Film format








A cartridge of Kodak 35 mm (135) film for cameras.


A film format is a technical definition of a set of standard characteristics regarding image capture on photographic film, for either stills or filmmaking. It can also apply to projected film, either slides or movies. The primary characteristic of a film format is its size and shape.


In the case of motion picture film, the format may also include audio parameters (though often not). Other characteristics usually include the film gauge, pulldown method, lens anamorphosis (or lack thereof), and film gate or projector aperture dimensions, all of which need to be defined for photography as well as projection, as they may differ.




Contents






  • 1 Motion picture film formats


  • 2 Digital camera formats


  • 3 Still photography film formats


    • 3.1 Multiple image


    • 3.2 Roll film cross-reference table


    • 3.3 Single image


    • 3.4 Instant film




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Motion picture film formats




Digital camera formats




Still photography film formats



Multiple image











































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Designation[a]
Type
Introduced
Discontinued
Image size
Exposures
Comment
101

roll film
1895
1956
3½" × 3½"


102
roll film
1896
1933
1½" × 2"

One flange has gear teeth
103
roll film
1896
1949
3¾" × 4¾"


104
roll film
1897
1949
4¾" × 3¾"



105
roll film
1897
1949
2¼" × 3¼"

Like 120 film with 116-size flanges
106
for roll holder
1898
1924
3½" × 3½"

Roll holder films were wound inside out
107
for roll holder
1898
1924
3¼" × 4¼"


108
for roll holder
1898
1929
4¼" × 3¼"


109
for roll holder
1898
1924
4" × 5"



110
(early roll film)
for roll holder
1898
1929
5" × 4"

No relation to the later 110 cartridge format.

110
("Pocket Instamatic")
cartridge
1972
Present[2]
13 × 17 mm

16 mm stock, registration perforated
Introduced with Kodak's "Pocket Instamatic" series
Daylight, Transparency, Black & White
111
for roll holder
1898
Unknown
6½" × 4¾"


112
for roll holder
1898
1924
7" × 5"


113
for roll holder
1898
Unknown
9 × 12 cm


114
for roll holder
1898
Unknown
12 × 9 cm


115
roll film
1898
1949
6¾" × 4¾"


116
roll film
1899
1984
2½" × 4¼"

Like 616 film with wider flanges

117
roll film
1900
1949
2¼" × 2¼"
12
Like 620 spool with 120 keyslot
118
roll film
1900
1961
3¼" × 4¼"

3.474" spool
119
roll film
1900
1940
4¼" × 3¼"



120
roll film
1901
Present
2¼" × 3¼"
56 × 70 mm
2¼" × 2¼"
2¼" × 1⅝"
8
10
12-13
15-16
2.4 inch (60.96 mm) stock, unperforated, paper-backed
121
roll film
1902
1941
1⅝" × 2½"


122
roll film
1903
1971
3¼" × 5½"
6 or 10
Postcard format
123
roll film
1904
1949
4" × 5"


124
roll film
1905
1961
3¼" × 4¼"

3.716" spool - same picture size as 118 with longer spool
125
roll film
1905
1949
3¼" × 5½"

like 122 on longer spool; also for stereo pairs, 3¼" × 2½" x 2

126
(early roll film)
roll film
1906
1949
4¼" × 6½"

No relation to the 126 cartridge format introduced in 1963.

