until high-performance digital versions became available.
This example was manufactured in 1969, and featured manual and automatic exposure control, as well as a whisper-quiet shutter. Special 16mm film was loaded via a "drop-in" cartridge. PROPOLOGY has a supply of "dummy" film cartridges, and an actual MINOX developing tank. This novel item, automatically unspools film from the cartridge case…
then into the tank for developing.