Minox returns to spy camera biz

East-West tensions are rising, so it seems like a good time for Minox to produce spy cameras again. But unlike the 16mm cameras of the 60s and 70s, the latest Minox DSC will be digital, and it comes with a web site that evokes the best 007 movies, license-to-shoot.com. The site is private now, set to go live on September 5, and details are scant but it looks like Minox will come out with a line of cameras hidden in a variety of small objects. Stay tuned for details and photos!

Here's the Minox press release:

MINOX with a world premiere at the photokina 2008 - Digital spy camera establishes new MINOXgraphy

Spys love it: small, intelligent and very reliable. MINOX cameras have been the dream tool of undercover agents for almost 75 years. To allow this legend to continue in the digital age, miniature optics specialists from Wetzlar have designed the MINOX DSC. This is a miniature camera that features the former 8x11 dimensions and at the same time boasts state-of-the-art technology.

This world premiere with cult potential is on show for the first time at the photokina 2008: This is also where MINOX is presenting everything the future “private-eye” needs for capturing spontaneous, candid digital images, from belt buckle cameras to a filming fountain pen.

The MINOX booth - designed as a spy workshop – focuses on the new MINOX DSC. Here the visitor can discover the possibilities offered by this new License to Shoot – the slogan of the fair presentation: fast, unobtrusive, candid photography - the new digital MINOXgraphy.

More details available as from September 5, under: www.license-to-shoot.com