Who can help: Mamiya super 16 sales figures?

To compare Mamiya super 16 with Edixa 16 and Minox A, I am looking for sales figures for this particular Mamiya model.

Who knows how many Mamiya super 16 cameras were sold worldwide? As far as I know, this model was sold between 1951 and 1960.

Please no sales figures for Mamiya 16 super and Mamiya 16 automatic!

tjwspm said:

Who knows how many Mamiya super 16 cameras were sold worldwide? As far as I know, this model was sold between 1951 and 1960.

Please no sales figures for Mamiya 16 super and Mamiya 16 automatic!

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Your request is pretty confusing -- you ask for Mamiya Super 16 results and then you don't as for Mamiya 16 Super results.

If you are talking about the Mamiya 16 Super, there were three version of the camera that sold from 1950 into the 1960's (not including the Sears Tower 16 which is the same as the Mamiya 16 Super -- model III).

I've never seen any sales figures, but despite it's great features, it wasn't popular enough. Mamiya tried a couple of models that included meters but they were short-lived. It probably had a lot to do with competition from the Minolta 16mm models.

xkaes said:

Your request is pretty confusing -- you ask for Mamiya Super 16 results and then you don't as for Mamiya 16 Super results.

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According to this site http://www.submin.com/16mm/collection/mamiya/index.htm there was a model called the Mamiya super 16 that was introduced in 1950. Then the successor model Mamiya 16 Super (II) came in 1957 and then the Mamiya 16 Super (III) model was only produced in 1959.

I'm actually only interested in the numbers for the Mamiya super 16 and not those for the two successor models Mamiya 16 super (I)/(II).

Yes, Mamiya caused confusion by naming their cameras "Mamiya Super 16", then "Mamiya-16 Super", and then "Mamiya-16 Super Model III".

Good luck finding any production numbers, let alone sales figures. I've never seen any, but would be interested.