Camera - Minetta, 'Miniature Spy Camera', Japan, circa 1960
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1960
Miniature Spy Camera manufactured by Minetta, Japan. It has a fixed focus, - B & I shutter, hit type release, 16mm format roll film with 10 exposures per roll giving 14mm x 14mm format images. Includes original leather case and one roll of film [loaded in the camera]. Made in Japan for the Toy Camera company, circa 1960.
Miniature chrome metal camera, covered in embossed black paper and original brown leather case.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Technical characteristics
- Brand recorded
- Minetta
- Maker recorded
- Minetta
- Model recorded
- Miniature Spy Camera
Design
- Inscription
- Stamped on face of the lens plate: 'MINETTA/ Made in Japan'. On film: ' PANCHRO FILM / MADE IN JAPAN '
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-406585
- Museum object number
- ST 28131
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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