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Minox Cameras

Minox Cameras, the archetypal sub-miniature camera, was invented by engineer Walter Zapp, in 1936. Production first started in Riga, Latvia at VEF ran from 1937/1938 until 1943. After WWII, production was re-started in Germany from 1948.

Although primarily marketed as a luxury item, the Minox was also used as an espionage camera. Its close-focusing lens and small size made it perfect for covert uses such as surveillance or document copying. The Minox was used by both Axis and Allied intelligence agents during World War II. Later versions were used well into the 1980s. The Soviet spy John A. Walker Jr., whose actions against the US Navy cryptography programs represent some of the most compromising intelligence actions against the United States during the Cold War era, used a Minox C to photograph documents and ciphers. The espionage use of the Minox has been memorialized by Hollywood movies, and some Minox marketing efforts have played up the "spy camera" story.

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MINOX DCC Leica M3 Plus

The digital Classic Camera from MINOX comes in a really stylish format! On the outside it features the miniaturized shell of the legendary Leica M3, designed in great detail, and inside it is packed with innovative technology in the form of a powerful digital camera.

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Minox DSC - the new Digital Spy Camera 

DSC is the name of the new mini MINOX model: Digital SpyCam. Still maintaining the outstanding masterpiece in minimalist design of Minox's past yet with current advanced photo technology packs, The Minox DSC is a 5MP digital camera packed into a 86 x 29 x 20 mm frame.

With a resolution of five million pixels, the DSC can compete with traditional digital cameras with ease. A bright viewfinder allows spontaneous, fast shots, even in critical light conditions. In twilight the integrated flash switches on automatically. In total these features make the new DSC a very sound optical notebook.

The system has an additional external flash that can be connected to the side of the DSC. And to provide the user with the accustomed convenience of a display for viewing film and image results the flash has an integrated 1.5 inch TFT LCD monitor. The image data can be saved on micro SD memory cards of up to 16 GB, in addition to the internal memory.

Resource links 

MINOX Germany
Minox Official Website.
Minox Processing Laboratories
Support for all Minox Camera Owners.
Minox Historical Society
Features news, camera history, product profiles, and more.
Minox Historical Society: Minox Memo
The Journal of the Minox Hsitorical Society. Download your copy today!

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MINOX DCC Leica M3 5MP Digital Camera

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MINOX 5.0 MEGAPIXEL DIGITAL SPYCAM

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Minox Digital Classic Camera Leica M3 Gold Edition

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Rolleiflex 24611 Mini Digi AF 5.0 Camera (Black)

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Minox Classic Cameras 

The MINOX Classic Camera Collection includes legendary cameras, faithfully recreated in a scale of 1:3. All Classic Cameras are fully-functional and both, digital or analogue, achieve excellent photographic results. Models introduced includes the: Click here to shop all Minox Camera & Optics at Amazon.com.

Minox Digital Classics 

Minox Digital Classic Camera Leica M3 Gold Edition

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Minox Leather Case for the Minox DCC Leica M3 Plus Classic Digital Camera

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Minox Classic Camera Flash

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Minox DCC Leica M3 Plus Classic Digital Camera Kit, with 4 GB SD Memory Card, Camera Case , Table Top Tripod

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Minox Digital Cameras 

Minox DCM 5.0 Digital Camera Module for Digiscoping with Minox & Kowa Spotting Scopes, with Mount, Eyepiece & Camera with 2.0" TFT Monitor.

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Minox DCC Leica M3 Plus Classic Digital Camera Kit, with 4 GB SD Memory Card, Camera Case , Table Top Tripod

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Minox DC 6033 WP All Weather Digital Camera, 6 Megapixel, with Minoctar 6.95mm f/3.3 Lens & 4x Digital Zoom, 2" TFT Screen, Waterproof to 33 ft.

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Minox DC1011 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

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Minox 35mm Compact Cameras 

Current Minox 35 mm Compact Cameras includes the:

Minox 8x11 

The sub-miniature Minox 8x11 cameras use 8x11mm film in a small cartridge containing a strip of film 9.2mm wide, less than one-quarter the size of 35mm, capable of holding up to 50 frames. The fact that the camera holds the small negative in a "curved film plane" makes the sharpness of the tiny negative uniform to the very edge of the frame, resulting in more useable image area. The Minox enlarger holds the negative in this same curve.

Minox BD 8x24 BR Binocular

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Minox LX Gold Limited Edition 8x11 mm Film Spy Camera (24k Gold Plated)

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Minox MX Subminiature 8 x 11mm Camera Set

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MINOX Classic Camera Leica M3 - Point & Shoot camera - 8x11mm - lens: 15 mm

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Minox MX Subminature 8 x 11mm Camera

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Minox 8x11 Film 

Minox Minocolor 100 Speed 36 Exposure Film

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Minox Minocolor 100 Speed 30 Exposure Pro Film

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Minox Minocolor 400 Speed 36 Exposure Film

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Books & Reference 

Spycamera: The Minox Story: Second Edition

This new edition brings the Minox story up to date and includes many new color and black-and-white pictures. The new edition continues the Minox story up to the present day.

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Minox: Marvel in Minature

One of the more pleasant surprises contained in its pages is an interview by the author with the late Walter Zapp, inventor of the Minox camera. Authoritative and imminently useful, if you only have one Minox book this should be the one.

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Minox camera user on the Blogs 

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Minox Cameras in the News 

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