Minox DC1011, now gold-plated for the casino set

Somewhere, we imagine that there has to be a warehouse (or at least a small storeroom) full of gilded inventory, guarded by a very sad man wondering where his business model went wrong. Still, that hasn't stopped low-end Chinese equipment outfitter Minox, which is hoping that its new DC1011 24 carat plated camera, iced out with ten 2mm 0.03 carat diamonds along the lens, will be a hit with the absurdly rich (and grossly uninformed) crowd. This 10 megapixel camera has a 2.4-inch screen and a 10.4x digital zoom and also come in mere mortal colors, flavors, and prices, although we don't know what the price is on either model. But we can already feel the folks clamoring for a gold-plated SD card, because ordinary SD cards would just clash with this Midasian exterior.

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[Dan @ Sep 16th 2006 3:39PM]

Would look great with a TrekStor Gold MP3 player.

[Mike @ Sep 16th 2006 3:55PM]

It looks like pee.

[Rick Lang @ Sep 16th 2006 3:56PM]

UMM, FYI Minox isn't Chinese, it's a German Company with a 75+ year history now owned by Leica. Know worldwide for their miniture SPY equipment, Minox has been making silver, gold, and even platinum special editions for at least 30 years.

[Blue Plate Productions @ Sep 16th 2006 4:09PM]

"'Minox', check the ship, Chewie, see if you can find any chewing on the power cables."

[hornylion @ Sep 16th 2006 4:14PM]

don't know if people search for such a gay camera

[MB @ Sep 16th 2006 4:35PM]

Commentor #3 knows of what he speaks. Minox goes back to the 30's as a manufacturer of fine spy cameras originally made in Latvia, then later in Germany. However, one can't tell whether this gold camera adheres to its legacy or is another sad case of a fine marque being licensed out. In any case, Minox should not be referred to as a "low-end Chinese equipment outfitter."

[dave_b @ Sep 16th 2006 9:25PM]

That's going to look great in my gold-plated DeLorean

http://www.bigtexas.com/dmc/

[PAC-3 @ Sep 16th 2006 9:40PM]

Where is the Saudi crown prince??

lol

[marc @ Sep 16th 2006 9:47PM]

Indeed--Minox is a German company, but as of 2004 they are no longer part of Leica. They are, however, straight from the Leica tradition and not "low end" nor Chinese when it comes to film cameras. Their spy cameras are legendary for the optical quality, and many of them still go for $500 even though they are half a century old.

That said, this digi camera doesn't appear to be high end, and it could be outsourced to a Chinese manufacturer like Apple does with iPods. And although the electronics on this may arguably be low end (don't know, really), how can you call a gold plated, diamond studded camera "low end"?

[Peter Payne @ Sep 18th 2006 4:47AM]

Aw man, I was gonna make the "Chewie, check the rest of the ship, make sure there aren't any more attached, chewing on the power cables" line!

[Dahlstrom Quarry @ Sep 22nd 2006 12:19AM]

I realize you guys can't afford full-time fact-checkers, but there's nothing wrong with a quick edit; Minox was incorporated in Central Europe in 1919 and even before Leica / Leitz / Elmar was the highest-end optic producer in Europe. Amalgamated into Leica in 1978, they've been making excellent (film) cameras for many, many years, and had contracts to develop miniaturized cameras for industrial and espionage purposes as far back as 1932. They also invented the 110 film format, the 6mm film format and the double 8 format, all of which were licensed to Kodak at one point. The Leica/Minox plant in Austria still makes excellent and very high-end optics for photographic and scientific use.

While this is a ridiculous looking product I doubt very much that anything about it is cheap or low-quality.