Roll film, and related cartridge-based films were available in many different sizes, some of which lasted only a short time. The most popular was the longest-lived, type 120 was introduced in 1901 by Kodak, and is still (2010) available. Film size number were not used by Kodak until 1913[1]. In Japan, many film sizes had alternative names; see Japanese formats.
- ↑ Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1988, p.298
See also: Plate Sizes
problems: Autographic
| Designation | width | Typical Frame size |
introduced | withdrawn | Alt. Names | Notes | ||
Medium format[] | ||||||||
| 101 | 3½x3½" | 1895 | ||||||
| 102 | 1½x2" | 1895 | ||||||
| 103 | 1897 | |||||||
| 104 | 5x4" | 1897 | ||||||
| 105 | 2¼x3¼" | 1897 | ||||||
| 106 | 3½x3½" | 1898 | ||||||
| 107 | 3¼x4¼" | 1898 | rollholder | |||||
| 108 | 4¼3¼" | 1898 | rollholder | |||||
| 109 | 4x5" | 1898 | rollholder | |||||
| 110 (roll) | 5x4" | 1897 | Rollholder; not to be confused with 110 cartridge | |||||
| 111 | 6½x4¾" | 1898 | ||||||
| 116 | 70mm | 2½x4¼" | 1899 | Vulcan No. 232 | ||||
| 117 | 2¼x2¼" | 1900 | ||||||
| 118 | 3¼×4¼" | 1900 | Vulcan No. 236 | |||||
| 119 | 3¼×4¼" | 1900 | ||||||
| 120 | 6cm | 6x6cm, 6x9cm | 1901 | Brownie No.2; Vulcan No. 210; medium format |
"The" rollfilm, introduced by Kodak | |||
| 121 | 15/8×2½" | 1902 | ||||||
| 122 | 3¼×5½" | 1903 | Vulcan No. 244 | |||||
| 123 | 4×5" | 1904 | ||||||
| 124 | 3¼×4¼" | 1905 | Vulcan No. 248 | |||||
| 125 | 3¼×5½" | Vulcan No. 250 | ||||||
| 126 (cartridge) | 35mm | 26x26mm | 1963 | 2007 | Instamatic; Kodapak |
Cartridge film; introduced by Kodak | ||
| 126 (roll) | 4½inches | 1906 | 1949 | |||||
| 127 | 4cm | 4x4cm,4x6cm | 1912 | 2009 | Vest Pocket film | Introduced by Kodak | ||
| 128 | 2¼×1½" | 1913 | ||||||
| 129 | 1913 | |||||||
| 130 | 27/8×47/8 | 1916 | ||||||
| 220 | 6cm | 6x6cm | Similar to 120, but without the paper backing, allowing double-length | |||||
| 616 | 70mm | 2½x4¼" | almost like 116 film but slimmer spool | |||||
| 620 | 6cm/2¼" | 6x9cm/2¼×3¼" | 1931 | A version of 120 film with a slimmer spool, introduced by Kodak, to allow smaller cameras | ||||
| 70mm | based on perforated movie film; alternate medium format film size | |||||||
| Ensign 2¼ | 6cm | 6x9cm | Ensign version of 120 | |||||
| F.16 | 6.5x11cm (2½×4¼") | Ferrania version of 116 or 616 | ||||||
| P16 | 6.5x11cm (2½×4¼") | Premier brand of 116 | ||||||
| Rajar No. 6 | 6cm | Introduced by APeM; square-drive spool | ||||||
| Selo 20 | 6cm | 6x6/6x9cm | Ilford version of 120 | |||||
| Selo 27 | 4cm | 4x4cm | Ilford version of 127 | |||||
| Y20 | 6cm | 6x6/6x9cm | Dufay version of 120 | |||||
| Z20 | 6cm | 6x9cm | Ilford brand of 620 | |||||
35mm[] | ||||||||
| 135 | 35mm | 24x36mm | 35mm; miniature |
"standard" 35mm film cassettes with sprocket holes | ||||
| Karat | 35mm | c.1936 | c.1948 | Agfa's predecessor to Rapid film | ||||
| Rapid | 35mm | 1964 | Rapid-load dual-cassette system introduced by Afga | |||||
| SL | 35mm | Schnell Lade; Eastern-bloc version of Rapid film; unperforated | ||||||
| Bolta | 35mm | unperforated, paper-backed | ||||||
| 828 | 35mm | 28×40mm | 1935 | Introduced by Kodak | ||||
| Ensign E10 | 35mm | 3.5x4.5cm | used by the Ensign Midget | |||||
| paperbacked 35mm rollfilm |
35mm | used by Sida Extra, Liliput, and Unette | ||||||
subminiature[] | ||||||||
| 8mm | subminiature | Based on 8mm cine film. A few Japanese cameras; see 8mm film category | ||||||
| 9.5mm | subminiature | A few Japanese cameras such as the Doryu 1, Fujica 8×11mm SLR and the German Minox range; see 9.5mm film category | ||||||
| 16mm | subminiature | several film cartridge systems, for example for Edixa 16, Kiev-30 or Minolta 16 | ||||||
| 17.5mm | 14x14mm | 1937 | Japanese half-35mm rollfilm size for Hit-type cameras | |||||
| 110 (cartridge) | 16mm | 13x17mm | 1972 | 2009[1] | ||||
| Disc film | 8x10.5mm | 1982 | c.1990 | |||||
| IX240 | 24mm | 30.2x16.7mm | 1996 | APS | Introduced by Kodak, Fujifilm and others | |||
Links & References[]
- History of Kodak Roll Film Numbers on Walker Mangum's Kodak Collector site
- Negative Sizes by Mischa Koning
- References: