Talk:Minox
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The "current" versions of the Minox (that is, those made over the last 50 years or so) with Complan and Minox lenses, do not have a curved film plane. The film is held flat.
I'm not going to alter this at this time, because it would require more than a minor edit. This page is pretty much a stub, anyway, and needs a comprehensive revision/enhancement by a Minox expert.
WilliamSommerwerck 19:25, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I must disagree. The Complan lens in my IIIs has a curved pressure plate. A description of the pressure plates--with photos--can be found here. I've read elsewhere two different explanations for this curvature. 1) It was easier to grind a lens with sufficient clarity to the far left and right edges. 2) Bent into an arc, the emulsion is stiffer and optically "flatter." KarlWK (talk) 05:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Needs a better introduction.
The article immediately starts off into history, hardly even explaining what the subject is. TheOtherSiguy 16:24, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
This was corrected a few weeks ago. KarlWK (talk) 05:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Split this Article?
The Minox camera was made before there was a Minox company. This article combines both subjects. When time (after mid-2008) and interest permits, I will split it into two parts, one for the cameras derived from Zapp's original designs and one for the German company which formed after the war to produce it again. KarlWK (talk) 05:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
As it was Zapp and Jurgen who created the West German company Minox GmbH in 1948 and produced in West Germany Riga cameras made from parts taken from Vef during the War and the Minox A was designed by Zapp there is not a sensible split as you suggest. Gerald McMullon 6 January 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.127.71.150 (talk) 13:40, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
They are intertwined, yes, but The Minox camera is the 8x11 series. I still feel these warrant a separate article from Minox GmbH and the other products it introduced. KarlWK (talk) 23:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Rollei MiniDigi
The MiniDigi isn't a Minox product as far as I can tell - it's actually produced and marketed by Rollei in Japan, and Minox merely remarketed it in Europe. Rollei offer red and black versions and have just announced a new 5.0Mp version (3.2Mp sensor, square), Minox offered the red as a premium "Limited Edition" through Lufthansa. The DCC M3 does appear to be a Minox product, though it's vastly inferior to their miniature film cameras and is crudely "developed" from an off the shelf reference design. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.189.133 (talk) 15:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
