Minox collection | introduction | Contax I case lens cap | Leica 1f case lens cap | Leica IIIf case lens cap | Lecia M3 case lens cap | Display cases Rectangular Semicircular | electronic flash | Leather strap
Gold contacts for the electronic flash are on the base of the camera. These are proprietary and Minox sold a special strobe to fit the Leica IIIf which has a screw to lock the camera into place. A standard PC socket, so that any flash unit could be operated with the camera, and a standard 1/4" tripod socket would have cost very little more.
The flash unit is functionally very good with a large reflector and fast recycling time. In keeping with Minox tradition (although this is most likely a Japanese design as well as Japanese production) of huge flash units to tiny cameras the Classic flash also belittles the Minox Leica IIIf camera. For a flash unit costing 119EUR it might have been expect to also have a rotating head to bounce flash The flash is very bright to allow the 1/250th to get enough light but over exposes the Minox digital Leica M3 2.1/3/4Mp. Yasmin, aged 5 comment on this arrangement was "It looks silly".
The Classic Flash was sold for 118EUR in 2005.
Ebay
2006/05/26 52EUR (box), 2006/05/30 45.49EUR, 2007/07/07 81EUR, 2007/12/26 102.50USD
Last Updated on 30th December 2007