Konan-16 Automat
The Konan-16 Automat was Chiyoda's first subminiature camera for 16mm film. Originally it was a development of Konan. Chiyoda added flash synchronization to the camera model.
- Type: subminiature viewfinder camera (or "spy camera")
- Manufacturer: Konan and Chiyoda Kogaku
- Year of launch: 1950
- Film: Konan cartridge for 16mm, allowing midroll film exchange
- Frame size: 10×14mm
- Lens: Chiyoko Rokkor 1:3.5/25mm (3 elements), focusing fixed
- Shutter: slider shutter, speeds 1/25 to 1/200 sec., flash synchronized
- Aperture: 1:3.5-1:11
- Film advance: film is advanced and the shutter is cocked when the camera is pushed shut and reopened
- Dimensions: 72×46×23mm
- Weight: 280g
Links
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| From Asahi Camera December 1950. image by rebollo_fr (Image rights) |
In English:
- Variations in the Konan 16 under Minolta at submin.com
- Konan-16 in Nigel Richards' website
- Konan-16 Automat in the 70th anniversary Minolta poster, reproduced at Photoclub Alpha
In Swedish:
- Konan-16 Automat, lot no.425 of auction no.31 (2 November 2008) by LP Foto
In Japanese:
- Konan-16 Automat in the Konica Minolta history pages
- Konan-16 Automat and repair notes at Fukucame's Rangefinder website
- Konan-16 Automat in Mediajoy's Classic Camera site
- Konan-16 Automat among Minolta 16mm cameras at Minoltan (archived)
- Konan-16 Automat in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
