Film sizes and designations
This is a work in progress.
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. In Japan, many film sizes had alternative names; see Japanese formats.
See also: Plate Sizes
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| Designation | width | Typical Frame size |
introduced | withdrawn | Alt. Names | Notes |
| 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 | |||
| 110 (cartridge) | 16mm | 13x17mm | 1972 | c.2005 | ||
| 111 | 6½x4¾" | 1898 | ||||
| 116 | 2½x4¼" | 1899 | ||||
| 117 | 2¼x2¼" | 1900 | ||||
| 118 | 3¼×4¼" | 1900 | ||||
| 119 | 3¼×4¼" | 1900 | ||||
| 120 | 6cm | 6x6cm, 6x9cm | 1901 | still available |
Brownie No.2 | Introduced by Kodak |
| 123 | ||||||
| 124 | ||||||
| 126 (cartridge) | 35mm | 26x26m | 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 | ||||||
| 129 | ||||||
| 135 | 35mm | 24x36mm | 35mm | "standard" 35mm film cassettes with sprocket holes | ||
| 220 | 6cm | 6x6cm | ||||
| 616 | ||||||
| 620 | 6cm | 6x9cm | Introduced by Kodak | |||
| 70mm | ||||||
| 828 | 35mm | 28×40mm | 1935 | Introduced by Kodak | ||
| APS | 24mm | 30.2x16.7mm | 1996 | Still available | Introduced by Kodak | |
| Bolta | 35mm | unperforated, paper-backed | ||||
| Disc film | 1982 | |||||
| Ensign 2¼ | 6cm | 6x9cm | Ensign version of 120 | |||
| Karat | 35mm | c.1936 | c.1948 | Agfa's predecessor to Rapid film | ||
| Rajar No. 6 | 6cm | Introduced by APeM; square-drive spool | ||||
| Rapid | 35mm | 1964 | Rapid-load dual-cassette system introduced by Afga | |||
| SL | 35mm | Schnell Lade; Eastern-bloc version of Rapid film; unperforated |
