{"id":9104,"date":"2013-06-29T08:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2013-06-28T22:50:49","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T05:50:49","slug":"minox-gt-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=9104","title":{"rendered":"Minox GT-E"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Minox-9753\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I picked this little Minox\u00a0up at the 2013 Vancouver camera show.\u00a0 It does have an issue with the needle in the viewfinder that should\u00a0indicate the\u00a0shutter speed but doesn’t. However the actual shutter is working properly so it’s not the worst problem to have.\u00a0 There are many perfectly good cameras that I use where I have no idea what shutter speed\u00a0the camera\u00a0chose,\u00a0at least with the Minox GT-E and it’s aperture priority I am selecting the aperture.<\/p>\n

As for batteries it requires 5.6V to operate and some of these batteries can be hard to source.\u00a0 Fortunately 4 zinc air hearing aid batteries give 5.6v and fit perfectly so that’s what I’ve used.\u00a0 In keeping with the miniature nature of this 35mm camera the film advance requires two strokes per frame.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0camera is focused at the front of the lens where you also set the aperture, this allows you to easily select a range of focus based on the depth of field for\u00a0a given\u00a0aperture.\u00a0 This type of zone<\/strong> focusing is ideal for quick shooting where any other type of focusing is just too slow.\u00a0 For example when I took the image of the bronze horse I was on a moving escalator I saw the horse ahead and set my focus for about 10 feet and when I reached that distance I just snapped.<\/p>\n

If you look at\u00a0the\u00a0picture of the camera bellow\u00a0you can see that with the aperture set for f5.6 that the depth of field would give acceptable\u00a0focus from about 12 feet to infinity focus.<\/p>\n

\"Minox-9746\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Minox-9744\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> \"Minox-9740\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Even with its case\u00a0it is a very small camera but feels quite solid.\u00a0 I like that the viewfinder is located right above the lens, this doesn’t seem to get much mention but it limits the parallax error to up and down when framing a shot.\u00a0 I dislike framing a shot of a nearby object with a rangefinder only to find that I’ve included something I didn’t want in the frame.\u00a0 That’s one reason I love the 100% viewfinder on my DSLR\u00a0and is also an attribute\u00a0of\u00a0cameras that use an \u00a0LCD\u00a0screen. But back to the little Minox, don’t let its cuteness fool you its a great camera and offers just that extra bit of control that is missing from another comparably great little camera the Olympus Stylus Epic.<\/p>\n

And of course here come the images<\/p>\n\n\t\t