Steky

Japanese subminiature on cine film (edit)
Steky IIIA. Picture by The other Martin Taylor. (Image rights)
8mm film	Camera "A" \| Camera-Lite \| Echo 8 \| Kaitenkei
9.5mm film	Doryu 1 \| Fujica 8×11mm SLR \| Yashica Atoron
16mm film	Albert \| Beauty 16 \| Bell 16 \| Bell Kamra \| Binoca \| Camera "B" \| CM-16 \| Cyclops \| Dan 16 \| Darling-16 \| Doryu 2-16 \| Fujica 16mm SLR \| Gemmy \| Glico Pistol \| Konan-16 Automat \| Mamiya 16 Automatic \| Mica Automat \| Micta \| Minolta-16 \| Minolta-16 EE \| Minolta-16 MG \| Minolta-16 MG-S \| Minolta-16 P \| Minolta-16 Ps \| Minolta 16 QT \| Mycro Super 16 \| Mykro Fine Color 16 \| Nice \| Nikon 16 \| Poppy \| Ramera \| Ricoh 16 \| Ricoreo 16 \| Rubina \| Rubix \| Seiki 16 \| Seiki 16 (pistol) \| Shaty 16 \| Sonocon 16 \| Spy 16 \| Steky \| Golden Steky \| Teleca \| Viscawide-16 \| Yashica Y16 \| Yashica 16 EE \| Zany \| Zuman Super 16 \| Zunow Z16
unknown	Matchbox camera
roll film and other film	see Japanese roll film subminiature
110 film	see Japanese 110 film

The Steky is a series of 16mm cameras introduced in Japan after WW2. At that time film and processing costs were expensive so 16mm cameras were very popular. Most of these 16mm cameras were of low quality and not much more than toys. The Steky came with interchangeable lenses, variable shutter and aperture speeds in a very robust camera. Some sub-mini enthusiasts still use these cameras by carefully loading their cassettes with perforated 16mm film. Once a common sight at camera shows the Steky is getting harder to find.

Steky set. Picture by Mrchuck1. (Image rights)

Bibliography[]

"Direction for use of the Steky". Reproduction of the Steky's English user manual. In Camera Collectors' News no.11 (May 1978). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.25.
Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 5138–42.