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    Small wonders

    Mar 27, 2018 5 minutes
    Source:   The Minifex was the first subminiature camera  

    You can still try subminiature photography quite easily today. This is a print from a Minox B negative

    The Riga Minox in its open position

    For collectors, the subminiature format is epitomised by16mm film. The Minifex, first of the16mm cameras, was made in1932, but the subminiature craze really took off in the1950s and early '60s, with cameras made in just about every type and style. Production on the Minolta 16, the last commercially available16mm camera, ceased in1974, although film continued to be made for some years after.

    It is possible to buy raw 16mm film on the internet and load it into the many different types of cassettes used by the old cameras. But for the more general user who wants to try subminiature photography today without all that fuss, there's Minox.

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