GOERZ 16mm SUBMINIATURES

OPTIMAR 16mm SUBMINIATURES

Optimar is an Austrian camera company that made many different cameras -- two were 16mm subminis -- for spying purposses.

Matchbox camera

(1947) Built for the US Army Counterintelligence Corp, it takes 10x10mm images using a 20mm f2.0 lens. Not to be confused with the earlier Kodak matchbox camera (above).
Microlette

(1952) Shaped like a Minolta 16, it has a focusing 20mm f3.5 lens with adjustable f-stops and shutter speeds -- 1/25 - 1/100 plus B & T. 10x14mm image size. Also used by the U.S. Army.

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