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Hello Thanks for a thorough video My GL model has a broken film advance lever. The camera seems to work fine just using the thumb wheel for film advance and setting the shutter. The stub of the film advance thumb crank is rather sharp. Any idea how I can remove it from the camera all together, or perhaps get to it for replacement? Thanks

What you are calling snap rings are actually E clips and/or C clips. Those pliers are not used to remove or install them. Just use a small screwdriver to pop the clip off, and your fingers (or a pair of normal pliers) to pop them back on.

Hi, I just bought a Minox B and is very hard to open and close to take photo. Shutter works ok. Any tip what can be and how repair? Many Thanks

I was trying to do this and took too many of the plates off and my Lift Rod came off. In the manual I believe it is part 257. Is it possible for us to hop on a Zoom or something. I really need help. PLEASE

Can you help me a part fell out and I have no idea what it is

i had a faulty shutter too. for me the solution was adjusting the pusher forwards. it's located under the two larger, non-painted, screws on the right. loosen them a small bit, push the little arm mechanism forward (towards the topside of the camera) with a smal screwdriver, and screw the two larger screws back tight. for my camera i had to move the arm mechanism all the way up for it to work again.

Really nice, thank you for this video! I have a Minicord as well, also in brown, ans I consider it one of the weirdest, most ingenious camera's ever made. The prism construction at the top is also highly interesting because the frosted glass is not located between the lens and the prism but somewhere in between two prisms. Do you know how to open that part of the camera? I would like to remove some dust particles visitble through the viewfinder, but I do not want to damage the camera..

I can't imagine wanting to take an old Minox apart with hopes of fixing it, unless I was at least a watchmaker and had connections to obtain advice and parts.

Thanks for the disassembly instructions, they are great. Now, do you have the re-assembly videos available. Also, any idea how to remove the light meter from its housing (without destroying it), it seems to be glued in? Thanks again.

Any idea how to remove the door pins to swap doors?

Hi ! I’m trying to repair my father’s Minox 35 and I would like to access the repair manual you got your schematics from, may I ask where you found it ? Thanks ! Frank

10 minutes in and only the first screw removed - I am doomed LOL

Love the experimentation here

Hello, i have an minox 35 el. Do you know why lightmeter turn off at 2nd wind?

"Not confidence inspiring." Ha! You did great, kid. I've dealt with the cracked ceramic before, and this week got hands on a GT that's taken a dive. The counter is misaligned and it takes effort to screw that up. The tradeoff is a solid day or two of work to get a pocket full of excellent. Keep going. If you find you get good at it, low-ball all the "AS-IS" listings and refurbish them for a few bucks. Good luck.

i just ordered a couple of custom printed reels on etsy for minox film that fit in a regular paterson tank

Not confidence-inspiring.

I thank you for posting this...I needed a refresher on the focus knob. A trick to remove some stuck shutter blades is to flow a little lighter fluid to loosen the gum in some overly enthusiastically lubed shutter blades. Thorough cleaning will be needed after dripping the fluid in...dry blades and housing for normal operation. Crumpled blades is another story.

It's me again. I bought an almost mint looking 35 ML for a good price because the seller couldn't 100% ensure it works. Sure enough it had shutter issues (would fire in P mode but not under any F stop setting) and just like shown in your video there were two problem. The position of the arm with the two screws and also the positionadjustment of the bottom magnet. Once I adjusted both the shutter began working reliably in every setting. Once again thanks a lot for your very informative video!

This was just a snippet of a teardown and fix I'm doing. Going to do a full teardown video in the near future.

This is truly invaluable. Thanks so much for sharing all of your findings and solutions. I am interested in the 35 ML but wasn't sure if I should go for one that might have issues. It's hard to know which one works. Especially since many on eBay state that they haven't tested it and also because some just hear a click and assume the shutter works. While in fact the actual blades are not budging. I stumbled on that forum thread where someone explained how to adjust that lever position (probably what you mentioned in the video) but you went over way more other possible problems and fixes. I am somewhat confident that I could repair a unit in case it's faulty now... at least it's worth the risk. Thanks a bunch!

Hi, I have a similar camera, during repairs a small black plastic piece fell out of it, and I can't put it anywhere, I simply can't find its place. Could you give me your e-mail address, if you can help me identify it, thank you!

I love these cameras. I bought my first one, a Minox IIIs in 1967 for $50. I was 13 and just getting into photography. I used to take this with me always. I also have a Minox B and several accessories. I used to develop my own film and reload the film cartridges with a film slitter that I made. This video looks like it will help me repair my shutter blade that got stuck on the B model. Thank you!

Unfortunately, the newer more capable Minox cameras have much more going on inside which truly makes the job much more complex. Marty Doctor in Manchester, NH Is a great source for new shutter blades and information. Thanks for your nice videos. I appreciate your efforts.

I’ve replaced the shutter blades on my Minox III which seemed to go much easier. Apparently, with the metering added, they have put a lot more inside vying for space. Thanks for your pretty detailed demonstration. A bit more lighting would help!

Thank you very much for sharing! My question is, how do you reinstall the focus knob? No matter what I do, I cannot get it to drop into position. Your help would greatly be appreciated.

Makes me wanna own one even more. I doubt we will ever make something like this again.

The minox videos are pretty tedious but they are exactly what I was looking for. Great stuff. Thanks.

I wanted to add an explanation but it wouldn't let me. Running a stock 504 motor and coils. Running a Yamaha 6v 1 wire regulator from treatland.tv , no rectifier. H3 conversion headlight from treatland. Various bulbs from ledlight.com who have really good prices and a great unusual selection for 6v stuff.

Hi, Just bought my first Minox B camera shutter release doesn't depress also the settings for light meter/ aperture and film advance don't budge either...what am I looking at? Help! lol

Wow! Very detailed video of the disassembly. I have a Minox B and always wondered what they look like on the inside. Thanks for the tour. I will check out the reassembly video later.

couple of tips. Don't remove the end screws first, but rather loosen the set screw (don't remove) and unscrew the star headed screw in the film compartment a couple of turns then remove the cocking shell and back plate of the camera and the meter end will come off. Then you can easily get to the two end screws. Also, use a little acetone on a q-tip to remove the paint from the screws so you don't risk damaging anything.

Thank you so much you saved my camera I took it apart, found nothing wrong that i could see. Got sad. Put it backed together. aaaaaadn it worked. weird.

Very referential video, thx a lot

I'm going to have nightmares after watching this.

Interesting film 👍

Update: I made a tool to get out the end screws in a much better way, I'll show it when I do a reassembly video. I have some other stuff I'd like to update too. Currently waiting on new shutter blades so I can button it up.

Thanks for posting this. Putting the focus dial back is probably the worst part when repairing these cameras. I usually have trouble afterwards with film spacing. Putting new shutter blades on isn't much fun either, and takes a long time because everything is so small. These cameras take very nice pictures though.