126
("Instamatic")
cartridge
1963
2008
26.5 × 26.5 mm
12, 20 (later 24)
35 mm stock, registration perforated
Introduced with first "Instamatic" cameras under the name "Kodapak"

127
roll film
1912
Present
1⅝" × 2½"
1⅝" × 1⅝"
1⅝" × 1¼"
8
12
16
46 mm stock, "Vest Pocket"
128
roll film
1912
1941
1½" × 2¼"

for Houghton Ensignette #E1[3]
129
roll film
1912
1951
1⅞" × 3"

for Houghton Ensignette #E2
130
roll film
1916
1961
2⅞" × 4⅞"



135
cartridge
1934
Present
24 × 36 mm
24 or 36
35 mm stock, double perforated
formerly available in 12, 18, 20, or 72 exposures[4]

220
roll film
1965
Present
2¼" × 3¼"
6 × 7 cm
2¼" × 2¼"
2¼" × 1⅝"
18
21
24-27
30-33
2.4 inch (60.96 mm) stock, unperforated, no backing paper
Twice as long as 120

235
loading spool
1934
Unknown
24 × 36 mm

35 mm film in daylight-loading spool
240 / APS
cartridge
1996
2011
30.2 × 16.7 mm
15, 25, or 40
24 mm stock, registration perforated
Daylight, Transparency, Black & White (Chromogenic 400CN)

335
stereo pairs
1952
Unknown
24 × 24 mm
20 pairs
Special length for Realist format stereo pairs

435
loading spool
1934
Unknown
24 × 36 mm

35 mm film in daylight-loading spool
50
for roll holder
1915
March 1941
3¼" × 2¼"

for Graflex rollholder
51
for roll holder
1915
Feb. 1951
4¼" × 3¼"

for Graflex rollholder
52
for roll holder
1915
March 1949
5½" × 3¼"

for Graflex rollholder
53
for roll holder
1915
Feb. 1951
5" × 4"

for Graflex rollholder
54
for roll holder
1915
March 1949
7" × 5"

for Graflex rollholder
500
film pack
1911
1948
1¾" × 2⅜"
12
redefined 1921 as 1⅝ x 2⁷/₁₆
515
film pack
1905
1955
5" × 7"
12

516
film pack
1909
1955
2½" × 4¼"
12

518
film pack
1903
1976
3¼" × 4¼"
12 sheets

520
film pack
1906
1976
2¼" × 3¼"
16 sheets

522
film pack
1904
1955
3¼" × 5½"
12 sheets
3A postcard
523
film pack
1904

4" × 5"
12 sheets

526
film pack
1920
1941
4¾ × 6½"


531
film pack
1926
1941
2⁹/₃₂ × 5¹¹/₃₂

6 cm × 13 cm
540
film pack
1920
1941
1¾ × 4¼


541
film pack
1920
1941
3½ × 4¾
12
9 cm × 12 cm
542
film pack
1911
1948
3 × 5¼

7.5 cm × 13.5 cm
543
film pack
1920
1948
3¾ × 5½
12
10 cm × 15 cm

616
roll film
1931
1984
2½" × 4¼" or 2½" × 2⅛"
6, later 8
Similar to 116 film but on a thinner spool

620
roll film
1932
1995


Similar to 120 film but on a thinner spool

828
roll film
1935
1985
28 × 40 mm,
8
35mm, one perforation per frame Bantam
35
roll film
1916
1933
1¼" × 1¾"

35 mm stock, unperforated
00 UniveX
roll film
1933

1½" × 1⅛"
6
made by Gevaert
Hit (for example TONE camera)
roll film
1937
unknown
14 × 14 mm
10 [5]
17.5 mm stock; used in imported miniature toy cameras [6]

Disc
cassette
1982
1998
8 × 11 mm
15
circular sheet of film attached to rigid carrier

Half-frame
cartridge
later than 1934
Present
18 × 24 mm
48 or 72

135 film in "half-frame" cameras

Minox
cartridge
1938
Present
8 × 11 mm
15, 36 or 50
nominally 9.5 mm wide stock (in reality 9.2-9.3 mm)
Karat
cartridge
1936
1963


Early AGFA cartridge for 35 mm film
Rapid
cartridge
1964
1990s

12

AGFA cartridge for 35 mm film (replaced Karat, same system)
SL
cartridge
1958
1990
24 × 36 mm
24 × 24 mm
18 × 24 mm
12
16
24

