Best 16mm Camera and Sound Equipment?

Bell & Howell - old cameras, usually spring wound. Good solid
cameras to start with and very inexpensive.

Krasnogorsk a Russian made camera that many first timers
use. It takes 100’ daylight spools - about two and a half minutes.
It runs loud so that makes it difficult when recording sound and
that 100' spool makes for short takes and lots of reloading.

Bolex - the great workhorse of 16mm. Many different models
to choose from. The "H-16" is the first 16mm camera I bought and
I still use it. You can usually find them for not much money.

Beaulieu - the "R16" is one of my favorites. They are great
cameras with a beautiful lens and used are very inexpensive. It’s a
little loud, but can be quited with a barney.

Eclair - the NPR is the camera many film schools use. Rugged,
solid and quiet.

Canon - the Scoopic was the standard in TV news cameras in
the 1970's. Easy to use. Another film school staple. Before video,
every film student used the reliable Scoopic before moving up to the
Eclair.

CP-16 - a really nice, solid camera with crystal sync and most
come with an excellent Angenieuz zoom lens. These were used for
news gathering for decades.

With the Aaton and Arriflex we're getting pricey. These are high end,
pro cameras worth knowing about because they are the best. These are
usually rentals - even used they can run above $10,000 - but it's worth
knowing about them.

How about giving us a budget to work with?

You can put together a rudimentary production sound kit for about $1,000, but you can easily spend $25k and more. And why buy? Why not hire someone who knows what they are doing? They'll have really nice gear that they know inside and out plus the production sound experience to give you exceptional audio. You can even hook up with an up-and-comer who will probably have a better sound kit than you could put together. You can rent for not too much money as well. Trew Audio has nice packages and they ship anywhere in the US and Canada.

Thanks for replying!

Yes, Ive mainly been looking at Bell & Howell camera, i found one on ebay for about $28 with case and tripod in "working condition".

The Krasnogorsk is probably my favorite(that ive researched, havent used any yet), but tends to be a little more expensive.

and the Arriflex actually looks like a camera,

Do any of things record sound or do I have to get( or find someone with) seperate equipment?...

I don't know of any film cameras that can record sound. I know there were are few, but it might be rather difficult to get the film processed.

At a minimum you will need a shotgun mic with a boom-pole, shock-mount, cables and wind protection plus an audio recorder.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/551607-REG/Audio_Technica_AT_875_Shotgun_Microphone.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/828621-REG/Tascam_DR_100_Professional_Portable_Digital.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/579083-REG/Tascam_BP_L2_BP_L2_Battery_Pack_for.html (x2)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/128708-REG/Pro_Co_Sound_EXM_25_Excellines_XLR_Male_to.html


That puts you around $1.2k