minox 35

[womby68]

Ciao,
my first camera ever, was a MINOX GT-E...(back in 1989) great camera, always with me!!! Then I've discovered the Contax G and T systems... and stopped using it.
Few years ago I've purchased a digital nikon p&s , but then... after one year and +1700 digital shots, I went back to the fantastic GT-E and still working fine:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/womby68/1878481718/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/womby68/1794805062/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/womby68/1781350545/

Fast handling, great glass, find something more silent, no-zero-shutter lag...
In fact I've just purchased a new MINOX GT-E II... with today's price, IT IS A STEAL!!!!
Have Fun...
Womby

[ChrisPlatt]

Originally Posted by ChrisPlatt

Is there a repairer in USA that specializes in Minox 35s,
yet doesn't charge a fortune?

Chris

The aperture ring on my Minox 35ML got stuck in the middle.
DAG repaired it for $35. Repair + CLA would have cost $85.

Chris

[vrgard]

Thanks for posting that, Chris. I haven't had any problems with my Minox 35ML but it's nice to know that DAG works on them should I ever have the need.

-Randy

[titrisol]

4x 386 batteries fit in the sleeve of the PX27s
Or you can put 2x 1/3Ns
It worked on my 35GT

Originally Posted by lubitel

I have a 35GT, and can only confirm that its a great little camera. I always take it with me when travelling. I think with this camera I have shot the most keepers. I dont know why. Its so amazingly quiet, that when you are sitting with some friends, nobody really notices that you are taking pictures. as far as the battery compatibility, you can get a converter from minox and just use readily available batteries.

[sooner]

My dad gave me his Minox 35 GT a year ago or so when he went all digital, and I just developed a roll of Kodachrome using it. Wow. It really is an amazing lens, very sharp and contrasty, and unlike the XA there is no noticeable light falloff around the corners (which is what killed the XA for me). However, several of my shots were completely dark, so I'm thinking mine is beginning to develop this electromagnet shutter problem others speak of. Doesn't bother me, this lens is so nice it's worth fixing and keeping, especially for the price.

[motrhead]

My GT has been fantastic. It's my #1 favourite full frame 35mm. Mine has outlived an XA and a Ricoh FF1 (both with circuit board failures), and the Minox lens was better than both of them. You should be able to get a 1 second exposure with ISO 800 film. I get much longer exposures with 100 or 200 ISO film.

[polaski]

I've had a 35 ML since it first came out and it's still ticking. I typically carry it in the small size Zing bag, that fits it like a glove.
BTW, it takes the 32mm slip-on filters that so many of my other cameras take.

[newspaperguy]

FWIW - the Rollei in your shirt pocket
is going to give you a sagging chest.

That is one solid, heavy little sucker.

[MikeAUS]

Does anyone have one of these? Understand it is the 'latest' model. Interested if it does well under low light - given it can take 1600 iso film. I am also interested in the Fujilfilm Natura and the older Fujifilm DL Super Mini - both zooms. Any experience of these 2? Thanks.

[kram]

I had a minox GT (now returned to me after 15 years -and now the shutter is playing up). However, I then used the Fujifilm DL Mini (fixed 28mm lens). Compact , good build, lens OK -but I expeted better. Main gripe was the shutter delay. press shutter, lens focuses (seems like 0.5-1 sec) then takes photo. I missed a few good shots due to shutter lag. Minox shutter very quick response. I'm glad the minox is back.

[ChrisPlatt]

The Minox 35ML is now my "everyday carry"...

Chris

[steve-d]

I use a GT-E, ML and GL.

All have been refurbished by DAG. It makes no sense to buy a $9.50 GL and have it fail.

These all function very well. No failures. The cost of a go-over by DAG was well worth the reliability. After all, the sharpness of the MINOX lens is well known. Making sure it is working is the goal. Some models are going on 30 years old. If in good shape, all can work like new. The primary differences are the styling and the program mode of the ML.

Go for it and you'll enjoy the Minox. Tremendous pocket camera. If you don't have a camera with you, there'll be no pics.

S

[XFer]

I had a 35 GL and now have a GT-E which I carry with me every day (in its belt pocket).
Wonderful camera, better than my GL which I also loved.

@MikeAUS: the GT-E goes up to ISO 1600 and it's OK for low-light shots.

Now a couple of pictures taken here in Rome two weeks ago (self-developed Fujifilm Superia 200)

[Lobo]

i found a minox GL yesterday at a fleamarket. instant love, because its incredible small, almost so small like a canon ixus II APS camera.

[v_roma]

Just recently got my hands on a GT-E. I'm assuming these cameras do not require light seals?

[elmarman]

I was GIVEN a 35GT by a gent I met on a 'Bargain Shearings Coach Trip' to Whitby last April =it came with TWO of the 5.6 V 'illegal' MERCURY batteries. Well I enquired on some Photo Forums and got a 6v Alkaline from a company in Portsmouth ( England) then was told about the company 'Maplins' who stock a PX27 replacement and a branch of Maplins opened up in my town of Brentwood, Essex England so I got a spare !

Minox 35GT by pentaxpete, on Flickr

[bitfeng]

The skylight filter of GTE sucks, especially when you shoot into light. Don't know how to get it removed or get the center part cut out so not to affect the image quality.

Originally Posted by v_roma

Just recently got my hands on a GT-E. I'm assuming these cameras do not require light seals?

[Wahoo]

Originally Posted by elmarman

I was GIVEN a 35GT by a gent I met on a 'Bargain Shearings Coach Trip' to Whitby last April.

Here's a photo taken in Whitby with a Minox 35EL, this camera was bought in 1978 and has been trouble free - so far .

[Godfrey]

Got a Minox 35EL in 1983 when the third of my Oly XAs died on me. I used it for about six years, when I gave it to a friend (I'd moved on, mostly, by that point, to Rollei 35s). About '95 or so, I realized that I missed the Minox 35's aperture priority AE enough that I should grab another.

I bought a Minox 35GT-E then and still have it. Still works fine. I even went so far as to buy all the accessories (hood, case, pouch, close-up lens and copy stand) which I've only occasionally used.

I know that many folks have seen them as somewhat unreliable but I've not had any problems with the two I've owned.

[Sykomor]

I'm going to try this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmqvis...n/photostream/

[raid]

I am traveling for tnree days, so I took with me a Minox GT and an ML. It took me minutes to make up my mind, but having two tiny cameras with sharp lenses is unbeatable for a short trip.

[v_roma]

Sorry to distract from the main purpose of the thread again but can anyone confirm that the Minox GT-E (or others in the family) do not use light seals in their design? Just want to make sure before I ruin a roll

[bitfeng]

no light seals at all. this is why I like german engineering. every time I get a german camera it doesn't need a seal, while every time I get a japanese camera I have to replace the worn light seal.

Originally Posted by v_roma

Sorry to distract from the main purpose of the thread again but can anyone confirm that the Minox GT-E (or others in the family) do not use light seals in their design? Just want to make sure before I ruin a roll

[v_roma]

Great, thank you! It looked from the design of the back that light seals wouldn't be necessary but, like you, I'm so used to have to replace light seals when I get old cameras that I wasn't sure.

Originally Posted by bitfeng

no light seals at all. this is why I like german engineering. every time I get a german camera it doesn't need a seal, while every time I get a japanese camera I have to replace the worn light seal.

[Dirk]

Love my GT. Great lens and great industrial design. I had mine overhauled by DAG several years ago ($85) and it continues to work like a charm.