MTC Photography Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 <a href="http://www.submin.com/8x11/collection/chadt/cameras/chadt_2002.h tm">Chadt 8x11 camera </a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex z f Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Very interesting, but it gives rise to a question - what value is there to new cameras in this format given the increasing difficulty of obtaining film or film processing for them? I have read somewhere that Minox US sales are up but MPL remains the sole US processor and Minox no longer makes developing tanks and enlargers.Compare this to 35mm, where film and processing remain readily available. Gives one pause... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted January 18, 2003 Author Share Posted January 18, 2003 Alexander, I cut my own film, develop film and enlarge prints. There are a lot of Minoxers like me--- thus film and processing is never a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex z f Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 Martin: Looks like the only way to go is to do it yourself. In that regard,I have been thinking of doing my own BW work. I have searched the web on this and it appears that developing tanks remain available from different sources. At my mother's house, in the garage, sits a Leitz enlarger which has not seen the light of day in about 35 years.It is probably a Focomat Ic - I remember my late father making excellent BW prints in the 1950's when I was a toddler. I have no idea what shape it is in and I'm not very optimistic. I'm not enen sure there is a lens on board. The question - assuming the enlarger is salvageable, what would I need to use it for Minox work (I would also like to develop 35 mm BW from my Leica)? It appears that Leitz did make a Minox negative carrier for the Ic and there is some mention of a 15mm extension tube. Since my dad worked only in 35mm, I doubt he had either of these. As always, thanks in advance for any comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted January 19, 2003 Author Share Posted January 19, 2003 Alexander <p>You have a piece of jewel, Focomat certainly makes an excellent enlarger for Minox negatives too<p> I think it is screwmount Leica thread, you can find inexpensive enlarger lens with focal length under 25mm, that will make enlarging Minox negative convenient.<p> Minox carrier for Leitz enlarger shows up from time to time on ebay, watch out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted January 20, 2003 Author Share Posted January 20, 2003 The two pictures taken with Chadt cam 2002 added in the above linkare stunning, the second picture seems to be taken at close range withstop down aperture, thus has immense depth of field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 i agree that the pictures look very good, and the camera is a beautiful design exercise. still, i have to wonder about the market potential of it. if the population of dedicated minox fans were large enough to form a secure market base for a new competitor, i don't know that minox itself would have led such a tenuous existence over the past decades. the finest subminiature design, i think, is still the original minox (Riga through AX).... both in terms of technical performance and sleekness of the package design. unless someone comes up with something that actually is superior to it, i can only envision a limited number of collector/enthusiasts who will take the bait.... and most of them have their savings now tied up in tiny replicas of leicas, nikons and rolleis. :)= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 The orginal Minox A is indeed the pinacle of mechanical Minox camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted January 24, 2003 Author Share Posted January 24, 2003 Chadt cameras do not have Minox style open/close precision film gate, and use stop down aperture to increase depth of field to compensate for the lack of Minox style precision film gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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