Minox 8x11 Projection

perkeleellinen

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Hello All,

  • I've got some Gepe slide mounts for 8x11 - not the tiny Minox mounts for the dedicated projector - but rather 35mm slide mounts masked for 8x11.
  • I've got a Minox B
  • And I've just noticed MS Hobbies is selling Velvia in Minox cassettes
I can see a fun project here. I wanted to know has anyone here ever projected 8x11 slides? And especially, what was mounting them like? I fear that will be awfully fiddly.

Thanks!
 

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I have projected home developed Anscochrome slides in cardboard 2x2 mounts using a Minolta 16 projector "back in the day." I honestly don't remember how much trouble the mounts were, as it was probably in the late 1960s or early 70s that I did it. I still have all the aforementioned stuff, and I did recently try the projector out -- the original bulb still works! The years have not been kind to the slides however.


The projector uses a 75 watt bulb and has a 40 mm f2.5 P-Rokkor projection lens.

From such a small frame the results on screen will not be confused with medium format, but it could be fun (and today's color films are likely better).
 

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I never came across the Minox projector. But repeatedly the Agfa type 110 projector. It is a automatic, circular tray projector. It could be an alternative, once one found a way to fix the even smaller snippets into the 16mm mounts.
 

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Similar to the Kodak Pocket Carousel projectors I have?
 

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Yes, just shrunk in ALL dimensions. Thus such would yield a larger picture than using a 35mm projector. But the problem would be the mounting.


One also could consider the Viewmaster mono-projector. But here the lens is quite simple and basically there still is some mounting issue.


Other appraches would be using a wide-angle lens on a 35mm projector, or mounting some 16mm lens into a 35mm barrel,
 
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I'm a time-served toolmaker by trade, although I haven't done that work in 25 years, I do have a steady hand. I thought I could work on a light table with a loupe, cut the slides with a craft knife and position them with a couple of tweezers. I may need to wear a face mask (which I do all the time anyway now!) so my breath doesn't blow the tiny slides off the table.
 

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A minuscule amount of information from the "museum" here ...
2x2 mounts from Minox and "Easymount" from the Craftsmen's Guild (Hollywood, CA, USA.)
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I believe the Minox was a heat sealed cardboard item which I no doubt would have done with an iron used for clothing (but no steam enabled). One can see the backs of some nubs that were raised on the inner surface to provide guides for the film. The Easymount has a widened slot at one end of the frame mask that permits just sliding the film in until it snaps into place. I no doubt would have cut the film over a light table (or equivalent) with scissors and maybe used tweezers -- or not. (But then 50+ years ago was before I wore glasses or went through cataracts and surgery!)
 
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Oh, a question on loupes - what magnification would work to view a Minox slide?

I wonder if a zoom loupe exists that allows viewing of a 35mm slide at one end and a 8x11 slide at the other.
 
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