The film advance automatically stops at each exposure and is unlocked when the shutter release is pressed. This method reduces film distortion compared with the reverse travel direction. The film runs from the upper chamber to the lower chamber. The film is advanced by a knob on the photographer's right, at the bottom, engraved with an arrow and the word WIND to indicate the turning direction. The Minolta Miniflex can take twelve exposures in 4×4cm square format. This camera is in pristine condition - probably because a), it looks like it didn't get that much use, and b), it's was sitting at the top of the wardrove since the 1970's! This is a much newer camera than the other two, made in 1959, however I find it the most fascinating cameras of the three, because of the twin lens reflex system, much like a hasselblad. The third vintage camera I was given was the Minolta Miniflex.
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