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Film format

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1 Movie film formats

2 Still photography film formats

2.1 Multiple image
2.2 Single image
2.3 Instant image

3 See also

4 References

Movie film formats

Amateur formats:

Professional formats:

Still photography film formats

Multiple image

Designation	Type	Year	Size and comment
101	roll film	1895-1956	3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
102	roll film	1896-1933	1 1/2" x 2"
103	roll film	1896-1949	3 3/4" x 4 3/4"
104	roll film	1897-1949	4 3/4" x 3 3/4"
105	roll film	1897-1949	2 1/4" x 3 1/4", see 120 film
106	for roll holder	1898-1924	3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
107	for roll holder	1898-1924	3 1/4" x 4 1/4"
108	for roll holder	1898-1929	4 1/4" x 3 1/4"
109	for roll holder	1898-1924	4" x 5"
110	for roll holder	1898-1929	5" x 4"
110 Instamatic	cartridge	1972-Present	13 x 17 mm, see 110 film
111	for roll holder	1898-Unknown	6 1/2" x 4 3/4"
112	for roll holder	1898-1924	7" x 5"
113	for roll holder	1898-Unknown	9 x 12 cm
114	for roll holder	1898-Unknown	12 x 9 cm
115	roll film	1898-1949	6 3/4" x 4 3/4"
116, A-116	roll film	1899-1984	2 1/2" x 4 1/4", A for Autographic
117	roll film	1900-1949	2 1/4" x 2 1/4", see 120 film
118, A-118	roll film	1900-1961	3 1/4" x 4 1/4"
119	roll film	1900-1940	4 1/4" x 3 1/4"
120, A-120	roll film	1901-Present	See 120 film
121	roll film	1902-1941	1 5/8" x 2 1/2"
122, A-122	roll film	1903-1971	3 1/4" x 5 1/2", Postcard
123, A-123	roll film	1904-1949	4" x 5"
124	roll film	1905-1961	3 1/4" x 4 1/4"
125	roll film	1905-1949	3 1/4" x 5 1/2"
126, A-126	roll film	1906-1949	4 1/4" x 6 1/2"
126 Instamatic	cartridge	1963-2000	26.5 x 26.5 mm, see 126 film
127, A-127	roll film	1912-1995	See 127 film
128	roll film	1912-1941	1 1/2" x 2 1/4"
129	roll film	1912-1951	1 7/8" x 3"
130, A-130	roll film	1916-1961	2 7/8" x 4 7/8"
135	cartridge	1934-Present	See 135 film
220	roll film	1965-Present	See 120 film
235	loading spool	1934-Unknown	24 x 36 mm, see 135 film
240 APS	cartridge	1996-Present	See APS film
335	loading spool	1952-Unknown	24 x 23 mm, see 135 film
435	loading spool	1934-Unknown	24 x 36 mm, see 135 film
616	roll film	1931-1984	2 1/2" x 4 1/4" or 2 1/2" x 2 1/8"
620	roll film	1931-1995	See 120 film
645	format only		6 x 4.5 cm, see 120 film
828	roll film	1935-1985	28 x 40 mm, 35mm wide Bantam, 8 exp.
35	roll film	1916-1933	1 1/4" x 1 3/4", 35mm wide
HR, VR disc	cartridge	1982-1998	See disc film
Minox	roll film	1938-Present	8 x 11 mm, 9.2 mm wide, 15 and 36 exp.
Karat	cartridge	1936-Unknown	Early Agfa cartridge for 35 mm film
Rapid	cartridge	1964-1990s	Agfa cartridge for 35 mm film, 12 exp
SL	cartridge	1958-1990	Orwo Schnell-Lade Kassette for 35 mm film
K 16	cartridge	1987-Unknown	Orwo, 16 mm wide, 20 exp

Unless otherwise noted, all formats were introduced by Kodak, who began allocating the number series in 1913. Before that, films were just identified by the name of the cameras they were intended for.

For roll holder means film for cartridge roll holders, allowing roll film to be used with cameras designed to use glass plates.

The primary reason there were so many different negative formats in the early days was that prints were made by contact[?], without use of an enlarger[?]. The film format would thus be exactly the same as the size of the print -- so if you wanted large prints, you would have to use a large camera and corresponding film format.

Single image

Size (in inches)	Type
2 x 3	sheet film[?]
3 x 4	sheet film
4 x 5	sheet film
5 x 7	sheet film
8 x 10	sheet film
11 x 14	sheet film
16 x 20	sheet film

Instant image

Designation	Type
SX-70	Polaroid flat film cartridge with integrated battery
Type 88	Polaroid flat film cartridge
Type 100	Polaroid flat film cartridge

See also

References

Google Category: Film Formats (http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Movies/Filmmaking/Film_Formats/)
Film Formats and HDTV (http://www.henninger.com/library/hdtvfilm/)
Table of Film formats (http://www.film-center.com/fformats) by Mark Baldock
A comparison of large scale film formats (http://www.zerocut.com/tech/formats)
More than one hundred film sizes (http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/filmsize)
Kodak roll films starting with 101 (http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/FilmHist)
The history of Kodak roll films (http://members.aol.com/Chuck02178/film.htm)
Classic camera film sizes, sources, and film adapters (http://medfmt.8k.com/bronfilms)
Agfa Rapid (http://www.digitalfoto-berlin.de/archiv/filme/filme-rapid.htm)
35mm cameras using the Agfa Rapid cassette (http://www.toptown.com/nowhere/kypfer/Rapid/)
History of Kodak cameras (http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/techInfo/aa13/aa13.shtml)

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