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The films offered on this page are used in Minox
8x11. Acmel, Fujicolor MX,
and Yashica Atoron and Atoron Electro cameras, in "lighter cameras" like the Cosmo Omega, and in other
subminiature cameras. They deliver 8mm x 11mm subminiature images of impressive quality — click here
to see examples.
(left to right)
Back: Minox C, and Yashica Atoron Electro with AG1 flash. The Atoron
Electro was designed to compete with the Minox C.
Middle: Minox B and Yashica Atoron. The Atoron was designed to compete
with the Minox B.
Front: Fujicolor MC 007 with electronic flash, Minox EC with cube
flash. Fuji makes the Minox MX for Minox, and the MX is very
similar to the MC 007.
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Minopan 100 shown with Minox B
Minocolor Pro film shown with Minox C
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read about the "process before" dates on Minox films.
You can develop MinoPan at home: For MinoPan
25 or 100, develop 9 minutes in our Super
76 developer (or any similar D-76 type developer) at 20°/68°. For
MinoPan 400, 11 minutes.
These are starting times and
should work well. If you are not getting adequate shadow detail, add one
minute. If highlights are blocking, try 30 seconds or one minute less.
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Minopan 25
(36 exp. black and white.) Extremely fine grain for making detailed
enlargements. Click here to learn more about this
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Per roll: $18 
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MPAN25
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| Minopan 100 (36
exp. black and white.)
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film.
Click here
to see the Minox Historical Society's June 2009 "Technical
Merit" page with some stunning Minopan 100 images.
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Per roll:$18
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MPAN100
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Minopan 400
(36 exp. black and white.) Click here to learn more about this
film.
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Per roll:$18
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MPAN400
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Minocolor 100
Minocolor 100 (36 exp. color print film.)
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100.
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to see examples of Minox color film in use.
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Per roll:$18
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Temporarily out of stock
MCOL100
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Minocolor 400
Minocolor 400 (36 exp. color print film.)
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Per roll:$18
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MCOL400
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Film Wallet for
Subminiature films (16mm and Minox)
with storage envelope.
Each wallet stores one roll of submini film in an archival plastic
sleeve. The sleeve fits into a paper envelope, with printed spaces for
recording technical data and describing each frame.
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Per wallet with envelope (minimum order of five, please):
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FIWAL-16
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SPX-27 Battery
or Minox 8x11 cameras:
EC, C, EX, LX, TLX.
Also fits:
| Minox
35mm |
Minox
EL, GL, GT, GTE, GTX, AL, GSE |
| Minox
Flash |
Minox
FL4 Cube Flash, PE and PL Electronic Flash |
| Rollei
110 |
Rollei
A110, E110 |
| Rollei
35 |
Rollei
35LED, 35SE, 35TE |
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SPX-27
and SPX-28 battery
These are 6-volt silver oxide
batteries, exact replacements for the banned 5.6-volt PX-27 and PX-28 mercury
batteries formerly used in Minox cameras and
other equipment.
The camera's electronic metering circuit easily
compensates for the 0.4 volt difference, and no exposure changes are
required.
Silver-oxide batteries last much longer
than alkaline. You can substitute silver-oxide for alkaline, but not the
other way around.
You can replace a SPX-27 or 28 by stacking
four silver-oxide button cells of the correct diameter (alkaline cells will not work)
in the battery chamber, and then adding a spacer made from
conductive metal (wadded-up aluminum foil works). However, this
factory-assembled battery, in which the cells are spot-welded and
which does not require a spacer, is far superior. It will last longer
and give 100% reliable electrical contact.
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SPX-27 battery
Minox EC, C, EX, LX, TLX and others (see list under photo at left)
12.7mm diameter, 20.5mm height
each:
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BATT-SP27PX
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SPX-28 battery
Yashica Atoron Electro, Minox
35ML, Bronica GS-1 Canon AE-1
130 mm diameter, 25.2mm height
each:
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B-REPL/28
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If you own a Minox, you're
not just an adventurous photographer. You're also part of a wonderful mythology that
stretches from the 1930's through the Cold War all the way to today and
tomorrow. Enter the world of photographic history, spycraft, and espionage — treat yourself to books by
these respected historians
and Minox enthusiasts.
Minox factory-load films
Guide to choosing your
Minox film
Minopan black and white films are cut down at the Minox factory from Agfa APX
bulk rolls, and are
processed the same as Agfa APX.
Minocolor films are processed in
standard C-41 color chemistry.
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Minopan 25 is a very fine grained black and
white film that you should use if your pictures
are to be enlarged beyond about 4"x6"
(about 10x15cm). Its disadvantage is a speed rating
of 25 (DIN 15) which limits its usefulness indoors
and outdoors in low light, unless you use a tripod
and relatively long exposure times, or flash. It is
fast enough for hand-held exposures outdoors in
daylight. It
can yield images of spectacular beauty.
Minopan 100 has moderate grain that is
visible but usually not objectionable on 4"x6"
(10x15cm) prints. Its speed rating of 100 (DIN 21)
permits hand-held photography in outdoors daylight,
and flash photography indoors. It has inherently
less contrast than Minopan 25. It is probably the
most useful all-round Minox black and white film.
Minopan 400 is a high speed (400, DIN 27) film for hand-held
photography outdoors in low levels of daylight, such
as early or late in the day, in shadows or under
shelters. It can be used indoors with or without flash. Its grain structure is noticeable and
should be taken into account during the process of
visualizing the finished print. It is probably the
most useful Minox film for expressive candid
portraiture.
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Hard Rock Cafe, Nashville.
Enlarged to 4x6 inches from a
Minox
8x11mm Minocolor Pro negative. Click to view full size.
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Minocolor 100
gives you 36 exposures per
roll. Use this film for consistently acceptable 3"x5"
enlargements. Your best negatives will easily enlarge to
4"x6", and some Minographers report excellent 5"x7"
enlargements.
Minocolor 400 is
also a 36-exposure film. This film is invaluable if you're shooting
indoors or in poor outdoor light, but its grain is prominent. While your
3"x5" enlargements will be grainy but acceptable, you will
probably find 4"x6" or 5"x7" enlargements
excessively grainy, unless you are deliberately using grain for its
expressive qualities.
Minocolor Pro and
Acmel Reala Ace
are no longer manufactured.
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Please read this important information:
We are one of the higher-volume Minox
film dealers in the world, and we try to keep adequate stocks on hand so
you can order the films you need, in any reasonable quantity.
But the unfortunate fact is that Minox films sell in low
volumes compared to conventional films, which makes it difficult for
even a top dealer to always have only fresh dated stocks on hand. The
majority of the Minox films we ship are fresh dated, but not all.
In April of 2007, we installed a freezer in our
shipping warehouse, and when each new shipment of factory-load Minox film arrives, it is immediately put into frozen storage. Freezing
completely stops the normal deterioration related to a film's age.
The Minox films you buy from us are shipped to
you directly from the freezer. This means you receive fresh film, no
matter what the "process-before" date on the package. You can
store your film at room temperature for two or three years after
purchase. If you store it refrigerated or frozen, you extend its useful life for many years.
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to learn more about using film that has been frozen.
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