Minox 35GT a full frame 'miniature' spy camera
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- How to use the German -made MINOX 35GT a full-frame 35mm miniature camera. I show some actual darkroom prints and you can see MORE on my Flickr page here :
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I was recently gifted a Minox 35gt and I just wanted to thank you quickly, this was by far the most succinct and informative video on this camera that I could find. Thank you for making it!
Glad to help !
Peter you're a delight!You never forget that PICTURES are the aim of all these cameras.Greetings from New England,U.S.
Steve : Thanks for kind Comment ! Got any GUM, Chum ? ( What us Kids used to ask the kind Yanks over here in the 1940's !! )
Peter Elgar you're pretty cool Peter! keep on rockin
Thanks !! I cannot 'Rock' so much now as my poor old knees are a bit stiff !
Hi Peter, I always appreciate your 'no hassle' approach to your camera reviews. It's refreshing to watch a video that gets straight to the point and mentions the information we want to know. Thank you Peter. :)
thank you Peter I watch this every time I take out my Minox - its very useful and your friendliness always makes me smile!!
Just got one of these, what a fab camera, thanks for the video and the nice pictures!
Yes -- I must USE mine again for some 'Street Photography' !
Well done, Pete...well that was one thing you won't get on an American site ...'Land Of Hope And Glory'...one of my favourite tunes. Great test, and I liked the pics.
Lewis
It was all good, but have to say that the singing was the best part. Great work!
Wonderful primer, I just received a MINOX 35GT and plan to use it soon.
what a lovely video i really liked the singing haha just cheered me up :) your honest and authentic style is great!
amazing video, thank you! I just got a Minox from my dad and this was all very helpful, love your humour !
nice images, i also found a Minox 35 in my old stuff. I tested it and i just loved how all the images came out. Such a small camera but with a great quality in the deliverd pictures.
Thanks for this video Peter, I learned a lot !
Thank you for the review!!! I decided to buy it :)
great channel! subscribed
YO !!! Many Thanks Friend ! It keeps my Mind Active and off 'Medical Problems ' !
Interesting review. The strong point of these cameras, besides the light weight and small size of course, is the Colour-Minotar lens ( when Germans use the prefix of colour in the lens name, it usually means it is multi-coated and well corrected for colour reproduction ). It is a brilliant little lens. The camera is not a range finder but uses ' Zone Focusing '. If set to 25 feet ( 8 meters ) @ F8, the sharp zone of focus, calculated for a max print size of 16" viewed @ 12", is from 13 feet ( 4 meters ) to infinity. For smaller size prints, up to 10" @ F5.6 the focus can be set to 7 meters. Exposure compensation can be achieved by altering the ASA dial to suit. The weak point of all 35.... series Minox cameras with the exception of the late models, are the electronics. They are weak, particularly the capacitors. So buy with caution as they are not really repairable. Thanks for this review.
I’m the U.S. we use that song for graduations. I think it’s called Pomp and Circumstance
Excellent video very informative
thanks for the review !
thanks picked up 3 of these today...your video helped me figure out how to load them...mine are ELs and a GL
Great review Peter. Always enjoyable! See you on Flickr. Regards!
Nice interesting review Peter on a camera that I only ever seen in camera magazine adverts,:)
I have two Minox cameras, the 35GT and the PL. The lenses are super sharp. Great cameras.By the way, Land of Hope and Glory was written by Arthur Benson and set to music by Elgar.
Do you know the difference between the GT and the PL?
thanks for explaining about the camera. I bought one used, and guess what, it had a film in it.
As an American, I appreciate your candor. And god dammit, I bought this camera because it is NEAT.
Thanks Nick -- I read your comment with my attempt at an American accent -----
loved this! thank you
Loved this Peter :-) I have a Minox sat on my bedroom draws at the moment. Ive never used it :-( Gonna get a battery and have a play with this now :-) Ta chap.......... Scanner Iain.
