Minox (1st model)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Valsts Electro-Techniska Fabrica
DESIGNER: Zapp, Walter
NATIONALITY: Latvian
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Latvia, Riga
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Riga Minox
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1937
PRODUCTION DATES: 1937-early 1940s
PATENT DATE: Dec. 22, 1936
FILM TYPE: 9.5mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 8 x 11 mm.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $79.00
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 20,000
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: subminiature
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 15mm f/3.5 "Minostigmat"
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Made in Riga, Latvia by Valsts Electro-Techniska Fabrika. Guillotine
  shutter 1/2 - 1/1000. Minostigmat f3.5/15mm lens. Historically
  significant and esthetically pleasing, but not rare." (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: M6668.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 101

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Lothrop, Eaton S., Jr. --A Century of Cameras from the Collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.-- Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. pp 181.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 313.//