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Why carry a subminiature? Well, to take photographs when you otherwise would never had had a camera with you.
One lunch time I saw an un-expect tourist out side of my office. Posing for photographs in front of the Lloyds of London building. Many people stopped to look, after all it is not everyday you see a Dalek1 in the streets of London. [Taken with a Minox LX]
Here are more photographs of the Lloyds of London building, taken in November 1999 [with an LX] during
the day,
early evening
and at night
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Another building near my office was used in '101 Dalmatians'.
Trains have played a large part in my daily travels for the past two years. The "Delayed Train Company" in particular.
Virgin Train at Euston - fortunately I don't travel Virgin Rail [Taken with an LX]
Evening rush hour at Liverpool Street, taken with a Minox Lecia IIIf, hand held with a film that expired in 1982! Unfortunately it is black and white and you can't see the full house. 18 platforms with red train delayed banners. The last thing anyone was able to do was rush and the crowded period is about 4 hours morning and 4 hours evening!
Having got a Minox Lecia IIIf on the same day as a Minox AIII is seemed appropriate to use a 19 year old black and white film to test them out.
Lloyds Of London (one, two) taken with the Minox Lecia IIIf
Tower Bridge, London, (with the Minox AIII)
taken from the Monument [Taken with a Minox LX]
Yasmin is always ready to have her picture taken. This was at her nursery school party day, summer 2000. [Taken with an LX].
LX 2000 testing. More London buildings (January 2001).
Crocus in pot (January 2001).
In the front garden (February 2001).
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Yasmin does not want to be left out of taking photographs and takes every opportunity to 'borrow' a film camera in preference to her Digital spycamera.
Here is me taking a photograph of Yasmin taking a photograph of me with a Minox Lecia IIIf (December 2000). Unfortunately the new TLX was under test and the shutter never opened.
Yasmin's nursery school friend Minying also taken with the Minox Lecia IIIf (December 2000).
Lim Yau and Gerald taken by Yasmin using a LX 2000 (April 2001).
I have carried a Minox camera with me almost daily for 30 years, since 18th August 1972 when, after 10 weeks summer holiday working I had saved up for a Minox BL. Nearly all my photographs are slides, so it hard finding examples of negatives from some cameras and these are often from test films. I didn't note what camera was used with the film when it was proceeded, but fortunately Minox negatives show the camera type used by semi-circles and triangles on the border of the film (see the Minox tips page)..
Washed out - Basula
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The hardest person I know to take a photography, Elsie - most come out as flying hands and missed around the corner of a door. Reflex mirror, not at eye level.
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Back yard, Grantham, England 1972
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Stature of Sir Isaac Newton, Grantham, Lincs, England [father's home town]
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Celle Schloss, Germany [mother's home town, and where much of my Minox equipment came from]
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Theatre land, London, I was just walking by the stage door and met Sir Cliff Richard leaving the
theatre.
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Wedding Day - Harita 18th August 1976
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A Royal Wedding - 29th July 1981 - the time when I wanted a long zoom lens and not a Minox C and BL.
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G B McMullon, holidays 1982 - England is green for a reason, it is always raining.
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Royal Horticultural show London 1983
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Shirley Williams, PM on the election trail in Cambridge 1984
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6 weeks in Indian December 1989 prints on an EC, slides on an LX and using up film with a Rollei 16s (all three cameras were stolen on a train to Kampur).
Puna banyan tree ec_puna_8912.jpg
Jaipur Pink City ec_jaipur_8912.jpg
Jaisalmer fort city ec_jaisalmer_8912.jpg
Sunrise in the desert a few hours drive and camel ride from Jaisalmer ec_rajasthan_sunrise_8912.jpg
A window of one of the buildings in the deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri ec_fatehpur_sikri_8912.jpg
Tomb of Akbar the Great ec_tomb_of _akbar_8912.jpg,
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Ancient Temples at Khajuraho ec_khajuraho_8912_2.jpg ;
The Taj Mahal - one of the 7 wonders of the world ec_tajmahal_8912.jpg
6 Weeks in Hong Kong and China 1991
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Water gardens, Hong Kong c_hong_kong_9108.jpg
Nathan Road at Night, Hong Kong c_hong_kong_nathan_9108.jpg
View from the Peak, Hong Kong Island c_hong_kong_peak_9108.jpg
Nian Rou, Canton, China c_nian_rou_canton_9108.jpg
Nian Rou, Xian, China c_nian_rou_xian_9108.jpg
Waterfall, Shao Zing, China c_white_mountains_9108.jpg
Jaspreet Mahal September 91
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Nian Rou, Ely, Cambridgeshire
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Big Ben, London
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Nian Rou, Paliment Square, London
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Nian Rou and the new EG Bates bicycle 1993
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Nian Rou, Market Square, Cambridge
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Crocus - Milton, Cambridge - spring's arrival
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Me, so I didn't take this one lx_gfg_milton_9403.jpg
Nian Rou, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
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Nian Rou, first driving lesson, Toyota Celcia
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Nian Rou, Hanover, Germany
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Stanstead Airport, internal flight to Glasgow
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From the window of the aircraft over the highlands of Scotland
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The Rose Window, York Minister, York, England
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Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge, England
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Yasmin, 1 day old
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Ipswich town centre , Essex, England
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Don't they look cute when all warn out, Yasmin April 1997
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River Cam, drained, to avoid flood water
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The grounds of Holstein Friesen Society, Rickmansworth, England - they register all births, breeding and sales of cattle in the UK
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Lloyds of London building, another test film, this one with the ECX
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same bulbs as shown earlier, but now reduced to yellow only bulbs
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Playground, Milton village, Cambridge
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Not Minox - but for comparison - the butterflies where taken in the back garden with a Minolta 7Xi with a 35-105mm zoom at close range.
Well it is Minox - the Minox stand at 'Live 95', Minolta 7xi
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1. Dalek - a long term adversary of Dr. Who from the BBC television series (1963-93, 2006-2008) are metal clad life forms designed to be the perfect soldier.
Last updated
12th September 2008