The Paines and the Minox Camera Charade

[Deborra Ann Low]

Here you go Deborra... p113 If we are referring to that little black case with the top popped open I don't think that's it and here's why... the image here is cropped. http://jfkassassination.net/russ/inventory4.gif is the full image with what looks like an empty Minox case. Sorry - but I don't see an image of the Minox camera like the color image I posted above

DJ

The case with the top popped open appears to be the small leather case for the missing Minox camera, and this photo was allegedly taken by the DPD on 11/22/63. This makes one wonder if the DPD ever really had the Minox subminiature camera to begin with, unless it was removed from the case prior to the photo being taken, perhaps to retrieve the film inside and to see if the camera was operable?? The Minox camera obtained from Michael Paine (much later), reportedly from the coffee can in his garage, was inoperable and was sealed shut (but apparently not at the time it was offered up as evidence by Michael Paine), so Michael Paine's Minox obviously couldn't have been the same camera the DPD removed from the Paine residence on 11/22/63 (allegedly taken from Oswald's seabag). With the serial number being located on the inside of these cameras, the FBI could not obtain a serial number from a camera they couldn't open, right? Plus, it's one thing to be mistaken about whether an empty case has or had a camera in it, or whether a light meter is really a camera, but the S/N of the camera is a problem as well, because it falls out of the range of possible serial numbers for a Minox, Model A, III, and fits only within the range of serial numbers for Minox, Model A, II camera. It's very odd for both Oswald and Michael Paine to both own subminiature Minox cameras (known to be used for espionage) unless they were both operatives, especially when these miniature Minox cameras were not like "Kodak Instamatics" and not commonly owned by the average "Joe" in 1963. Apparently some researcher (I don't know who???), has discovered that the serial number "27259" reported as being obtained from Michael Paine's Minox (before it was apparently sealed), fell within the range of cameras not sold to the general public but only to intelligence agencies. Does anyone have a verified reference for both the serial numbers of the Minox cameras that were not available for sale to the general public but only to intelligence agencies (FBI, CIA, etc.) and a verified reference for the Minox, Model A, III being sealed shut? I know John Armstrong has claimed that the Minox III camera was sealed closed, but what is the documented source for that claim? Thanks in advance for any help provided on this.