MyMinox

A lot has happened in the last few months!

My beautiful wife gifted me an immaculate chrome LX that looked like it had never been used. After working flawlessly for 5+ rolls of film, the images began to overlap, the film counter stopped incrementing and, finally, the shutter got stuck. In the same week I dropped my B, which resulted in the shutter getting stuck as well. That wasn’t a great week for me.

I’ve since sent both cameras off for repair to MS Hobbies in the UK (a long way from Australia, and an unfavourable exchange rate). Paul has done an excellent job repairing them and has had great communication throughout, all for a very reasonable fee.

In the absence of both cameras though, I went on a bit of a shopping spree. I’ve since added a gold Selection to my collection, and have a C, EC and another B on the way from Germany, as well as a bunch of cassettes (I’m waiting for delivery of these in the next hour or so!). Finally, sensing my disappointment at losing both cameras in one week, my wife gifted me another chrome LX!

Once everything arrives, I’ll be the owner of the following:

2 x Minox B (one chrome, one black)
1 x Minox C (chrome)
2 x Minox LX (chrome)
1 x Minox Selection (gold)
1 x Minox EC (black)

I’ll be using some of these new cameras (I’m looking at you, B and C) to learn how to disassemble, clean and repair the Minox, using Thomas’ excellent website Moments of Now. Stay tuned!

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