Troll Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 For nearly 50 years I always carried a Minox in my pants pocket; first a IIIS, then a C, and finally an LX, until getting film and decent processing became difficult. Eventually 35mm cameras came down to a size and weight so I switched; first a Minox 35, (unfortunately unreliable), then an Olympus XA. Finally, nearly 20 years ago I went digital with Minolta and now with a choice of SONY (T100 is my current baby/RX100 in its various iterations is too big and heavy for my pockets, and also too obvious to use when I don't want to be noticed). Although I have a freezer full of Minox 9.5mm films in various speeds, I gotta admit that I'd really like a true digital IIIS or LX. It doesn't even need a digital view screen -- the bright-line finder is just fine for me. I'd even settle for commercial processing with high quality reasonable cost scans. Guess it's all wishful thinking -- BUT if I should hit the lottery....! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbon_dragon Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 There are digitals with tiny sensors like the Pentax Q. Those are kind of equivalent to the subminiature format. For full frame tiny cameras, the closest we have is something like the Sony RX100s (and its competitors) which you have. I guess film is just a bit more compact. Maybe you just need slightly bigger pockets (a change in wardrobe?).;) And there is always your phone. I haven't tried them, but there are clip on lenses for phones, I just think they are still somewhat awkward to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I guess the answer is easy: "(No) money"? The original (pre EC) small Minoxes weren't cheap at all. Customers were way(!) less feature spoiled by bigger cameras of that era. R&D etc were split over 3 shoulders: Minox made camera, somebody else film and paper and a 3rd party had to do the darkroom magic. With digital you need a decent image processing unit inside the camera to sell. The regular Minox "mass"-market (happy snapping upper class people unwilling to be bothered with a bigger camera) got already catered by others and became harder to compete with. - I assume digital point and wait cameras had automatically retracting lenses and AF because it is cheaper to put tiny motors and plastic gears together than to machine something that would withstand a human operator's surplus strength. So who would have been left, to buy digital Minox? The average shutterbug: "sorry poor people like me can't afford overspending on crap". The average camera afficinado faced the challenge to save up for significantly greater later models rapidly. Minox' own move into the digital world wasn't entirely stupid. - Their classic camera miniatures looked at least cute. That way they attracted their heritage customer group of wealthy happy snappers. The rest is sad history. - Maybe I would have bought a miniature M3 if it had been a wee bit closer to the real thing with interchangeable lenses and at least zone focusing. The only "camera" offering zone focusing I encountered came in my Nokia N80 but seemed too crappy to shoot. With most people carrying smart phones nowadays the digital real Minox time window is gone. Who could afford to enjoy it and carry no phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 I guess the answer is easy: "QUOTE] Well said, Jochen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance_blakeslee Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 The ancient 2mp Sony Cyber-shot dsc-u20 reminds me of a subminiature in size and styling. Unfortunately, finding one that actually still works seems unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_robison4 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Yep, not enough market to sell a lot of them so the price will be affordable for us ordinary folks. And, seems like most folks get along fine with the cameras in their phone, something most of them always have on their person. Interesting idea though, and Minox even tried it out in 2008 with the Minox DCS 5Mp camera with a form factor similar to the classic 9.2mm 8X11 film cameras. There was also a flash attachment that had a screen to preview shots. That camera is all but forgotten today, a decade later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph. Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 And if the Complan had been kept, there would have been complaints about its depth of field and questions about why it was not f 1,4 with a longer measuring chain fit for portraits. p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Certainly there is a digital Minox, It is called MINOX DSC , there are two version a black Minox DSC with 3M sensor, and a MINOX DSC SILVER WITH 5m sensor Minox DSC silver Minox DSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15224159-md.jpg The black Minox DSC is 3M The Minox DSC silver is 5M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 There is also a digital Minox Rolleiflex with 3M sensor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Digital Minox Leica Minox Leica M3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 ROLLEIFLEX MINOX MINI DIGI ttps://www.flickr.com/photos/martin-tai/albums/72157658056435390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) digital Minox DCC 14MB is still available from Minox GmbH MINOX: Description DCC 14.0. It does not look like a classical Minox camera It models after a Leica M3 camera I have one too. lt uses micro SD card for color image storage Edited October 27, 2018 by MTC Photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 My Minox DSC silver photos on flickr: minox DSC silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Minox DSC 14 photos MINOX DSC 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoresteen Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Humm. My Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX07 has a 5.744 x 4.308 mm size sensor and yields 7MP. Minox negatives are 8x11mm. I've gotten great 11x14 prints from my Lumix. We still use it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Lumix DMC-FX07 dimension too big, not belongs to subminiature camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 The silver black Minox DSC has 5 MEGA PIXEL PICTURE FRAME The silver Minox DSC has 14 mega pixel picture frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8x11 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Blame Leica. Sony approached then in 1998 asking to license the Minox technology for a new digital camera. Leica being Leica said no, then sold off the Minox brand once the digital ship had sailed and the analogue ship had foundered. The true 8x11mm 'digital Minox' was the Contax i4. Not for nothing was it so small. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15224159-md.jpg The silver color digital Minox is my day to day Minox camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 The Minox DSC silver has a internal rechargeble battery, which inot sold separately Recharge by using a 110v charger which came with the camera package When charging a LED AT the charging end of the camera lits up , if the internal battery charge is low the led is in red, when fully charged, the led turns green When using the Minox DSC silver to take picture, first insert a micro SD card, view thru the view finder to frame picture then press the left top buttun the turn on the camera, press the button at right to take picture Press the left bottom button the turn of the camera My Minox DSC silver photos at flickr DSC Silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Minox DSC silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Full spec of Minox DSC Silver New Minox DSC Silver 5.1 MP 0,5m focus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 minox DSC silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 minox DSC silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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