--- In SubminiatureVariations@yahoogroups.com, "David Kilpatrick"
<david@...> wrote:
>
> I have posted some studio photographs and notes on an outfit which
> will be leaving me, on photoclubalpha (UK Minolta Club website).
>
> http://photoclubalpha.com/2008/01/19/a-vintage-minolta-16mm-kit/
>
> I'm not a submin user although I have a few of the usual Minoltas
> lying around in the box of oldies. This kit was a bit of an exception
> in that it cost me proper money, not pence, at the time I could not
> resist its completeness!
>
> David
>

The MG-s is perhaps the penultimate 16mm camera. It was one of the
last 16mm cameras to be designed and came from a long history of
development by Minolta of the format. The later QT was an attempt to
make a camera easier to use and to compete with 110 cameras.

The 12x17mm negative and exceptional lens makes this and the QT worth
while of continuing use and prints do compare well against the results
I have and continue to see with 35mm cameras.

Unfortunately most MGs and QT cameras have been stored with battery in
place which have damaged the contacts if not in fact more serious
parts of the light meter. Getting inside to clean up is possible but
many have had the screws corroded in. Getting a mint camera is very
rare, but unfortunately not any more valuable than a junk camera
needing repair. The attache case version is the ultimate kit, but even
that lacks the right angle finder and developing tanks. There was a
developing tank that does not require the cassette to be snapped in
half (something definitely not to do with cassettes getting harder to
find).

Of all the subminiature cameras the MG-s is my firm favorite with the
QT next, even more than the Minox. I used to carry the two Minoltas,
and a Minox BL and C on holiday trips.

Gerald