Minox Camera Accessories: Handy Becomes Handier

[@Max_Marz]

Never ever get tired of these intros, this one was amazing

[@frogz]

im waiting for the rest of the story!!

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

Always loved the Minox designs.

[@alansmith8837]

Dont stop gilles one of the best channels on yt.

[@MrNoobed]

How cool. I had a kodak 110 camera when i was young and thought it was the coolest thing for a summer

[@jonathanreedpike]

The ultimate pocket gadget. I'm a fan of the last meterless models, had several in the 80's, very tempting with today's films. Looks like film, developing, and scanning are available.

[@kelvinhall3174]

This channel is such a hidden gem. I absolutely love your content.

[@MrDeelightful]

This channel is a hidden gem. From shooting to research. This is such a cool piece of history. Keep it up

[@eyerollthereforeiam1709]

GREAT opening gag.

[@jaytalbot1146]

Cool camera, if they had only figured out how to put a phone into it everyone would have one in their pocket.

[@RaymondSwanson-u9y]

Bluetooth?

[@tallman11282]

A phone in everyone's pocket? That's crazy talk and will never happen.😂

[@fodnium]

"Language is an art" thank you, now back to the video

[@techman2553]

You forgot to mention the Minox Auto-Trike, released in 1961. It was a 3 wheel camera mount accessory for taking pictures in motion at speeds up to 57 MPH. It featured, storage for various lenses, a cupholder, AM radio, integrated headlights for nighttime picture taking at speed, amphibious conversion kit, a crash helmet, and an integrated diesel powered flash bulb port, which eliminated the need for carrying spare batteries.

[@ostrov11]

Спасибо, отличный контент. С Новым Годом !!!

[@jimsvideos7201]

Happy new year Gilles.

[@bobtail1200]

Black Hills gold is my favorite. I love the look of the grape leaves as age and wear. The brightness . ❤

[@petersage5157]

I'd also heard the pronunciation you used in the first video. Brand name pronunciations are often regional and frequently established by the company's regional marketing. You'd be surprised how many different pronunciations I've heard for Nikon and Hyundai.

[@tacosalad8876]

Oh, I actually own that tabletop tripod. Passed down from my grandfather, to my father, to me. It doesn't have the cable release though, comes with a very old leather scabbard though. It's really handy and I keep it in my camera bag, though for some reason it always makes airport pull me out of line each time I bring it somewhere.

[@caav56]

Just seen tripod today, so thank you for the video with other accessories!

[@daveb3910]

Is your hair real? Howd you decide on your beard style? What's you do previously in the nuclear industry? Why'd you leave aforementioned industry? What'd your dream job (aside from what you already do)? What intrigued you most about historical tech? (Ie history, manufacturing processes, use cases, etc) There's some questions for you, let's get that FAQ going

[@mcb187]

Minox also made a film slitter that cut two strips of minox width film from the center unperforated portion of 35mm, and it was a nice bit of kit too, using sheer-cutter wheels instead of knife slitters like most folks use today.

[@warrenjones744]

Happy New Year to you as well Gilles

[@NikeaTiber]

Your operative at the beginning needs to monitor his auditory signature a bit more. In all seriousness though, you make excellent content man.

[@bradlevantis913]

Next Christmas you should do a compilation of your introductions.

[@petersage5157]

He put up a cold open supercut a few months ago.

[@bradlevantis913]

@ ya it was great. I’m hoping for part 2!

[@erinschlameus3628]

They had more accessories than I realized.

[@cortos_9733]

Great and informative video. I never watched the original but I'll go watch that first.

[@RCAvhstape]

That into though. Better watch out for the Google Operatives, Jean. Two by two, hands of blue!

[@alwaysbearded1]

Happy New Year. Looking forward to more exciting presentations in 2025. My father would have loved this one because of his interest in film though mostly movies.

[@X-Chë-X]

Happy new year, Gilles!

[@thurin84]

that open is next level! happy new year!

[@JustinWhos]

Love your channel! Hope to see more of you next year!

[@ibrahimkocaalioglu]

Happy New Year Gilles 🎉

[@FirstLast-ii5wo]

I found that a 1/2inch CPVC pipe, 2 pipe caps & strip of plastic worked very well as a developing tank for Minox film.

[@juslitor]

If there still was commercially available film for this wee beastie, I´d buy one right away.

[@jimsn9624]

Happy new year!!!

[@MattP75]

Great intro.

[@esalehtismaki]

Interesting accessories. Although one can argue, whether there anything more Minox in the tripod, compared to ofter table tripods. I actually have a smaller one.

