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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUBMINIATURE
- DATE
- 1949–1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.1012.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MINOX OPTICAL GMBH & PRECISION
- MODEL
- MINOX II
- LOCATION
- Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 63 812
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM/ GLASS/ PLASTIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.7 cm
- Width
- 2.8 cm
- Height
- 1.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MINOX
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Giessen
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO RECORD STILL IMAGES - Technical
-
THE ORIGINAL MODEL (NOT THIS ARTIFACT) WAS MADE IN RIGER, LATVIA BY VALSTS ELECTRO-TECHNISKA FABRIKA. GUILLOTINE SHUTTER 1/2-1000. MINOSTIGMAT LENS, F3.5/15MM. IT WAS A PRACTICAL & EFFECTIVE CAMERA FOR UNDERCOVER USE. ORIGINAL MODEL DESIGNED BY WALTER ZAPP & GAVE 50 EXP. 8X11MM FILM IN RELOADABLE CASSETTES. NO STOPS WERE FITTED IN VIEW OF THE SMALL FORMAT & SHORT FOCAL LENGTH OF THE 15MM. F3.5 MINOSTIGMAT LENS, EXPOSURE BEING REGULATED BY THE SHUTTER WHICH GAVE SPEEDS FROM 1/2 TO 1/1000 SEC. THERE WAS A BUILT-IN YELLOW FILTER. THE MINOX 11 HAS BUILT-IN GREEN AND ORANGE FILTERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Print engraved onback of camera: "MINOX/ WETZLAR/ MADE IN GERMANY"/ pRINT INSIDE CAMERA: "63 812"/ Print in front of camera: "COMPLAN/ 1:3,5/ f=15mm"/
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- DULL ALUMINUM FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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MINOX OPTICAL GMBH & PRECISION, Camera, between 1949–1951, Artifact no. 1981.1012, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1981.1012.001/
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