Minox B - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Minox B

1958

Minox G.M.B.H.

Wetzlar

West Germany

Image of Minox B

Lens:
f3.5, 15 mm Complan. Fixed stop. Coated. 4 elements in 3 groups.

Shutter:
Guillotine, speeds 1 - 1/1000, B. X flash synchronisation.

Construction:
Metal body.

Format:
50, 8 x 11 mm exposures on film held in double cassettes.

Focusing:
To 0.2 m.

Attributes:
Bright-line finder with parallax correction.
Frame advance by rotating the centre of the cassette, this is carried out by closing the camera. Auto-stop on film advance. Coupled to shutter.
Selenium exposure meter coupled to shutter, film speeds: 14 - 26 DIN.
Green and ND filters.

Serial Number:
752667 .

With:

  • Right-angle finder.
  • Tripod with cable release. This is a 5" high tripod fitted with a ball and socket head. When folded the legs fit inside each other, the cable release also fits inside one of the legs.
  • Tripod cradle with cable release socket.
  • Copying Stand.
  • Binocular clamp.
  • Flash gun for bulbs, model with lock. Box, instructions and pouch.
  • Transparency viewer and cutter. Box, instructions.
  • Developing tank with thermometer. Box, instructions.
  • Enlarger. With lens, instructions, assembly wrench, dust cover. For up to 11" x 14" prints.
  • Pouch and chain. Film cassettes, Adox KB14 film, 14 DIN, 20 ASA, 36 exposure black and white in box dated 1972.
  • Negative wallet with insert.

Production of the Minox restarted after the war at Wetzlar. This is a later model fitted with a selenium exposure meter. The film is un-perforated 9.5 mm wide and held in a double cassette, it is 75 cm long for 50 exposures. The film plane is curved. The price in 1960 was £79.12.7.

The enlarger shown here is the second post-war model, accessories included negative masks for different film sizes and a copying arm that attached to the back of the enlarger head.

References & Notes:
BJA 1953, p. 239. BJA 1959, p. 181. Blue-Book 1960-1961, p. 70. Blue-Book 1961-1962, p. 69.

Minox B

1958

Minox G.M.B.H.

Wetzlar

West Germany

Image of Minox B

Lens:
f3.5, 15 mm Complan. Fixed stop. Coated. 4 elements in 3 groups.

Shutter:
Guillotine, speeds 1 - 1/1000, B. X flash synchronisation.

Construction:
Metal body.

Format:
50, 8 x 11 mm exposures on film held in double cassettes.

Focusing:
To 1 foot.

Attributes:
Bright-line finder with parallax correction.
Frame advance by rotating the centre of the cassette, this is carried out by closing the camera. Auto-stop on film advance. Coupled to shutter.
Selenium exposure meter coupled to shutter, film speeds: 25 - 400 ASA.
Green and ND filters.

Serial Number:
808240 .

With:
Pouch. Film cassette.

Similar to the previous example but scaled in feet and ASA.

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