England 1934 – Subminiature – 16 mm – Very Rare. The Midget is a subminiature camera made by Coronet in England starting 1934. The Midget was as small as a match box and designed to be used as a gift in cereal packets. The designers … Read moreCoronet
Midget – 94/99
Germany 1948 – Spy Camera – Custom film – Very Rare. The ABC Wristwatch camera, designed by Austrian Chemist Rudolph Steineck was first introduced in 1948 and was produced for 3 years. This fancy looking wristwatch is in reality a disguised sub-miniature camera allowing to … Read moreSteineck
ABC Wristwatch – 61/99
Japan 1959 – Subminiature – 16 mm – Infrequent. The Mamiya Super 16 was manufactured by Mamiya Camera Company of Tokyo in the early 1950s. Mamiya was well known for the Mamiya Six, a 6×6 foldable they had been producing since 1940. Starting 1949, they made … Read moreMamiya
Super 16 (Mod.III) – 55/99
Japan 1978 – Subminiature – 110 film – Infrequent. Launched in 1978, the Pentax Auto 110 was a very exciting camera, causing quite a stir among photography fans. It was indeed a (super cute) miniature version of a 35 mm interchangeable lens reflex. Pentax engineers were … Read morePentax
Auto 110 – 46/99
France 1937 – Subminiature – Custom film – Rare. The Eljy and Super-Eljy cameras were produced by Lumiere (from the Lumiere brothers) from 1937 and are among the most recognizable French miniature cameras. They were extremely popular cameras as they were built with almost no … Read moreLumiere
Super Eljy – 45/99
Switzerland 1957 – Subminiature – 35 mm – Rare. The Tessina, produced in Lugano in 1957, and is probably the smallest half-frame 35mm camera ever built. And possibly the strangest. It is a twin-lens reflex with pop-up viewfinder and a clock-work motor drive designed for … Read moreSiegrist
Tessina Automatic – 41/99
Japan 1949 – Subminiature – 14 mm – Very Rare. The Gemflex is an incredible subminiature camera. It was produced by Showa in occupied Japan in 1949. The Gemflex not only resembles a miniature version of the well known Rolleiflex 6×6 twin lens reflex, but … Read moreShowa Kogaku
Gemflex – 39/99
Japan 1947 – Subminiature – 16 mm – Very Rare. The Steky is a beautiful subminiature camera produced by the Asahi Musen Company starting 1947. It was then taken over by the Riken Optical Company (Ricoh) in 1950. At the time, film and processing costs … Read moreAsahi Musen
Steky (Mod. 1) – 37/99
Japan 1949 – Subminiature – 17.5 mm – Rare. Konishiroku is one of Japan’s oldest photographic companies, tracing back to 1873, even older than Kodak that officially started in 1881. It was started by pharmacist, Rokusaburo Sugiura, who started selling photographic items out of the … Read moreKonishiroku
Snappy – 29/99
Japan 1956 – Subminiature – 16 mm – Rare. The Kiku 16 measures less than 6 cm and is one of many subminiature cameras mass produced in Japan from the mid 50s. What makes Kiku 16 unique is the very refined craftsmanship that clearly intends … Read moreMorita
Kiku 16 (mod. 2) – 27/99