dan_n1 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>hi all,<br>what is the smallest 35mm film camera?. For now I have in mind the Rollei 35S.<br>thanks</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_the_waste Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>I have a Kodak Signet 35 that's quite small.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>It's probably not the smallest, but certainly the Tessina (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessina">link</a> ) was one of the smallest production models. It is smaller than the Rollei 35 models, but the 35mm film has to be reloaded into a special cassette for it.</p> <p>So maybe the Rollei 35 was the smallest to use a regular 35mm cassette?</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>I have got a Minox EL, it is a shade under 4 inches wide. There is a picture of a fag packet on the box suggesting it's no bigger than one of these politically incorrect containers.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylynn Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>I'm not 100% sure but I believe the Minox ML was the smallest full-frame (24x36mm using 8 sprocket holes worth of film from a standard issue 135 cartridge) 35mm camera.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_meyer3 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>How about the Ansco Memo <a href="http://www.subclub.org/shop/ansco3.htm">http://www.subclub.org/shop/ansco3.htm</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen_friday Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>How about a matchbox pinhole camera. Take a matchbox, put a pinhole on the side and load with a single frame of 35mm film. It should come about to be just slightly larger than the film, or a little bigger than 1 x 1/2 x 1/4 inch. Of course, you will have to change the film in the dark between exposures. This assumes you want to shoot full frame.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>The Minox EL and the Olympus XA (and their variations -- similar sizes but different proportions) for 24x36mm negatives.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smullen Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Olympus Pen was a bit smaller than the Rollei I think. Agfa, Fuji and several others made 35mm half-frame cameras in the 1960's that were in the same league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfophotos Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>The Pen was bigger than the Rollei 35. The Petri Color 35 is about the same size at the Rollei. The Memo is a giant compared to the Rollei. It's probably a toss-up between the Minox 35 and the Rollei. The XA is close-behind, without the flash unit.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Collins Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>The Petri Color 35 is also quite small, as Mark stated above, and it has a surprisingly good lens. I also think the layout of the Petri is nicer than the Rollei.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 The Olympus Stylus Epic is quite small and its smooth tapered shape and light weight make it easy to put in a shirt pocket if general portability is important to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_robison3 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>The Olympus Pen is a little larger than the Rollei 35S but is thinner when ready to shoot without pulling out the lens. Of course it's only half frame but is good up to 8 X 10. I have both, the Sonnar on the Rollei is better that the Oly lens but a Pen S 3.5 is the camera I'm never without.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_dake Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>I have a Minox 35 GT that used to belong to my father-in-law.<br> He used to brag it was the smallest full 35mm available.<br> It may not be true but it is pretty close.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomscott Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>According to Wikipedia the Rollei 35s is the smallest full frame non electronic shutter 35mm camera ever made. Not sure how much stock I put in Wikipedia but: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rollei_35_S.jpg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rollei_35_S.jpg</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_wheatland Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>Minion made in Japan 24x32 format 1950's<br> Photavit uses special cassettes possibly 24X26 format? West Germany? 1950's<br> Kodak 35 simple box camera 30X40 paperback film ca 1910 without sprocket holes<br> all of above are 35mm film cameras but none accept standard 35mm cartridge</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumpton Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>My Minox 35 GTE is in the same size class as the Rollei TE (like the SE) and also has the f2.8 lens. I think it is also lighter than the Rollei. Both are great performers for simple scale-focus cameras</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick j dempsey Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>Photographs don't lie. ;)</p> <p>http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?PetriColor35.html~mainFrame</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>It didn't take a standard 35mm cartridge, but the Univex AF was substantially smaller than the Minox 35 and had a larger-than-full-frame format ....</p> <p><img src="http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/af2.jpg" alt="" width="435" height="557" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 <p>Some of it depends on how you define "small." The Rollei 35, for example, is shorter than an Olympus XA. and may count as smaller when folded up, but the XA beats it by far on depth when opened for action, and it has a rangefinder too. I managed to lose (car roof, or something!) my fixed lens Stylus Epic, but I think that one may be a winner on features stuffed in, having auto focus and flash. Even the Stylus Epic zoom compares pretty well.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_lockerbie Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 <p>Matthew, put all those together and you would have one Nikon F4! There was the Chinon Bellami, may not be the smallest, but would have to close.....clamshell design.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 <p>Don't recall the name of the camera, but it was a single frame 35mm camera, with rangefinder that was a little bigger then two matchboxes put together. I believe it was a 1930s or 40s French design.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 <p>I have a Ducati half-frame rangefinder that's very small, but it's longer than the smallest of the full-frame models. It may be the smallest one with interchangeable lenses though.<br> <a href="http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-17.html">http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-17.html</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 <p>I know it's not mechanical, but my Fuji Natura Black is probably the smallest film camera I have ever seen. This includes the Rolleis.</p> <p>Plus it has a 24mm f/1.9 lens. It's really neat.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 <blockquote> <p>Photographs don't lie. ;)</p> </blockquote> <p>That's got to be news to anyone with Photoshop. I once saw an ad which proclaimed "Altering reality since we found out it was possible" in <em>Paranoia</em> magazine. It was the proximate cause of my learning to use Photoshop 2.5 in the way back days.</p> <p>:)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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