List of photographic film formats

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This is a list of photographic film formats.

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Designation [lower-alpha 1] TypeIntroducedDiscontinuedImage size

(in × in)

Image size (mm × mm)ExposuresComment
101 roll film 1895195688.9 × 88.9 mm
102roll film1896193325.4 × 50.8 mmOne flange has gear teeth
103roll film18961949100 × 125 mm
104roll film18971949120.65 × 95.25 mm
105 roll film1897194957.15 × 82.55 mmLike 120 film with 116-size flanges
106for roll holder1898192488.9 × 88.9 mmRoll holder films were wound inside out
107for roll holder1898192482.55 × 107.95 mm
108for roll holder189819294+1⁄4 × 3+1⁄4 in
109for roll holder189819244 × 5 in
110
(early roll film)		for roll holder189819295 × 4 inNo relation to the later 110 cartridge format.
110
("Pocket Instamatic")		cartridge1972Present [2] 13 × 17 mm16 mm stock, registration perforated
Introduced with Kodak's "Pocket Instamatic" series
Daylight, Transparency, Black & White

Fujifilm ceased 110 production in 2009. Lomography revived the format in 2011.

Contents

111for roll holder1898Unknown6+1⁄2 × 4+3⁄4 in
112for roll holder189819247 × 5 in
113for roll holder1898Unknown90 × 120 mm
114for roll holder1898Unknown120 × 90 mm
115roll film189819496+3⁄4 × 4+3⁄4 in
116roll film189919842+1⁄2 × 4+1⁄4 inLike 616 film with wider flanges
117 roll film190019492+1⁄4 × 2+1⁄4 in6Like 620 spool with 120 keyslot
118roll film190019613+1⁄4 × 4+1⁄4 in3.474-inch spool
119roll film190019404+1⁄4 × 3+1⁄4 in
120 roll film1901Present2+1⁄4 × 3+1⁄4 in
2+1⁄4 × 2+1⁄4 in
2+1⁄4 × 1+5⁄8 in		56 × 70 mm8
10
12–13
15–16		2.4 inch (60.96 mm) stock, unperforated, paper-backed
121roll film190219411+5⁄8 × 2+1⁄2 in
122roll film190319713+1⁄4 × 5+1⁄2 in6 or 10Postcard format
123roll film190419494 × 5 in
124roll film190519613+1⁄4 × 4+1⁄4 in3.716-inch spool: same picture size as 118 with longer spool
125roll film190519493+1⁄4 × 5+1⁄2 inlike 122 on longer spool; also for stereo pairs, 3+1⁄4 in × 2+1⁄2 in × 2
126
(early roll film)		roll film190619494+1⁄4 × 6+1⁄2 inNo relation to the 126 cartridge format introduced in 1963.
126
("Instamatic")		cartridge1963200826.5 × 26.5 mm12, 20 (later 24)35 mm stock, registration perforated
Introduced with first "Instamatic" cameras under the name "Kodapak"
127 roll film1912Present1+5⁄8 × 2+1⁄2 in
1+5⁄8 × 1+5⁄8 in
1+5⁄8 × 1+1⁄4 in		8
12
16		46 mm stock, "Vest Pocket"
128roll film191219411+1⁄2 × 2+1⁄4 infor Houghton Ensignette #E1 [3]
129roll film191219511+7⁄8 × 3 infor Houghton Ensignette #E2
130roll film191619612+7⁄8 × 4+7⁄8 in
135 cartridge1934Present24 × 36 mm24 or 3635 mm stock, double perforated
formerly available in 12, 18, 20, or 72 exposures [4]
220 roll film19652015 (EU/US), 2017 (Japan)2+1⁄4 × 3+1⁄4 in
2+1⁄4 × 2+1⁄4 in
2+1⁄4 × 1+5⁄8 in		60 × 70 mm18
21
24–27
30–33		2.4-inch (60.96 mm) stock, unperforated, no backing paper
Twice as long as 12F

Final films in 220 were professional films for commercial/wedding photography; Kodak Portra (2015) and Fujifilm Colour Negative and Reversal (2017 in Japan only). Ilford ceased 220 production in 2004 after their 220 spooling plant broke down.

