Subminiature Cameras

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The major production cameras made in Germany and Latvia 1938

VEF Minox 1938-1944 Made in Riga, Latvia

Minox II, converted III 1948-1950 Made in Germany

Hard to find fully working and in original condition. Be careful buying above serial 15k-17k, as these were assembled from parts found in the late 1980's. Takes our special grey cassette.

Rarity: uncommon to find working
Price £100 upwards (15k-17k)
Repairability. Getting more difficult as parts become harder and more expensive to source.

Minox II, converted III 1948-1950 Made in Germany

Originally with five element Pentar lens. Minox replaced most of these with four element Complan lenses. Almost impossible to find in original unconverted condition with original filters and black shutter blades

21000-3000 serial numbers
Originals £1000-£1500 converted £400-500
2x Green filters
Converted cameras have yellow/green filters and III engraved on back and 4 element lens
Shutter view port not on all cameras
High quality aluminum finish
2 in stock

Minox III/IIIs 1951-1968

Minox II, converted III 1948-1950 Made in Germany

Minox III/IIIs 1951-1968

Common, popular reliable camera. No meter.

Very Common 1951-1968
Mechanical Shutter -
Yellow/Green filter
Accessories: Flash, finders, Tripods, Filters
's' = Flash
3 in stock

Minox B 1958-1968

Minox BL 1973-1979

Minox III/IIIs 1951-1968

Very common over 330,000 sold.

97 x 28 x 16 mm
92g
Selenium meter no battery
Black (rare and expensive) and Chrome
Green / ND filters
5 in stock from £125
1 black model in stock £249

Minox C 1968-1978

Minox BL 1973-1979

The best value for money and practical camera. Automatic exposure and shutter interlock stopping blank frames.

120 x 28 x 16 mm
102g
Black (Common) and Chrome versions
Cases and Filter sets for BW and slide film
PX27 / 4 x386 battery with holder
ND Filter built in
6-400 ASA
Price Range £145-299
3 in stock
2 black

Minox BL 1973-1979

The photgraphers' Minox. CdS meter in manual mode. 17,000 made. Highly sought after now as it allows exposure overrides and a mechanical

100 x 28 x 16 mm
80g
Black (Rare) and Chrome versions
Cases and Filter sets for BW and slide film
ND Filter built in
Price Range £399-899
2 in stock

Minox LX 1978-1997

Minox EC-X 1997-2002

Minox LX 1978-1997

A redesign: smaller, 1/2000th top speed, Silicon Blue Cell metering. Safer shutter release to stop fingers moving over the lens

108 x 28 x 16 mm
88g
Black (Uncommon) and Chrome versions
ND filter
Price Range £199-399
2 x chrome stock
1 x Black

Minox EC 1981-2002

Minox EC-X 1997-2002

Minox LX 1978-1997

The smallest and easiest to use Minox.

80 x 30 x 18 mm
45g
Fixed focus Minox F5.6 lens
Flash (cube) and electronic
Price Range £75-£199
5 in stock

Minox EC-X 1997-2002

The most secret Minox. Updated high resolution lens. less than 4k made.

80 x 30 x 18 mm
55g
Minar 4 element 3 group 15mm F5.6 lens. Multi-coated
Special Hammer head Flash
Price Range £199-299
Cr2/N x 2 battery

Special and CollectIble Models

Gold Minox A (1950's)

Made for winners of competitions in the 1960's (lower quality finish) and special cross-hatched models for notables and prominente (Politicians, Royal Families, some politicians). We can still service these models.

Gold Minox B (1960's)

Gold Minox A (1950's)

Also, made for winners of competitions in the 1960's (lower quality finish) and special cross-hatched models for notables and prominente (Politicians, Royal Families). We can still servcie these models.

Gold LX (1988 + 1995)

Gold Minox A (1950's)

Gold LX (1988 + 1995)

The Minox selection (1988) was gold plated camera, and flash, with nice case. The gold finish rubs easily. We recommend the 1995 model which a much better gold finish, similar to the Gold B's. From £1000

LX Platinum (1992)

Gold LX (1988 + 1995)

An amazing 'industrial' finish. Brass then Platinum. We have one in stock in unused condition, boxed and with slip-case. £1300

1 in stock

LX Sterling (1994)

LX Platinum (1992)

LX Sterling (1994)

The most collectible Minox. Sold sliver construction: shiny, and quite slippery. Not the most practical camera to use, but purchsed as an investment. Guide prices £2-3,000

Minox AX (1996)

LX Platinum (1992)

LX Sterling (1994)

Hard to find mechanical shutter camera with no meter, in a truncated LX body. Nice to use as modern lenses and shutter interlock make this a better deal than the 'A'. But priced from £600 upwards

LX2000 (1999)

LX Aviator (2001)

Anti-scratch black finish. Gold plated dials. Under-rated model. Some came with a Mont Blanc pen.

LX Aviator (2001)

The best black LX. Luminuous dials, anti-scratch finish. No gold in this one! HArd to find. Guide price £1500 with watch. £1100 without.

Getting the best out of the Minox

How to take a good picture with as a Minox.

For the focusing lens cameras, we believe there is a sweet spot in performance of 6-7 feet or around 2 meters. Even the first instruction manual for the VEF camera recommends this. The 15mm F3.5 lens also can enlarge A5/A4/A3 documents to life size in high resolution. The lens is less suited for infinity performance, purely because of the expected level of detail in a negative only 8x11mm.

We have seen thousands of Minox negatives over the years. The very best ones are taken at 2 meters. Important: keep that finger away from the lens.

8x11 processing update

E6 Slide Processing Under Test

We are happy to announce that testing of a new slide film processing service is now under way. Using a partner, who has the throughput and continuous operational processing machinery to offer Minox sized processing for E6 slide film, we are starting tests.. If it works we are prepared to offer a scanning service with a monthly frequency.

There is also a limited supply of original Minox projectors, slide mounts and viewer cutters for the UK market: Making a 35mm slide adapter for Minox 3x3 slide holders should be easy now.

More details and results to follow in October.

Customers with E6 films waiting for us to process them may not have to wait much longer.

We will continue to offer Colour negative and Black and White processing.

The Cassette Refill service will also continue.

hobbies minox and 16mm FILM cutter

Now Available

We have just received the prototype of a new robust metal cutter made in Australia. The cutter will cut two strips of Minox film each 9.0mm high or one strip of 16mm film.

With improved guides for the film, and slit to hold the 35mm film firmly in place. It’s manufactured mostly from aluminum and plastic components. There’s a plastic film guide in the centre which has a funneled opening to help with film loading.
The output end has a winder that sits in open grooves to make removal easy once the film is wound on. The collar just holds everything in place to start but is not really needed. After some practice, once some film is split and pulled through the winder, the film leader can be trimmed off so that the final rolls of film slide off separately when done. The winder can be reversed to the left side if required and for that matter the unit can be used with the winder at the bottom.
It can also be removed, and the film just pulled through if slitting bulk film.
The blade carrier uses standard No. 10 or similar scalpel blades and are replaced by
removing the clamp bolt, removing the blocks if needed and swapping the blades over. Be careful when doing this as the blades are sharp. Make sure all the blades are the same length before clamping them up. An easy way to do this is push them flush at the blunt end (top of blade block) This allows the proper amount of protrusion.

introductory Price £299. Additional 16mm block £40 + £299 for 8x11 block or 16mm block, £239 for both 16mm and 8x11mm block

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