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- From: tg@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Tom Gearty)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Minox camera?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.182817.2418@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:28:17 GMT
- References: <lgfmp0INN82b@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Organization: Intermetrics Inc, Cambridge MA
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- My uncle gave me a camera that resembles the kind you see spies using
- to take pictures of top secret documents in James Bond movies. I have
- never seen anything like it, and cannot even figure out how to open
- it to load and unload film.
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- The camera is only 1 inch wide and 4 inches long--it looks like an elongated,
- all-silver cigarette lighter. There are three dials on the top that appear
- to control film ASA, shutter speed, and distance from subject. An
- interesting aspect is that the shutter speed and ASA dial are connected such
- that rotating one automatically adjusts the other.
-
- On the back is stamped MINOX and Made in Germany. When the camera is fully
- compressed, the lense opening says COMPLAN and describes the lense as
- 1:3.5 and f=15mm.
-
-
- Does anyone have any experience with this kind of camera? I am particularly
- interested in knowing what kind of film it takes and how the heck you open
- the camera up to load film and such.
-
- Thanks for any info at all!
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- tom gearty Intermetrics, Inc.
- tg@inmet.com 733 Concord Ave, Cambridge MA USA
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