235 loading spool1934Unknown24 × 36 mm35 mm film in daylight-loading spool
240 / APS cartridge1996201130.2 × 16.7 mm15, 25, or 4024 mm stock, registration perforated
Daylight, Transparency, Black & White (Chromogenic 400CN)
335 stereo pairs1952Unknown24 × 24 mm20 pairsSpecial length for Realist format stereo pairs
435 loading spool1934Unknown24 × 36 mm35 mm film in daylight-loading spool
50for roll holder1915March 19413+1⁄4 × 2+1⁄4 infor Graflex rollholder
51for roll holder1915Feb 19514+1⁄4 × 3+1⁄4 infor Graflex rollholder
52for roll holder1915Mar 19495+1⁄2 × 3+1⁄4 infor Graflex rollholder
53for roll holder1915Feb 19515 × 4 infor Graflex rollholder
54for roll holder1915Mar 19497 × 5 infor Graflex rollholder
500film pack191119481+3⁄4 × 2+3⁄8 in12redefined 1921 as 1+5⁄8 × 2+7⁄16 in
515film pack190519555 × 7 in12
516film pack190919552+1⁄2 × 4+1⁄4 in12
518film pack190319763+1⁄4 × 4+1⁄4 in12 sheets
520film pack190619762+1⁄4 × 3+1⁄4 in16 sheets
522film pack190419553+1⁄4 × 5+1⁄2 in12 sheets3A postcard
523film pack19044 × 5 in12 sheets
526film pack192019414+3⁄4 × 6+1⁄2 in
531film pack192619412+9⁄32 × 5+11⁄32 in60 × 130 mm
540film pack192019411+3⁄4 × 4+1⁄4 in
541film pack192019413+1⁄2 × 4+3⁄41290 × 120 mm
542film pack191119483 × 5+1⁄4 in75 × 135 mm
543film pack192019483+3⁄4 × 5+1⁄2 in12100 × 150 mm
616 roll film193119842+1⁄2 × 4+1⁄4 in
or 2+1⁄2 × 2+1⁄8 in		6, later 8Similar to 116 film but on a thinner spool
620 roll film19321995Similar to 120 film but on a thinner spool
828 roll film1935198528 × 40 mm835 mm, one perforation per frame Bantam
35roll film191619331+1⁄4 × 1+3⁄4 in35 mm stock, unperforated
00 UniveXroll film19331+1⁄2 × 1+1⁄8 in6made by Gevaert
Hit (for example TONE camera)roll film1937unknown14 × 14 mm10 [5] 17.5 mm stock; used in imported miniature toy cameras [6]
Disc cassette198219988 × 11 mm15circular sheet of film attached to rigid carrier
Half-frame cartridge1934, later thanPresent18 × 24 mm48 or 72 135 film in "half-frame" cameras
Minox cartridge1938Present8 × 11 mm15, 36 or 50nominally 9.5 mm-wide stock (in reality 9.2–9.3 mm)
Karatcartridge19361963Early AGFA cartridge for 35 mm film
Rapidcartridge19641990s24 × 24 mm
18 × 24 mm		12
16		 AGFA cartridge for 35 mm film (replaced Karat, same system)
SLcartridge1958199024 × 36 mm
24 × 24 mm
18 × 24 mm		12
16
24		 Orwo Schnell-Lade Kassette for 35 mm film
Kassette 16cartridge19781990s13 × 17 mm20 Orwo, 16 mm stock, central perforation (holes between frames)
Introduced exclusively for the Pentacon k16 camera
Super 16 (Rollei)cartridge1963198113 × 17 mm18 Rollei, 16 mm stock, perforation on both edges?
with kino film (?) only by Rollei for the Rollei 16 camera; also Wirgin Edixa 16 (Franka / alka 16)
Minolta-16cartridge1955197410 × 14 mm (original)
13 × 17 mm (later)		20 Minolta, 16 mm stock, originally double perforated (single perforated or unperforated film could be loaded), later single perf to allow larger 13 × 17 mm image
  1. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, all formats were introduced by Kodak, which began allocating the number series in 1913. Before that, films were simply identified by the name of the cameras they were intended for. [1]

For roll holder means film for cartridge roll holders, allowing roll film to be used with cameras designed to use glass plates. These were spooled with the emulsion facing outward, rather than inward as in film designed for native roll-film cameras. Types 106 to 114 were for Eastman-Walker rollholders, while types 50 to 54 were for Graflex rollholders.

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.

Roll film cross-reference table

Before World War II, each film manufacturer used its own system of numbering for the various sizes of rollfilms they made. The following sortable table shows the corresponding numbers. A blank space means that manufacturer did not make film in that size. Two numbers in one box refers to films available with different numbers of exposures, usually 6 and either 10 or 12. Spool length is measured between inner faces of the flanges; several films of the same image size were available on different spools to fit different cameras.

EastmanAGFAAnscoEnsignVulcanSenecaRexoSpool
length (in)
101H68A, 8B3+1⁄2-inch2023033.661
1021B1+1⁄2-inch2041.655
103K610A, 10B4-inch2063.912
104L612A, 12B5-inch2085.064
105C65A, 5B2+1⁄4-inch C2103152.509
11513A, 13B7-inch2307.126
116D66A, 6B2+1⁄2-inch232348425, 4262.814
117B13A2+1⁄4-inch A2342.470
118E67A, 7B3+1⁄4-inch236354430, 4313.474
11911A, 11B4+1⁄4-inch2384.490
120B24A2+1⁄4-inch B2403604152.466
121AB62A, 2B1+5⁄8-inch2421.850
122G6, G1018A, 18B3+1⁄4-inch A244366445, 4463.715
123J610C, 10D4-inch A2464.693
124F67C, 7D3+1⁄4-inch B2483724353.716
12518C, 18D3+1⁄4-inch C2503753.912
12619A4+1⁄4-inch A2524.898
127A82CEnsignette 1J2543814071.860
128O6Ensignette 11.606
129N6Ensignette 22.059
130M626A, 26B2+7⁄8-inch260390436, 4383.132
616PD162.814
620PB202.468

