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<p>Have you considered the Minox sub-miniature cameras?</p>

<p>I think the <em>Wolverine F2D 35mm Film to Digital Scanner</em> is worth the price.<br>

Certainly not great, but adequate.<br>

I use it to scan b&w Minox 9.2mm sub-miniature film.</p>

 

<p>I have documented my methodology for developing B&W film in Diafine.<br>

I need step-by-step instructions, so I did this for myself - I'm getting old, with memory problems.<br>

My documentation is really too detailed, with pictures, to reproduce here in the forum.<br>

So, see it here:<br>

<a href="http://www.freeveda.org/camera/MinoxDevelop.htm">http://www.freeveda.org/camera/MinoxDevelop.htm</a><br>

The table of contents for my Minox Film Project is here:<br>

<a href="http://www.freeveda.org/camera/MinoxFilmProject.htm">http://www.freeveda.org/camera/MinoxFilmProject.htm</a><br>

with links to details on chemicals, film drying, etc.<br>

Please feel free to comment on my procedures and techniques.</p>

 

<p>I have added a web page to show comparison shots here:<br>

<a href="http://www.freeveda.org/camera/FilmTrayShots.htm">http://www.freeveda.org/camera/FilmTrayShots.htm</a><br>

for the original post link:<br>

<a href="http://www.freeveda.org/camera/FilmTray.htm">http://www.freeveda.org/camera/FilmTray.htm</a></p>

 

<p>The FilmTray word is case sensitive. I've changed the 404page to automatically compensate. Please try again.</p>

<p>I've been working on my Minox film project for several years. <br /> Not yet finished, but my FilmTray is working well and I want to share. <br /> <br /> FilmTray is a film strip carrier designed to hold Minox 9.2mm film in a digital scanner. <br /> While designed for the Wolverine F2D 35mm Film to Digital Scanner, <br /> it should be useful with other scanners by cutting notches to match pegs in tray.<br>

I must say, my still-experimental ScanDcam provides better resolution; <br /> sorry, not ready for publication.<br /> <br /> FilmTray is documented at the freeVEDA.org/camera/FilmTray.htm web page. <br /> Tell me what you think.</p>

<p>Minox IIIs, B, C, BL and EC.</p>

<p>I gave up on MINOX Processing Laboratories USA, years ago. <br /> I now use Blue Moon Camera and Machine at http://www.bluemooncamera.com/<br /> Look here for others: http://www.minox.com/index.php?id=service<br /></p>

Val, realize there's more detail in those shadows. Use your photo editing software (I use Google's Picasa) and increase the fill light (or some-such).

I have the original M3 - not satisfied. I recently got the M3 Plus - much better. Much to be desired. Still, with

the view-screen and focusing from close-up (0.5 meter) to 1 meter to infinity, I think I like it. Apparently the

slowest shutter speed is 1/10 second and the "film" speed is 100ASA. I don't like flash, with all those

distracting shadows, so I'm interested in low-light photography. I didn't expect much but maybe it's okay; see

for yourself the attached low-light images. For outdoor photos in bright sunlight, if may be necessary to adjust

the EV on the camera's menu.

 

Photo.net is too cumbersome for attaching images, so look here:

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/JohnDerrickson/MinoxM3Plus_20081024#

I use laser printers for both digital photos and scanned photos from film. Both are duplex printers. Color: Brother HL-4070CDW. Mono: Brother HL-5150D. I'm satisfied, but what do I know. I do know I don't like inkjet printers.

Yes, certainly. Using EC and C mostly but also B and IIIs. I use Blue Moon for developing and new film when they have it. Must find another source for film because Blue Moon has run out. I use ASA 400 color print film. Had used MicroTek in CA and Minox Processing in NY years past, but they are gone or unreliable. Someday I may develop myself (yea right!, I still have several rolls of half-frame 35mm slide film in the refrigerator to be developed, decades old). I love the format, the grain, the always-there camera. And just the fun of taking picture with a Minox. For air travel I use the MiniDigi and a Polaroid digital - not the same thrill as using a Minox with REAL film.

Buy more old paper cheap. Use the wrong developer. Your photos are excellent. There is no wrong way to do photography right. Fantastic! I really like your work.

I switched to Blue Moon Camera about a year ago. I like their work. So far I've only sent them 35 full-frame (Zeiss Ikon Contina II), 35 half-frame (Olympus Pen FT) and 110 (Pentax Auto-110) film. Almost ready to try a roll from my Minox EC. I expect good results.

Sure, plenty.

<P>

Look at these places:<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/forum?topic_id=1561">http://www.photo.net/bboard/forum?topic_id=1561</a>

<li><a href="http://www.minox.org/index.html">http://www.minox.org/index.html</a>

<li><a href="http://www.subclub.org/">http://www.subclub.org/</a>

</ul><p>

And, there's so much more. Google and surf.

I put my empty cameras away in a storage area. My active cameras

always have film. Whenever I remove film I insert a new roll, usually

in the field. My most-used camera is a Minox EC. Also use Acmel MD

and a few other "strange" 8x11 cameras: Chadt Cam Watch M1 (very

tiny) and a Minimax-lite lighter camera (lighter no longer works,

anyone know where I can get a replacement?).