Technical data
Camera type: Minox
LX
ultraminiature camera
Minox model Nos.:
10.610 chrome finish, metric distance scale
10.620
chrome finish, feet scale
10.630 black
finish, metric scale
10.640 black
finish, feet scale
Negative size: 8 x
11
mm
Films: Minox 8 x
11
mm films
in
double daylight
cartridges for 15 or 36 exposures
(8
x
11-15
or
8 x
11-36).
Film advance: Push-pull rapid wind, operates only after
shutter is
released.
Film pressure plate: Closing force approx. 7.5 N with
camera
in
shooting readiness; film gate opens during
fi
lm
advance and loading.
Shutter: Electronically controlled double blade shutter.
Manual setting range 1/
2000
to
1/30
second. Automat-
ic
control range with shutter dial set to A (daylight expos-
ure automation)
1/2000 second to approx. 15 sec-
onds; with
scale set to : (flash exposure automation)
from
1/
2000
to
1/30
second.
Meter cell: Silicon photo diode (SBC)
33
Film speed: Adjustable from 12 to 400 ASA (12 to
27
DIN)
Light signals: Yellow: slow speed (automatically selec-
ted exposure time longer than
1/30
second); Red:
overexposure (use
neutral density filter) ; Green: battery
check.
Battery: Single 5.6 volt battery; Mallory
PX
27, Ucar
EPX 27
or
Varta 7150.
Lens: 15 mm f/3.5 Focusing range infinity to 8 inches
or
20 cm. Full aperture only.
Filters: UV filter as permanent lens window. Approx. 4 x
ND
filter can be switched into light path.
Lens hood: Permanently built
in
.
Finder: Bright-frame finder with automatic parallax
compensation. Red warning signal for ND filter.
Exposure counter: Counts backwards from
36
to
O.
Short-film section from 15 to
O.
Flash contact: X contact
Tripod bush: Built
in
('/
4")
Length closed: 10.8 cm (4.25")
Length open: 12.4 cm (4.9")
Width: 2.8 CI)1
(1.1
")
Height: 1.6 cm (0.6
")
Weight: 88 grams
(3.1
oz.) without battery or film
98 grams (3.5 oz.) with battery, without
film
100
grams (3.5 oz.) with battery and film
Made by Minox GmbH,
D-6300 Giessen
1,
West Germany