[@h-leath6339]

Dad had a Nikon SLR. What I've just seen in this is the equivalent to, er, approx. the Sony recording Walkman (TOTL ver.) or maybe even their mini-disc line. One thing I've always always known: If your can screw in a shutter cable it is a serious camera. That prevents "unrequested vibration". Even serious digital cam makers couldn't seem to figure that out for... kind of a long while. But I guess we have BT triggers now. Regardless, that camera and system are rad. My kind of tooling.

[@Themanwithnoscreenname]

Real snap shot of camera evolution, I say.

[@patrickshannon4854]

Happy New Year.

[@bertofnuts1132]

This channel should take the Elbonian Army procurement challenge (see Perun, Ed Nash, Rexx Hangar, HI Sutton, Forgotten Weapons....) and ruin them with expensive and inefficient or dangerous gadgets. Come on Gilles, you can do it!

[@VikOlliver]

Question or three: I have the first replicating 3D printer (2008 RepRap "Darwin"), as in the very first one to self-replicate. Do I tidy it up? Do I leave it in the storage crate? How would I find an institution that would look after it? I'm in New Zealand where the few museums here are highly focused on indigenous culture and not much else.

[@zeugundso]

Have you already talked to Adrian Bowyer? The ur-Darwin resides in the London science museum, maybe they have contacts that make sense? Would be great for that display to show both machines side by side like that iconic "parent" -> "child" photo :) In any case I would not preemptivly tidy anything up...

[@VikOlliver]

@@zeugundso I'm the other guy in the photo. Adrian donated one to the London Science Museum but it got taken away, we don't know where. I donated the first replicated part (actually the second one as the design used a pair, so the other original is preserved with me).

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

Question : In the opening introduction you show a number of slides. It would be interesting for you to give some detail especially of the slide showing the women sitting in front of some heavy electrical control panels. Best for the New Year.

[@frogz]

whoa, i had an early cheap 320 by 240 webcam/digital camera that looked exactly like 1 of these

[@bladder1010]

Wunderbar, as always!

[@gametec_live]

"Autoknips" is a great name for a timer...

[@kicksledkid]

The phone I'm watching this on, a pixel 9 pro, has a camera bump only 15mm or so narrower than the minox's length. I can't believe they managed to put film in such a tiny little thing

[@Pillowcase]

I love that tripod.

[@asn413]

dang! i thought barbie had acessories!

[@sergeykoshelev4566]

One! Happy New Year all.

[@brianperry150]

For a subject how about the ANPRC25 set

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

The Minox Binocular attachment actually works a lot better and more ergonomically with a monocular than a pair of binoculars.

[@kidmohair8151]

Bonne Année M Messier!

[@inregionecaecorum]

It is hard to believe that the Kodak disc camera had an even smaller film format. I still think that the zenith of miniature cameras was the Pentax 110, even so producing photographs worthy of enlargement with that is not a given. I find it hard to believe anyone ever took any decent pictures with a minox.

[@peterrenn6341]

The Pentax 110 was a gorgeous thing: an SLR that size with full auto exposure is a marvel. The key to decent Minox prints is to get a proper enlarging lens, i.e. a short focal length and optimised for the tiny format. I have a Minolta 30mm which is superb as it gets the best out of the excellent Minox lens.

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There is a donation option in KZbin. Do you plan to add it to your channel?

[@John-1984]

You can buy brand new film for the Minox from the Film Photography Store.

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All throughout the video I kept getting an image of Artie Johnson from laugh in saying “very interesting, und very sneaky these Germans". But it was very interesting.

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[@o2wow]

Like fancy jewelry that takes pictures.

[@Coconut-219]

'who's "Nox" is it anyways?'

[@thrillscience]

You should thoroughly confuse your viewers and pronounce it the "French" way as "minoh". Also, I'm puzzled why you use the UK pronounciation (and spelling) for "aluminum." I thought Canadians said it the same way as Americans.

[@Shinzon23]

Not all of us speak UK English... *glances at Quebec as it babbles to itself in classical french* We have that to deal with

[@marksmith9295]

Aluminium as an element is the correct spelling in the periodic table. Most people in Canada do spell and pronounce as aluminum though much to the chagrin of many Brits I have worked with:)

[@marksmith9295]

Having lived in Quebec I can assure you most Quebecois do not speak classical French as spoken in France. @@Shinzon23

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Happy New Year, 2025.

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"Language is hard" : My daughter, An ENGLISH teacher. 🤔😊

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Is that the lock picking lawyer?

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This dude running this channel is too creepy. Bad vibes all around. He’s obviously trying to copy Technology Connections, but he’s straight up creepy, and disturbing. He’s likely on some government watch list.