Minox 8x11 - Model U B-C flash gun for AG1 flash bulbs (type 1)

introduction | B-C Fan flash | Model U | A | B
Model U samples : 1 | 2 | 3

Minox first sold a flash unit in 1961. B-C flashgun matches the shape and style of the camera. It fits directly to the flash nipple the unit requires no synchronization cable. The small fan reflector slides out of the back of the unit and when retracted the used bulb is ejected.

From the beginning there were three versions of the B-C flash gun. A short shoe version for the Minox A, a long shoe with cut out for the Minox B's meter and a cold shoe version, Model U (universal) with synchronization cable to work with any camera with an accessory shoe. A two tone grey plastic U version was sold by EMO the company owned by Arthur Seibert who also invented the  Emoskop.

The Model U fitted to a Minox A using the cold shoe accessory.

Ebay
* 01/05/14 40.20USD
* 02/03/22 19.01USD
02/04/21 29.50EUR
02/06/22 37.07EUR
02/08/27 26USD
02/11/10 13.45USD
02/12/31 78USD
* 03/01/06 77USD
03/11/24 11.49USD
04/01/11 22.28USD
05/01/17 16GBP box
05/12/29 19.10USD box
06/05/06 12.50USD


Last Updated on 6th May 2006