Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The National Security Council of the People's Republic of China has declared the (original 8 x 11 mm) Minox camera a spy tool and forbidden its sale in the republic. Several Minoxes were confiscated when the local offices of the Minox representative were raided said Mr Kortemeier, the General Manger of Minox (a Leica subsidiary), according to today's Frankfurter Allgemeine. The paper noted that the camera was constructed in 1935 by Walter Zapp in Riga in Lettland and has been made in Germany since 1948. Zapp is now 94 years old. If they have Christmas in China, I guess some high party officials will get a nice present. Or did the the chinese spies need some cameras and had no money? Anyway, do not bring your Minox to China, - and they may not know the difference between 35 mm and 8 x 11 mm.