Mundus Outfit

Subminiature prototype by French company Mundus. The outer appearance of this camera (size: 9 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm) is a still camera for 16mm film. Negative format is 10 x 15mm, 50 exposures. The camera used a special twin cassette looking like an enlarged Minox cassette, die-cast body structure, the side cover shows the serial number „8“. The camera body consists of two halves of die-cast aluminum , in the rear of the body a removable screw gives access to the focal plane (purpose unclear). Galilean viewfinder v=0,5x. The film is transported by pressing a lever on top of the camera (sprocket less film transport, two claws engage in the film perforation), and releasing this transport lever for about 3mm trips the guillotine shutter, which changes its direction (up or down) in every consecutive shot. The shutter is probably using an air brake as escapement, the shutter speeds (1-1/200) are changed by turning a small dial on the bottom of the left side of the body. The shutter mechanism is powered by a clockwork that is tensioned by a brass turning key, an attached dial serves as frame counter (frames 0 - 70). Metal plate 'MUNDUS 16 Made in France' attached on the side of the camera, with case and three C-Mount lenses: Wollensak Velostigmat 1,5/1", Wollensak Telephoto 3.3/3", Som Berthiot Cinor B 1.8/25mm no. 512078, 3 film cassettes - only approx. 4-5 cameras are known to exist