16 mm miniature camera - Minolta 16 & Kiev 30

Minolta 16 and its copy camera, Kiev 30.
These looks very much the same,
and here on this issue, we are going to look at these two comparing each other.

• First introduced on April 1, 1957.
• Film transport : push-pull wind
• Picture size : 10 x 14mm
• Viewfinder : direct-view Newton finder
• Finder magnification : 0.95x
• Film loading : the cartridge for 10 x 14mm format film is used.
• Shutter : Slide shutter
• Shutter speeds : 1/25 to 1/200 sec.
• Flash sync contact : X sync.
• Lens : Rokkor 25mm f/3.5
• Focusing : fixed focus
• Body dimensions : W79 x H24 x D42mm
• Body weight : 150 g.

• Manufactured between 1974 and 1983.
• Film transport : push-pull wind
• Picture size : 13 x 17mm
• Viewfinder : direct-view glass finder
• Film loading : the cartridge for 13 x 17mm format film is used.
• Shutter speeds : 1/30, 1/60, 1/200 sec.
• Flash sync contact : X sync.
• Lens : Industar M 23mm f/3.5
• Focusing : manual focusing
• Focusing distance : 0.5 to inf.
• Body dimensions : W85 x H26 x D46mm
• Body weight : 170 g.