Camera that takes 16mm film but for still images

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Hi,
there is 16mm motion picture film for 16mm cameras.
I thought it would be nice to use that film not only for movies but for still images as well.

Do you know a camera that takes 16mm film for still images?

I know about the miniature cameras such as the Minolta 16 but it seems these cameras either have a very slow aperture and / or lack manual focus.

Is there such a thing as a full fledged 16mm camera for pictures?
 

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I like the look of the Minicord.

In addition, some cine cameras allow a single frame exposure. That doesn't give you a very good still camera; no control of shutter time, for example, and the camera is very big.
 

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I had a Minicord once; nice camera, but I found the Mamiya 16 Automatic to be just as nice and much less expensive...
 
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I found the Mamiya 16 Automatic to be just as nice and much less expensive...

Wow that is a really cool camera! It has similar features than the Rollei 16S, which is kinda my favourite out of the list.
How reliable did you find the light meter? I've read Selenium light meters can become unreliably after decades.
 

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Wow that is a really cool camera! It has similar features than the Rollei 16S, which is kinda my favourite out of the list.
How reliable did you find the light meter? I've read Selenium light meters can become unreliably after decades.

I use a manual meter or shoot Sunny 16 with most of my manual film cameras. In the course of shooting, if I find the meter is agreeing with my more modern meter, then I can trust it, otherwise I don't worry about it.
 
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I use a manual meter or shoot Sunny 16 with most of my manual film cameras. In the course of shooting, if I find the meter is agreeing with my more modern meter, then I can trust it, otherwise I don't worry about it.

Do you have some pictures to show by any chance? It seems there aren't too many 16mm still pictures out there
 

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For 16mm I prefer the ubiquitous Minolta 16. Cassettes are available. Most other 16mm subminiature cameras are collector’s items with hard to come by cassettes. Although I have 16mm movie cameras, I slit 35mm film for Minolta and Minox 8x11 cameras. Purchasing a 100 ft of movie film would be too expensive.
 
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