Film sizes and designations

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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.

  1. Coe, Brian, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1988, p.298

See also: Plate Sizes

problems: subminiature sizes? Autographic

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introduced withdrawn Alt.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 2¼×1½" 1913
129
135 35mm 24x36mm 35mm "standard" 35mm film cassettes with sprocket holes
220 6cm 6x6cm
616 2½x4¼" 1931
620 6cm/2¼" 6x9cm/2¼×3¼" 1931 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
Ensign E10 used by the Ensign Midget
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