Fulfill your spying ambitions with Minox

Leonard Goh | Sep 19, 2008

Photo credit: Minox

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Minox cameras were renowned for their miniscule footprint, and the company's 8 x 11 series of shooters were even used by spies for discreet operations. However, the German company didn't latch straight onto the digital bandwagon when it happened in the late 1990s, so now it has to revolutionize itself in other ways to stand out from the big players.

On its teaser site, Minox claims that its new camera will make people associate it with James Bond, and it's so small, "it disappears in a clenched fist". The Web site lists the new shooter's dimensions to be similar to 8 x 11 series snappers, with the latest imaging technology.

According to Retro Thing, the shooter is named Minox DSC and will house a 3.2-megapixel sensor, 128MB of internal memory, a microSD card expansion slot and 640 x 480-pixel video recording. It will be powered by a Lithium-ion battery.

There's no word on the pricing yet, but Minox will probably announce its availability and pricing when it unveils this collector's item at Photokina next week in Germany.

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