Kiev 30
Produced between 1974 to 1983, the Kiev 30 had the longest production run of the Kiev subminiature line of 16mm cameras. A successor to the earlier Kiev Vega cameras, (which themselves were heavily based on the Minolta-16 design) the Kiev 30 continued to offer refinements on top of those already present in this series. In general, while similar to the Minolta-16 system, the Kiev 16mm cameras offered a manually-focusing lens and higher exposure count (30 on the Vega 2, 25 on the Kiev 30). Like its predecessors, the Kiev 30 has a 23mm f3.5 Industar lens with a selectable aperture range of f3.5-f11. Shutter speeds can be set to 1/30, 1/60 or 1/200. The camera collapses into itself when not in use, allowing it to be easily carried in a pocket. Pulling the body open reveals a decently-sized viewfinder, the shutter button and the focus wheel atop the camera. One refinement the Kiev 30 introduced was the use of unperforated film which allowed the camera to expose a larger 13mm x 17mm frame, hence the reduction to 25 exposures per cartridge of film.
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