Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/29

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Minox film size
From: lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Mon May 29 16:49:29 2006
References: <200605281424.k4SENppb024236@server1.waverley.reid.org>

On May 28, 2006, at 10:24 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

>  I believe Minox film is 11mm in width and so a
> simple darkroom tool can be set up to allow the film to be made from, 
> say,
> a standard roll of 35mm film, in any emulsion.

The image size is 8 x 11 mm. The film is 9.2 mm in width. The Minox 
film width was NOT based on the Pathe 9.5 mm cine film. The closeness 
in size is just a coincidence.

Larry Z