page_title: Minox
section_title: Miniature retro cameras
hierarchical_section_title: Minox / Other products / Miniature retro cameras
caption_attribution_description: English: Minox DSC digital spy camera Deutsch: Spionagekamera MINOX DSC 中文（简体）‎: 密诺斯 数码特工相
context_page_description: Minox is a manufacturer of cameras, known especially for its subminiature camera.
  The first product to carry the Minox name was a subminiature camera, conceived in 1922, and finally invented and produced in 1936, by Baltic German Walter Zapp. The Latvian factory VEF manufactured the camera from 1937 to 1943. After World War II, the camera was redesigned and production resumed in Germany in 1948. Walter Zapp originally envisioned the Minox to be a camera for everyone requiring only little photographic knowledge. Yet in part due to its high manufacturing costs the Minox became more well known as a must-have luxury item. From the start the Minox also gained wide notoriety as a spy camera.
  Minox branched out into 35 mm film format and 110 film format cameras in 1974 and 1976, respectively. Minox continues to operate today, producing or branding optical and photographic equipment.
context_section_description: Minox has expanded its range of 8×11 models by offering Minox-badged cameras styled as miniatures of famous classic film cameras of the past, manufactured by Sharan Megahouse of Japan, including:
  Leica If
  Leica IIIf
  Leica M3
  Rolleiflex TLR
  Zeiss Contax I
  Hasselblad SWC.
  All these retro cameras are equipped with 15mm F5.6 triplet lens, and 1/250 sec shutter. Using
  Minox film in Minox cassette, image size 8x11mm.
caption: Minox DSC, digital spy camera
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