The Le Mini size as compared to an iPod nano and MacBook
The first camera I ever owned was a teal and yellow-colored body, with hot air balloons prints design called Le Mini by Le Clic. The camera comes in a yellow hard casing and a pink neck strap, perfect color combination to spot a small camera.
"Fits perfectly in the small, dainty hands of a young wide-eyed boy." as my best friend simply puts it.
I was 7 when my parents gave it to me. My father was into amateur photography himself thus influencing me and my siblings to also hold a point-and-shoot camera as well. The "toy" camera uses a type 110 film. Finding the film today is definitely a challenge. Hey I was still a kid then so all i had to do was point and shoot, and when the film ran out, I'd ask help from my dad. Having the film processed also was a breeze thanks to my dad. :-)
As far as the history of the camera is concerned, I really don't have much since I was a kid when I had it. The Le Mini is a miniature camera that uses a type 110 film, comes with a hard casing and weighs a mere 1.3 ounces. Its as simple as it gets, it is a point-and-shoot mini camera.
Someday, when it would be my time to give my son or daughter a camera (I hope it's still called a camera in the near future), I hope they would enjoy taking photos and capturing memories -- that they would have the same burning passion as I have.