Single image

Size (inches)Type
1+5⁄8 × 2+1⁄8"sixteenth-plate" tintypes
2 × 2+1⁄2"ninth-plate" tintypes
2 × 3 sheet film
2+1⁄4 × 3+1⁄4 sheet film
2+1⁄2 × 3+1⁄2"sixth-plate" tintypes
3 × 4sheet film
3+1⁄8 × 4+1⁄8"quarter-plate" tintypes
3+1⁄4 × 4+1⁄4sheet film, [7] "quarter-plate" glass plates
3+1⁄4 × 5+1⁄2postcard or 3A
4 × 5glass plate,sheet film
4 × 10sheet film
4+1⁄4 × 5+1⁄2"half-plate" tintypes
4+3⁄4 × 6+1⁄2"half-plate" glass plates, sheet film
5 × 7sheet film
6+1⁄2 × 8+1⁄2"whole-plate" glass plates, sheet film, tintypes
7 × 17sheet film
8 × 10glass plates,sheet film
8 × 20sheet film
11 × 14sheet film
12 × 20sheet film
14 × 17sheet film
16 × 20sheet film
20 × 24sheet film
Size (cm)Type
6.5 × 9sheet film
9 × 12glass plate, sheet film
10 × 15sheet film
13 × 18sheet film
18 × 24sheet film
24 × 30sheet film

Instant film

DesignationTypeIntroducedDiscontinuedImage sizeExposuresComment
Type 20 Polaroid roll film cartridge196519792+1⁄8 × 2+7⁄8 in8
Type 30Polaroid roll film cartridge195419792+1⁄8 × 2+7⁄8 in8
Type 40Polaroid roll film cartridge19481972 (color)
1992 (monochrome)		2+7⁄8 × 3+3⁄4 in6 or 8
Type 50Polaroid peel-apart film pack19??20084 × 5 inIncluding Type 55
Type 80Polaroid peel-apart film pack197120062+3⁄4 × 2+7⁄88 or 10
Type 100Polaroid peel-apart film pack19632016 by Fujifilm

. [8] Reintroduced in 2018

2+7⁄8 × 3+3⁄4 in8, 10 or 11Discontinued by Polaroid in 2008. Produced and sold by Fujifilm until 2016, when it was discontinued. [8] New 100 type film made by One Instant introduced in 2018
SX-70,
Type 600		Polaroid integral film pack1972–3+1⁄8 × 3+1⁄8 in8 or 10Discontinued by Polaroid in 2008; reintroduced by Impossible Project in 2010.
Kodak Instant Kodak integral film pack1976198691 × 67 mm10
F SeriesFuji integral film pack1981c. 199091 × 69 mmFilm compatible with Kodak Instant, but in a different cartridge and rated at a (slightly) different speed
KodamaticKodak integral film packc. 1980198691 × 67 mm10
Trimprint,
Instagraphic		Kodak peel-apart film pack198319864 × 3+1⁄2 in10 [9] [10]
System 800Fuji integral film pack201091 × 69 mm
Spectra,
Type 700,
Type 1200		Polaroid integral film pack1986Oct. 20193+5⁄8 × 2+7⁄8 in10 or 12 with original Polaroid; 8 with Polaroid Originals/Impossible ProjectDiscontinued by Polaroid in 2008; reintroduced by Impossible Project in 2010; discontinued by Polaroid Originals in 2019.
Captiva,
Type 500		Polaroid integral film pack199320062+7⁄8 × 2+1⁄8 in10
InstantACEFuji integral film pack201091 × 69 mm
8 × 10 Polaroid film pack19??–8 × 10 in1Discontinued by Polaroid; reintroduced by Impossible Project.
i-Zone
Pocket		Polaroid integral film pack1997200636 × 24 mm12
Fujifilm Instax Mini,
PolaroidMio,
PolaroidType 300		Fuji/Polaroid integral film pack1998 [11] [12] [13] –46 × 62 mm10
Instax WideFuji integral film pack1999 [13] –99 × 62 mm10
Instax PiviFuji integral film pack2004–46 × 61 mm
I-TypeImpossible integral film pack2016–3+1⁄8 × 3+1⁄8 in8Same image format as Polaroid Type 600, but the film cartridge does not contain a battery
Instax SquareFuji integral film pack2017–62 × 62 mm10
GoPolaroid integral film pack2021–2.12 × 2.62 in8The film cartridge does not contain a battery

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