INTRODUCTION

The Minolta 16 P and 16 II are a subminiature cameras that uses 16mm film, made in Japan by Minolta in 1960.

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PERSONAL NOTES

The Ninolta 16 II can be considered as a poor man's Minox. It's like a Minox, but less compact, cheaper, and of lesser quality. The Built quality of the Minolta 16 II is great, but the Minox is in another class.

The Minolta 16 P is very compact, but not as compact as the Minox. It has a pseudo aperture priority mode. You select the aperture, or the type of light condition on a pictogram, then point and shoot. The shutter speed is always the same. The camera kind of work the same way as if you were using the Sunny 16 rule. So there is a setting on the camera to adjust for film sensitivity (ISO).

The 16 II is more compact than the 16 P, it has the same winding type as the Minox, so it uses less space.

Also, the 16 II has only manual exposure, but has more apertures and shutter speeds to choose from. It's very easy to use the Sunny 16 rule with this camera.

16mm film is obsolete, so the results are not that great, because the only available film right now is very old stock.

CONCLUSION

Like 110 film, I cannot recommend any camera that uses 16mm film.

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