Week 26 – Minolta 16

Bond, James Bond. . .

The Minolta sixteen is a vintage “spy camera.” Though Q Department issued Minoxes, the regular individual could Printable not notify 1 apart from this. My sixteen is a collapsible camera with a 22mm mounted emphasis lens. It folds smaller sized than a pack of cards and very easily fits in a pocket. Small wheels on one particular conclude modify aperture and shutter pace, and there is no meter. It makes use of Minolta 16mm cartridges which are nonetheless offered by way of the Net, and they can be reloaded with ability and persistence. Every single cartridge holds twenty exposures. Opening and closing the camera entire body routinely advancements the film. Mine seems to date from close to 1960.

I loaded up a cartridge of 200 ASA shade and took it to the MA Morgan Horse Show. . .

References:

Camera Wiki

Manual

As is usually the circumstance, it was an $8.00 eBay locate.

 

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