| lens | Minoctar 25mm/f2.8
4 elements three group |
| Viewfinder | parallax corrected bright frame
a small window at bottom shows aperture value under exposure >> or overexposure << sign |
| focusing | by rangefinder, supperimpose images |
| Two clam shell doors protects the lens, rangefinder and meter window | open by a recessed slide switch at bottom |
| focusing range,
metric / ft scale user selectable |
0.6,0.7,0.8,1,1.3,2.3,6M -infinity or
2,2.5,3,4,5,7,10,20' -infinity. |
| aperture, selected with a dial wheel | 2.8,4,5.6,8,11,16 |
| film advance | film advance lever at front of camera |
| shutter speed | 1 sec to 1/700 sec |
| Power | two mercury oxide 1.35v 625 cells |
| tripod socket | |
| shutter release thread | |
| Cube flash socket | |
| External dedicated flash | F110 |
| chain | wrist chain loop |
| dimension | 130x 55 x 26.5 mm
5 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/16" |
| weight | 140 g
5 oz |
| case | burgandy color genuine leather case |
photo credit: Bob Trabucco Minox 110S uses two PX625 1.35V mercury oxide button cells in series, for a total voltage of 2.7 v. Like great many cameras in the 60s to early 80s (Canon F1, Konica T, Rollei 35, Rollei A25 , Minox 110S etc ), alkaline version of 625 cell which as a voltage of 1.5 v is not suitable, it will give erroeneus exposure.
This is due to the fact that the voltage of mercury oxide cell stays stable at 1.35 voltage for a long time(flat discharge curve) then dies suddenly; one the other hand, alkaline 1.5v battery voltage drops steadily (sloping discharge curve), the voltage may be anywhere from 1.5v to 1.2 v.
PX625 cell or EPX625BP 1.35 V mercury oxide cell is hard to find
A company called CRIS sells a MR-9 adapter, which uses microelectronics to reduce 1.5 v silver oxide cell to around 1.35v.
250 M/ 54th street Chandler AZ, 85226
-- Anonymous, February 14, 2000