FEINWERK 16mm SUBMINIATURES
(1950) A top-of-the line submini, it comes with a focusing Color-Ennit 20mm f2.8 (4/3) lens. Shutter speeds of B, 1/30-1/1,1000. The camera uses the sprocket holes of the film to advance the film with small lever on the top and bottom of the film plane. The viewfinder slides out of the body which helps keep the hefty camera, compact. Available in black, gold, silver, or black with white or grey. The Mec-16 used a slightly modified RADA cassette. It is the same shape as the original RADA, but all metal, and about 1mm taller and wider. It adds an inner brass support for the film -- similar to the Minicord 16mm cassettes. Each cassette has an indented line on the top to make sure the cassette is aligned with the film plane. (A regular RADA cassette can be used for the film supply side, but a Mec cassette is needed on the take-up side.) You can tell the difference between this original model and the later models because the shutter release is on the front of the camera on the original model.
(1960) This was a new, updated model of the Mec-16 with a built-in behind-the-lens metering system. In fact, this camera made photographic history since it was the first camera of any format with TTL metering. It came with a new, built-in Gossen selenium meter and sported a six-element Rodenstock f2.0 lens making it one of the fastest submini cameras ever made. (Apparently, some models of the Mec 16 SB have the early Color-Ennit f2.8 lens, but are otherwise identical, and retain the TTL metering) The lens focuses from 1 foot to infinity -- and is marked in feet. Shutter speeds of B, 1/30 - 1/1,000. A set of seven filters was available. What more could you ask for?
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