Hallo Scanner Iain !! Now I know who you are ! You may find the particular battery difficult to source -- try the small battery company .com
@@theoldfilmbloke I will :-) Ta Pete.
enjoyed that, thank you sir!
Great Glad to help a fellow Snapper !
Nice job Sir
I came late, but, is it possible to rewind film half-way? I press rewind release button, but turning crank clockwise does not do it, it tightens, and when I release crank, it turns buy itself several times and stops.
As far as I know there should be no reason why the rewind stops if you have pressed teh rewind button -- all cameras with rewind button let you rewind film half=way -- there may be a 'Jam' in the film cassette slot.
@@theoldfilmbloke You are abs. right, I have no idea... I will shoot till the end and see if I can manage it then. It looks it advances film fine. Tnx a lot!
Nice
More videos on the Minox please! :)
@Peter Elgar I just bought one Minox today! I am going to have lots of fun shooting with it! As you say:"on the palm of your hand and click clik click!!!"
Excellent!! I tried to find the colour images on Flickr, but could not quite find it......
Really 'neat' video, Peter.... I love my Minox 35 GT.
Good review, nice images and well printed, you know your stuff.
I still got mine. Bad thing: The battery is no longer made for this jewel of a camera.
Does it really need the battery thanks
YES as it has an Electronic Shutter will not work without Battery
Battery name ?
is it MIN-OX, or MINNOW?
I really like your photos. What's the link to your Flickr page?
+David Lynch : Thanks David -- well I have loads of prints many now Dumped on the orders of ex-Wives, but you can see my whole 'Flickr; collection here :
www.flickr.com/photos/25850987@N03/
and all my MINOX photos here so you don;t have to 'search '
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=25850987%40N03&sort=date-taken-desc&text=Minox%2035GT&view_all=1
Peter Elgar I really like the black and white ones. Not so sure about the colour ones, but I only flicked through about 20.
How much do these usually go for
You are a delight, Peter. Question: Which is smaller? The Minox or the Olympus XA?
Shame the Minox doesn't have a rangefinder. I don't know how anybody gets anything with a zone focus or using distance scales. I'm a horrible estimator of distance! Well done. Love your photos.
Hallo and Thanks for kind Comment ! Well -- I reckon the MINOX is smaller than XA-- I have an XA2 so can compare -- with a 35mm focal length you get good depth of field so that is why there is no rangefinder.
Keep Snapping !!! ----- Peter
Will do.
I think the XA-1 is the same size as the XA. Probably a lot of the same die work.
Cheers mate!
Minox is smaller, not sure about different models. Love the XA2, so want one of these too for the aperture control.
They're pretty close in size, by all means have one of each if you can! Zone is pretty forgiving on the Minox, though, you can either guesstimate, or another trick is to set for a distance you are comfortable with, then shoot when your subject is close enough. Much faster than opening the camera, guessing, then hoping the subject is still there
The range finders are rarely accurate so it was better to practice estimating distance, only the first 12 feet matter.
Great review, very "neat", your American cousin...😃
Ive got a few dozen or so mercury batteries, I'm not sure if they still work, or the voltage, but if you'd like them I can mail them to you.
Thanks but I do not want to put my address on here -- can I contact you privatley ?
Singing in camera reviews should happen more often☺ . How does this comprae to an Olympus XA2 for image quality? Obviously more accurate focusing with this and they look a bit smaller in real life. They seem more breakable.
Thanks for kind words -- well-- the results from the XA2 were mainly taken by my Son -- he got sharp pictures in a trip to Germany years ago and I have done a few B&W prints from the XA2 -- I would say the Minotar lens is slight;y sharper for B&W film -- i did a 16x12"" Competition print from a Minox negative and got an award at Brentwood Photographic Club once.
Just got my first colour prints from the XA2- love them. Will be hunting for a Minox too, thanks :)
A "full frame" film camera?
Yes, full frame refers to the size of the sensor (film in this case), which is 35mm film (24×36mm).
Pentax MX offers higher build quality.
Cut the song, terrible distraction.