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Movie film formats

Amateur formats: 8 mm Single-8 Super 8 mm Polavision 9,5 mm film 17.5 mm 22 mm Edison 28 mm Pathescope

Agency formats: 16 mm 35 mm Anamorphic (Panavision and CinemaScope) 3-perf Super 35 VistaVision Cinerama - rarely presented in 35 millimetre, because of the Three-projector requirement

70 mm standard (Super Panavision and Todd-AO) Super Cinerama IMAX OMNIMAX

Still photography film formats

Multiple image

Designation Nature and severity Month Size & comment
101 roll film 1895-1956 3 1/2" x 3½"
102 roll film 1896-1933 1½" x 2"
103 roll film 1896-1949 3¾" x 4¾"
104 roll film 1897-1949 4¾" x 3¾"
105 roll film 1897-1949 2¼" x 3¼", see 120 film
106 for roll holder 1898-1924 3½" x 3½"
107 for roll holder 1898-1924 3¼" x 4¼"
108 for roll holder 1898-1929 4¼" x 3¼"
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 Seventeen millimeter, watch 110 film
111 for roll holder 1898-Unknown 6½" x 4¾"
112 for roll holder 1898-1924 7" x 5"
113 for roll holder 1898-Unknown 9 x Xii cm
114 for roll holder 1898-Unknown 12 x Ennead cm
115 roll film 1898-1949 6¾" x 4¾"
116, The-116 roll film 1899-1984 2½" x 4¼", The for Autographic
117 roll film 1900-1949 2¼" x 2¼", see 120 film
118, The-118 roll film 1900-1961 3¼" x 4¼"
119 roll film 1900-1940 4¼" x 3¼"
Great hundred, The-120 roll film 1901-Present See 120 film
121 roll film 1902-1941 1 5/8" x 2½"
122, The-122 roll film 1903-1971 3¼" x 5½", Postcard
123, The-123 roll film 1904-1949 4" x 5"
124 roll film 1905-1961 3¼" x 4¼"
125 roll film 1905-1949 3¼" x 5½"
126, The-126 roll film 1906-1949 4¼" x 6½"
126 Instamatic cartridge 1963-2000(1) Twenty-six.Fin x Xxvi.Quint millimetre, view 126 film
127, The-127 roll film 1912-1995(2) Quadruplet ten Quatern cm, view 127 film
128 roll film 1912-1941 1½" x 2¼"
129 roll film 1912-1951 1 7/8" x 3"
130, The-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 reel 1934-Unknown 24 10 36 millimeter, view 135 film
240 APS cartridge 1996-Present See Advanced Photo System
335 loading reel 1952-Unknown 24 ten Twenty-three millimetre, view 135 film
435 loading reel 1934-Unknown 24 ten 36 millimetre, understand 135 film
616 roll film 1931-1984 2½" x 4¼" or even 2½" x 2 1/8", look at 616 film
620 roll film 1931-1995 See 120 film
645 format simply Sestet x Quadruplet.Phoebe cm, watch 120 film
828 roll film 1935-1985 28 x Xl millimetre, 35 millimeter wide Bantam, Octonary exp.
35 roll film 1916-1933 1¼" x 1¾", 35 mm wide
60 minutes, VR disc cartridge 1982-1998 See disc film
Minox roll film 1938-Present 8 x Eleven millimetre, Nina from carolina.Ii millimeter wide, 15 & 36 exp.
Karat cartridge 1936-Unknown Early AGFA cartridge for 35 mm film
Rapid cartridge 1964-1990s AGFA cartridge for 35 mm film, Xii exp
SL cartridge 1958-1990 Orwo Schnell-Lade Kassette for 35 mm film
One thousand Sixteen cartridge 1987-Unknown Orwo, 16 millimetre wide, Xx exp

(Unity) Discontinued by major manufacturers however however by Ferrania.

(Ii) Discontinued by major manufacturers however however by Efke and Maco.

Unless otherwise noted, completely formats were introduced by Kodak, who began allocating a benumb series inside 1913. Prior to that, films were upright identified per title of the cameras it were meant for.

For roll holder means film for cartridge roll holders, permitting roll film to be utilized using cameras designed to apply glass plates.

A primary cause there were thus numbers of different veto formats in the early times was that prints were processed by contact, without utilise of an enlarger. the film format would & so become exactly a equivalent when a size of the print -- so if smart shoppers wanted big prints, you would keep close at hand to utilise a big camera and corresponding film format.

Single image

Size (within inches) Type
Ii x Three sheet film
Triad x Foursome sheet film
Quartet x Little phoebe sheet film
V x Septenary sheet film
Ogdoad x X sheet film
Xi x Xiv sheet film
Xvi x Xx sheet film

Size (around cm) Type
Captain hicks.Pentad x Ennead sheet film
Ix x Twelve sheet film
Decade x Xv sheet film
Baker's dozen x Eighteen sheet film

Instant image

Designation Type
SX-70 Polaroid flat film cartridge with integrated battery
Nature and severity 88 Polaroid flat film cartridge
Nature and severity Centred Polaroid flat film cartridge

IMAX
The official web site of the large-format film company. Contains list of global theatres, films and distributers.

Big Movie Zone
Large-format film portal, containing trailers, clips, previews, interviews, reviews, DVDs and message boards.

LF Examiner Home
Independent Journal of the Large Format Film Industry. Provides data on giant-screen films, theaters, and organizations.

GiantScreenBiz.com
Information for professionals in the large format film industry. News, interviews, and box office reports. Registration required.

15/70 Films
Information on IMAX and 15/70 format films and theatres.

IMAXimus - Special Report
Article looking at the possible futures of the large format film industry.

SDS-70
Informational site about Super Vista Corp's Super Dimension-70 large format advanced film based technology.






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