Orwo Schnell-Lade Kassette for 35 mm film
Kassette 16
cartridge
1978
1990s
13 × 17 mm
20

Orwo, 16 mm stock, central perforation (holes between frames)
Introduced exclusively for the Pentacon k16 camera
Super 16 (Rollei)
cartridge
1963
1981
13 × 17 mm
18

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-16
cartridge
1955
1974
10 × 14 mm (orig) & 13 × 17
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.



















































































































































































































































Eastman AGFA Ansco Ensign Vulcan Seneca Rexo Spool
length
101
H6
8A, 8B
3½ inch
202
303

3.661"
102

1B
1½ inch
204


1.655"
103
K6
10A, 10B
4 inch
206


3.912"
104
L6
12A, 12B
5 inch
208


5.064"
105
C6
5A, 5B
2¼ inch C
210
315

2.509"
115

13A, 13B
7 inch
230


7.126"
116
D6
6A, 6B
2½ inch
232
348
425, 426
2.814"
117
B1
3A
2¼ inch A
234


2.470"
118
E6
7A, 7B
3¼ inch
236
354
430, 431
3.474"
119

11A, 11B
4¼ inch
238


4.490"
120
B2
4A
2¼ inch B
240
360
415
2.466"
121
AB6
2A, 2B
1⅝ inch
242


1.850"
122
G6, G10
18A, 18B
3¼ inch A
244
366
445, 446
3.715"
123
J6
10C, 10D
4 inch A
246


4.693"
124
F6
7C, 7D
3¼ inch B
248
372
435
3.716"
125

18C, 18D
3¼ inch C
250
375

3.912"
126

19A
4¼ inch A
252


4.898"
127
A8
2C
Ensignette 1J
254
381
407
1.860"
128
O6

Ensignette 1



1.606"
129
N6

Ensignette 2



2.059"
130
M6
26A, 26B
2⅞ inch
260
390
436, 438
3.132"
616
PD16





2.814"
620
PB20





2.468"


Single image



































































































Size (in inches) Type
1⅝×2⅛ "sixteenth-plate" tintypes
2×2½ "ninth-plate" tintypes
2×3
sheet film
2¼×3¼
sheet film
2½×3½ "sixth-plate" tintypes
3×4 sheet film
3⅛×4⅛ "quarter-plate" tintypes
3¼×4¼ sheet film,[7] "quarter-plate" glass plates
3¼×5½ postcard or 3A
4×5 glass plate,sheet film
4×10 sheet film
4¼×5½ "half-plate" tintypes
4¾×6½ "half-plate" glass plates, sheet film
5×7 sheet film
6½×8½ "whole-plate" glass plates, sheet film, tintypes
7×17 sheet film
8×10 glass plates,sheet film
8×20 sheet film
11×14 sheet film
12×20 sheet film
14×17 sheet film
16×20 sheet film
20×24 sheet film






























Size (in cm) Type
6.5 × 9 sheet film
9 × 12 glass plate, sheet film
10 × 15 sheet film
13 × 18 sheet film
18 × 24 sheet film
24 × 30 sheet film


Instant film



















































































































































































































Designation
Type
Introduced
Discontinued
Image size
Exposures
Comment
Type 20
Polaroid roll film cartridge
1965 1979 2 1/8" × 2 7/8" 8
Type 30 Polaroid roll film cartridge 1954 1979 2 1/8" × 2 7/8" 8
Type 40 Polaroid roll film cartridge 1948 1972 (color)
1992 (monochrome)
2 7/8" × 3 3/4" 6 or 8
Type 50 Polaroid peel-apart film pack 19?? 2008 4" × 5" Including Type 55
Type 80 Polaroid peel-apart film pack 1971 2006 2 3/4" × 2 7/8" 8 or 10
Type 100 Polaroid peel-apart film pack 1963 2016[8]
2 7/8" × 3 3/4" 8, 10 or 11 Discontinued by Polaroid in 2008. Produced by Fujifilm thereafter.[8]

