My Minox C came without a chain. I have two measuring chains
attached to IIIs and B, but I found out that with a chain hooked
to button , the chain might catch on to car door handle or
shopping cart etc, so I use the C without chain.

A big attraction of Minox submini is its closeup capability: half
a page, a diagram, a flower, another Minox etc. None of my Contax T2,
Rollei 35 or Minox GTE can do this kind of photography.

But how to make closeups without a chain ?

I use my hand and fingers.

Stretch hand = 8 inch, that is the closest focusing distance
of Minox A/B/C/LX.

Index finger = 4 inches
First two sections of index finger = 2 inch.

With these 'measuring device' I can set the Minox to all
sorts of closeup distance

8 inch
10 inch = a stretch hand plus half of index finger
1 foot = streatch hand + index finger
16 inches = two stretch hands
....

Pictures taking this way came out quite sharp.

martin tai
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