This may be a helpful (old) Cinematography.com post: Light, Small 16mm camera for traveling ->? - 16mm - Cinematography.com <https://cinematography.com/index.php?/forums/topic/62373-light-small-16mm-camera-for-traveling/>
In it, Dom Jaeger mentions a small camera I have which is tricky to load yet works well: “GIC 16 is a very compact French wind-up that takes 50 ft daylight spools and C mount lenses. It only shoots at one speed (16fps) but [Dom] modified them to shoot closer to 24. Try ebay France.” Sandy On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM Francisco Torres <[email protected]> wrote: > Film is still made and sold. If you are not shooting super 16 or sound you > might consider a wind up camera like a bolex. They are cheaper and do not > need batteries. > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2025, 10:00 PM Sue Schardt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I’m new to filmmaking and interested in smaller cameras that shoot in >> 16mm. I’m getting ready for a solo overseas trip and would like to be ready >> to shoot if circumstances are right. I’ve found information about the Aaton >> Penelope and Super A-Minima, and see that Aaton went out of business awhile >> ago. Are these cameras still available? Film for them? Are there >> alternatives? >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> >> - ss >> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > >
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