter ! I suppose the idea is that the motor drive drains the batteries much more quickly than the light meter, but generally putting them in the film chamber is a bad idea.
 
The AW does stand for Auto Wind, so that is how it works.

Some think it stood for All Weather but no , it was not

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Probably made by Haking in Hong Kong.

(I sold them....)

BTW, Vivitar did sell one of the highest specs 110 cameras ever , the 742 XL but that was a completly different camera.

See this :https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/67174846
 
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