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The '''Mec 16 SB''' is a viewfinder camera for 10x14 mm pictures on 16 mm film in special cartridges. It was made from 1960 by [[Feinwerktechnik]] GmbH of Lahr in the Schwarzwald, Germany. It is an improved version of the [[Mec 16]]. It differs most importantly in the addition of a built-in [[Gossen]] lightmeter: it is the first camera to offer through-the-lens metering.<ref>Stated by Martin Kohler in his web article on [http://www.3d-historisch.de/AkA/AkA-Kameramodelle.htm cameras by Apparate und Kamerabau] at [http://www.3d-historisch.de/index.htm his website on 3D photography]. Kohler suggests that Dr Eugen Armbruster of AkA moved from that company to Feinwerktechnik, and was probably involved in the development of the Mec cameras.</ref> The camera also has a different lens, a 22 mm f/2 [[Rodenstock]] Heligon, one stop faster than the Mec 16's f/2.8 Color-Ennit.

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==Notes==
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==Links==
*[http://submin.com/16mm/collection/mec/index.htm Mec 16 and 16 SB] at [http://submin.com/ submin.com]
*[http://www.submin.com/16mm/manuals/mec/mec16sb.htm Mec 16 SB user manual] at [http://submin.com/ submin.com]
*[https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10169725_mec-16-sb-subminiature-camera Mec 16 SB] sold at auction on 19 November 2011 by Fuller's Fine Art Auction, Philadelphia (listing is at the LiveAuctioneers site); several good pictures of the camera.
*Patents archived at [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/ Espacenet], the patent search facility of the European Patent Office:
**[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DDE1773992U German Patent 1773992], ''Sucheinrichtung für Kameras'' (Camera Viewfinder), granted to Feinwerktechnik GmbH on 11 September 1958, describing the optical finder in pull-out frame, with framelines, including one for parallax error-correction at close focus.
**[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DDE1810615U German Patent 1810615], ''Einrichtung an Kameras'' (Camera mechanism), granted on 28 April 1960 and describing the flash-synchronisation device in the camera.
**[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DDE1820146U German Patent 1820146], ''Filmkasette für Rollfilmkameras'', granted 20 October 1960 and describing a rather simple film cassette.

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