hooper_harris

<p>Yep, I'm a Minox user. My father rebuilt Leicas, Zeiss Ikons and Minoxes for fun and a little profit, and kept a few on hand in the process. So, I had a Minox III as a kid. I only ran a couple of rolls through it and had them processed using Minox mailers. It was good, but being young and kind of jaded by being around a lot of great old cameras, I didn't see the real beauty of the Minox. When I needed money for parts for a sailplane I was rebuilding, the Minox was sold.<br>

Fast forward to today... I missed the feel and the "buzz" of the mechanical Minoxes, so bought a "fixer upper" B on eBay, and used a Martin Doctor shutter set to rebuild. I later picked up a better B locally for a good price, and then a C on the 'Bay. I also found a Minox tank locally but ithout a Minox enlarger, I was forced to improvise... I built an 8x11 film carrier mask for my medium frame Bessler 23 carrier and got to work!<br>

Basically, this is great fun.... it's a great medium, a great system, and an opportunity to experience something the digital folks will likely never really feel... the personality of a genuinely visionary inventor in the workings of a machine over a half century old. </p><div></div>

<p>Thanks, Julian. That makes sense, the "bumps" are too well formed to be accidental. The overlaps are at about frame 8 and frame 20... not at the beginning or end. The spacing between frames on the "C" seems wider than the "B," but uniform on all but the overlapped frames.<br>

Hooper </p>

<p>I recently purchased a "fixer-upper" Minox C on eBay. I replaced the shutter springs with new (thanks to Martin Doctor) and shot my first roll of ASA 25/Minopan using the automatic exposure mode. Processed in a Minox tank, the roll looks well exposed, sharp and clear. There are two issues however...<br>

First, there are two sets of adjacent shots that have some overlap... a partial double exposure. The overlap is small, about 20%. Without film in the camera, it is apparent that if the camera is "tromboned" more than about 80% of full stroke, the shutter will arm. This is different from my experience with the B, which seems to require a full stroke. I suppose it could be an artifact of the electronic vs mechanical action, and just means more attention to completing a full stroke is required. Is this correct?<br>

Second, while each frame is sharp, each has also has a a small "bump" or "bulge" on the edge of the frame near the lower right corner. The "bulge" is very small, uniform, semi-circular, and doesn't really detract from the image. It's covered by the enlarger mask, so it has no impact on prints. It almost looks like a reference point or index for some purpose. Any ideas? <br>

Thanks! </p>