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- From: phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin)
- Subject: Re: Minox camera?
- In-Reply-To: tg@inmet.camb.inmet.com's message of 16 Nov 92 18:28:17 GMT
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:06:59
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- It sounds like you have a Minox B, because of the way the ASA
- and shutter speed are linked. If it is a B, it should also have
- a crescent shaped window for the moving needle lightmeter.
- If it doesn't have a meter, it might be a BL (I've never seen
- a BL, as they are rather rare). If I remember correctly, the
- ASA and speed dials on the C worked independently of each other.
- If the highest shutter speed is 1/2000 and the shutter release
- is rectangular instead of round, you have an LX, the current
- very expensive model. (I had a C until it got stolen and have
- played with B's and LX's).
-
- Minox subminis take 9.5mm film in a special Minox cartridge.
- You can get preloaded cartridges in good camera stores, or order from
- a specialty place called Microtec in San Diego (call directory assistance
- for the phone #). Microtec will sell you Minox-loaded cartridges,
- custom-loaded cartridges with most any kind of film you want including
- infrared, and equipt. to slit 35mm film and load it into your own
- cartridges, but their prices are a little steep.
-
- With the C, you load film by pulling the camera to picture-taking
- position, then pressing in on a recessed crescent shaped thumbnail
- lever on the underside of the camera. I'm not sure if it worked the
- same way on the B and BL.
-
- One annoying thing about the B and BL (but not C or LX) is that
- every time you open and close the camera, the film gets advanced,
- whether you take a picture or not.
-
- Minoxes are great fun and take excellent pictures for such small
- cameras, especially the C and LX which had better optics than the
- earlier Minoxes. The C took better pictures than any 110 camera
- I've ever used, because of its excellent lens.
-
- For more info on how to use older models, see the book "Small Minox,
- Big Pictures" by Rolf Kasemeier if you can find a copy. For history
- and identification info, see "Spy Camera, the Minox Story" by William
- Moses (I think I got that right, my copy is at home). The latter
- book came out a year or so ago and is still in print.
-