Reflex finder - black
Reflex finder : A early brown box
with gold logo | A later (grey blue
box) | B 50s (grey box) | B 60s (dark blue box)
This Finder Is Constructed At Least Partially Of Brass, As Can Be Seen In The Small Area Of The Photo. It Does Not Have A Top Over The Lens But It Does Not Look Like It Was Intended To. There Are NOT 3 Screw Holes Around The Lip As Are Found In The Common Silver Model. The Inside Of The Lens Assembly Is Perfectly Anodized, No Chipping Around The Lip.
This finder is almost twice the weight of the silver one:
| Silver | 16 grams |
| Black | 30 grams |
A Black Reflex finder is NOT Mentioned In Heckman's "Minox Variations In 8x11" or, in Morris Moses' "Spy Camera - The Minox Story". A retired Minox retailer in Hamburg remembers selling a few black right angle finders and black reflect prisms which he ordered from Minox for customers.
There are several differences between this reflex finder and the Common, aluminium model.
This black one has the camera mounting base held to the reflex head by three screws, not riveted as found on the common silver model.
2nd - The spring clips which hold the finder to the camera are different (holes are drilled at apex of cuts).
| Model | Reflex Prism Model A black | ||
| Finish/colour | chrome | chrome | black |
| Case | |||
| Box | brown fir box | grey box | |
| Instructions | |||
| Purchased | 2002/09/22 | 2001/04/09 | |
| Date of Manufacture | |||
| Cost | 99.99EUR | 102.50USD | |
| Current Value | 100EUR | 110USD | |
| Auction Price | Ebay *2002/09/22 99.99EUR | Ebay *2001/04/09 102.50USD (grey box), 2002/07/17 128.11USD (grey box), 2002/09/27 56USD, 2002/12/20 42.83GBP (grey box), 2003/04/07 201.50USD (grey box), 2005/07/08 66.50USD box 2005/09/07 52USD box, 2006/04/17 36.05USD box |
2002/11/04 100USD (grey box), 2006/01/16 70USD (with chrome B prism finder), 2006/07/26 107.50USD (box) |
| Comment | 16 grams | 30 grams | |
Last Updated on 27th November 2006