That Petri certainly was a great selection.
So we sold the Minox and my next personal camera was a Petri Color 35 that served me well for nearly 15 years.
I actually had a Minox when I was a kid... in 1967, when EVERYONE wanted to be a spy!
Since I was growing up working in my parents' little commercial studio doing b/w photography daily, I developed skills like estimating focus distance to convince my folks that I could handle a Minox. So I had a Minox B for over two years, when I was 12 to 14, and I shot 90+ rolls of Tri-X (factory loads of Kodak emulsions were what was available in that time/place.)
But you know, 60s Tri-X developed in straight D-76 was awfully grainy even in 4x5 prints - not to mention the endless issues with scratches and dust (our studio/darkrooms were always a mess, quite the opposite of what "photo lab" conjures) and I eventually became frustrated with my results. I wanted a compact 35mm... So we sold the Minox and my next personal camera was a Petri Color 35 that served me well for nearly 15 years.
Some examples of my 60s 4x5 Minox shots on Tri-X. Note that I got MUCH better results in my second round of Minoxery, 1995-2016, using 100-speed films and more mature, careful darkroom practice. And make no mistake, I still think the Minox is the COOLEST camera ever, I still have a IIIs and B...
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The cassettes are taped, mostly old ones from the '80s and '90s. This has given me a thought, I wonder if the spring to assist unloading the cassette in the LX may be applying just enough pressure on the cassette so that when the take up spool is not perfectly aligned the film jams.
Looks as good as a Kodak Ektar H35 or Pentax 17 to me!
Friends - a question about film advance:
When I load a roll of film into a cassette I always place a small Sharpie mark on the film, load the cassette, take two shots then take out the cassette to see if it has wound on. About one in every five films will not move in my LX or EC, but those ones will always wind on in my B.
Has the B got a stronger wind mechanism?
What is the cause of film not winding on in these cassettes?
Friends - do you say:
Mee-nox (as in 'meet')
My-nox (as in 'my')
Min-ox (as in 'minute')
Friends - do you say:
Mee-nox (as in 'meet')
My-nox (as in 'my')
Min-ox (as in 'minute')
Third option.
In Germany, the word Minox is pronounced like this:
Here in an official video authorized by Walter Zapp the origin of the name Minox (in German).
This is the officially correct pronunciation from my point of view:
Is that "minute" as in 60 seconds, or "minute" as in extremely small?
For me, it is Min-ox (as in mint or mini)
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