116 film
 
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| Gevaert Panchromosa and Kodak Verichrome Pan film images by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
116 is a roll film introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1899 for 2½×4¼ inch negatives (nominally 6.5×11 cm).[1] The film stock is 70mm wide: wider than that of 120 film.
In 1932, Kodak introduced 616 film.[1] This has a slightly slimmer spool (originally metal rather than wood). Agfa/Ansco gave the 616 size their own designation PD16. Kodak discontinued both 116 and 616 in 1984.[1]
With some ingenuity, 120 film can be used with cameras designed for 116 and 616, as can 70mm film. (Remember that if you respool 120 film onto 116/616 spools and have it developed at a lab, you must ask for your 116/616 spools back or they'll be thrown away.)
Links
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| film type reminder in a Kodak camera image by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson (Image rights) |
- Convert Your 116/616 Box Camera to Shoot 120 Film, by Pete Lutz
- Picture Gallery of Agfa D-6 Shur-Shot converted to shoot 120 film at f/6.3 Studio
- Picture Gallery of Agfa PD-16 Clipper converted to shoot 120 film at f/6.3 Studio
- Picture Gallery of Agfa-Ansco PD-16 Captain converted to shoot 120 film at f/6.3 Studio
- 120 film in a 116 Brownie, by Greyhoundman
- History of Kodak roll films at the Brownie Camera page
- Kodak paper lengths by film type, by Don Day
- 116/616 film independence, by Don Day: On the use of 70mm film; introduces a supplier of packing paper
- Marking a 116/616 backing paper without a pattern, by Don Day
- Adapting a Patterson-type reel for large-format films, by Don Day
