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Minox photography for absolute beginners


You reminded me of when I was a young teenager, I got an 8mm movie camera. It has single-frame shutter release option. I would go around town shooting hundreds of little single-frame still photos 8mm big. Then I would show them singly on my projector being careful not to burn up the film there which would happen often.
 

I would follow xkaes' advice and measure the width of the film rolls that caused problems in the LX. Then I would measure rolls that have not caused any problems. You might find a difference.

Afterwards you could consider whether the width in conjunction with the spring might be causing the problems. But first I would measure. You could still do this now if you can still identify the films with which you had problems.
 
xkaes said:
Looks as good as a Kodak Ektar H35 or Pentax 17 to me!
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That's the beauty of Minox -- except for grain, it is as good as a significantly larger format.
 
I hadn't expected so much interest in the Minox topic. I have therefore completely revised my instructions, restructured them and added new chapters.

You can now also view the pages in other languages besides English (find the selection menu at the top left of the page):

Minox for beginners

Which Minox camera? How do I get Minox film? Film development? How do I take good Minox photos? Digitization? Post-processing?
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I have solved this problem. It was the camera, the LX's film spring drive needed replacing. All fine now.

My Dad always says a bad mechanic blames his tools, I blamed myself here and was focused so much on aligning film in the cassette, but to no avail. I should have blamed my tool a little earlier.
 
Thank you for clarifying and explaining the problem. This has clarified many a question.
 
I've always said min-ox as in mini. Other Brits I've heard say the word pronounce it the same.

I heard a North American pronounce it my-nox in a video, hence my question here. I wondered if there was a regional difference in pronounciation.

For me, the 'Mi' in Minox has the same hard 'I' as 'Ni' in Nikon (Ni-kon, not Nye-kon)
 
What film is Minocolor 2?

I'm doing this bit of work trying to find out the films used in all the various Minocolor cartridges. I've got a roll of Minocolor 2 here, 80ASA, 20DIN which I think means Agfa CNS-2. Unfortunately I don't have the box to get the expiry date.

The puzzle - the film is made in France. What colour film was made in France in the 1970s?
 

I have heard the following, but I have not been able to verify it:

Gevaert (Belgian) merged with Agfa in 1964; part of the color coating business was transferred to Gevaert's French subsidiaries (near Lyon) in the 1970s. Gevacolor was renamed Agfacolor in the middle of the decade. Founded by Gevaert to secure the French market before the merger. Produced cellulose acetate, celluloid plates, photographic papers, and color films (e.g., Gevacolor/Agfacolor variants). Chosen for its location: ~50 km from the Belgian border, good transport links, and clean water supply. In the 1970s, it produced color negative/slide emulsions under the Agfa brand, which were associated with products such as CNS-2.
 
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