SX-70,
Type 600
Polaroid integral film pack 1972 3 1/8" × 3 1/8" 8 or 10 Discontinued by Polaroid in 2008. Reintroduced by Impossible Project in 2010.
Kodak Instant
Kodak integral film pack
1976 1986 91 mm × 67 mm 10
F Series Fuji integral film pack 1981 c.1990 91 mm × 69 mm Film compatible with Kodak Instant, but in a different cartridge and rated at a (slightly) different speed
Kodamatic Kodak integral film pack c.1980 1986 91 mm × 67 mm 10
Trimprint,
Instagraphic
Kodak peel-apart film pack 1983 1986 4" × 3 1/2" 10
[9][10]
System 800 Fuji integral film pack 2010 91 mm × 69 mm
Spectra,
Type 700,
Type 1200
Polaroid integral film pack 1986 3 5/8" × 2 7/8" 10 or 12 Discontinued by Polaroid in 2008. Reintroduced by Impossible Project in 2010.
Captiva,
Type 500
Polaroid integral film pack 1993 2006 2 7/8" × 2 1/8" 10
InstantACE Fuji integral film pack 2010 91 mm × 69 mm
8x10 Polaroid film pack 19?? 8" × 10" 1 Discontinued by Polaroid. Reintroduced by Impossible Project.

i-Zone
Pocket
Polaroid integral film pack 1997 2006 36 mm × 24 mm 12

Instax Mini,
Mio,
Type 300
Fuji/Polaroid integral film pack 1998[11][12][13]
46 mm × 62 mm 10
Instax Wide Fuji integral film pack 1999[13]
99 mm × 62 mm 10
Instax Pivi Fuji integral film pack 2004 46 mm × 61 mm
I-Type Impossible integral film pack 2016 3 1/8" × 3 1/8" 8 Same image format as Polaroid Type 600, but the film cartridge does not contain a battery
Instax Square Fuji integral film pack 2017 62 mm × 62 mm 10


See also



  • Film base

  • Film stock

  • Keykode

  • Large format

  • Medium format

  • Microform



References




  1. ^ "The History of Kodak Roll Films". Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "What is 110 film?". lomography.com. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2015-09-14.


  3. ^ "The Ensignette Camera". Retrieved 19 October 2011.


  4. ^ "Ilford History and Chronology". Retrieved 20 June 2011.


  5. ^ "Reloading Hit Cameras". Retrieved 23 October 2011.


  6. ^ "17.5mm or "Hit" Style Cameras". Retrieved 23 October 2011.


  7. ^ "Speed Graphic FAQ file". Rochester Institute of Technology. Retrieved August 11, 2015.


  8. ^ ab "インスタントカラーフィルム「FP-100C」販売終了のお知らせ". Fujifilm. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.


  9. ^ Ortner, E.H. "What's New In Photography". Popular Science (September 1983): 93. Retrieved 29 January 2017.


  10. ^ "Photo Kit Copies CRT Images". Popular Science (December 1983): 74. Retrieved 29 January 2017.


  11. ^ "Fujifilm Instax Mini 10 camera, c2000". National Media Museum. Retrieved 26 January 2017.


  12. ^ "Fuji may enter U.S. instant film market". EUROPE: Nytimes.com. 1998-10-31. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


  13. ^ ab "23 "Japanese Historical Cameras" of 1999 Named". JCII Camera Museum. Japan Camera Industry Institute. Retrieved 26 January 2017.



External links



  • Film Formats and HDTV


  • Table of Film formats Archive by Mark Baldock

  • Kodak roll films starting with 101

  • The history of Kodak roll films

  • Classic camera film sizes, sources, and film adapters, with spool dimensions

  • American Widescreen Museum

  • Sub-35mm movie film formats history webpage

  • Plate and tintype sizes

  • Michael Rogge's brief history of film formats










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