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On this site you will find a comparison of ultra small cameras for film smaller than 135 film I own(ed) like APS, 21mm, 16mm, 110 and 8mm. It's a personal choice, not a complete selection. It will be a kind of on-going project, whenever I come across an inexpensive really small one, I will try to test it.

A remark about my view of photography: There is nothing worse than missing a photo. A non-optimal one is still better than none. So I always carry a tiny camera in my pocket. I started with a Minox 35 in 1975 which was replaced by an Olympus XA in 1979. The XA stayed in my pocket for 30 years. I tried small digital ones in the 2000's, but it was only in 2009 when I came across the Canon S90 that I found one that was at least as good as the Olympus XA in my eyes. So it was digital for 12 years, the last camera was a Canon G9X. But this is over. I now have an old Huawei P30 Pro cell phone. Its 3 cameras are still top class. It even has a real 5x zoom lens and it can shoot RAW in case of. Not ideal either, but sufficient and very handy.

And still there is mostly a film camera in my jacket, pocket or coat, either a 120 film folder or a really small compact.

So here are some of the smallest film cameras.

APS
Canon Ixus II.	Fujifilm 1000ix Tiara.	Fujifilm Nexia Q1 APS.	Kodak Advantix F600	Kodak Advantix F350
Nikon Nuvis S	Canon Ixus III (Elph Z3)	Agfa Futura		21mm Ajax F21
8x11
Acmel / Revue MD	Minox A IIIs	Minox B	Minox C	Minox EC
Revue Cam Watch M1	Yashica Atoron Electro			Minox Accessories and Film
110
Agfamatic 508	Agfamatic 2000 pocket	Agfamatic 6008	Balda 1000 EL BR + 1000 EL RX	Balda Electronic 1000 Macro
Fujica 350 Wide	Lomo Diana Baby 110	Canon 110ED	Minolta Autopak 50	Minolta Autopak 70
Minolta Pocket Pak 401	Minolta Autopak 430Ex	Minolta Autopak 470	Minolta 110 Zoom SLR	Minolta 110 Zoom Mark II
Minox 110S	Pentax Auto 110 (Super)	Ricohmatic 110X	Rollei A110	Vivitar 742
Voigtländer Vitoret 110EL	Lomomatic 110
			110 film camera size comparison page How to make a new Kodak K 7R31 battery How to make a 110 or 16mm Jobo film developing reel or How to use a 16mm Kiev reel in a Jobo tank
16mm
Edixa 16	Kiev 30 (M)	Mec 16 SB	Mamiya Super 16	Mamiya 16 Automatic
Mamiya 16 EE de luxe	Minolta 16 P	Minolta MG	Minolta MG-S	Minolta QT
Minolta EE II	Pentacon K 16	Rollei 16S	How to make a 110 or 16mm Jobo film developing reel or How to use a 16mm Kiev reel in a Jobo tank 16mm cartridges and loading + expired film

Most compacts have a metering system, but if you are into historic cameras, here is a comparison between tiny accessory shoe light meters and some hand held ones. And a little page about the rangefinders WataMeter and WataCombiMeter, just in case... Both links lead to my 120 film page and open in a new window. So do the links to my other projects.

Here you will find the mandatory contact page. There are more of my projects if you are interested, about 135 film cameras, about 120 film folders, about using manual lenses on a Sony A7, about plastic(k) cameras, about instant photography and some odd camera models. All links will open in a new window.

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