Hi
I have a roll of "King Size" 126 color print film. It looks to be 20-30 years old, but no indication of which process (C-22 or C-41). Called Film Rescue, they can process but can't tell what process it is. Any ideas?
Michael
20 years old c-41, 30, c-41, any date? There maybe a date on the paper backing. Has the film been exposed?
It would have to be at least 35 years old to be C-22. It is most likely C41 film.
There was a chain of photo labs in Canada called King Size Photo at the time. I can't recall if they had their own film or not. Of course, if your film is of quasi-American origin there may have been a separate shop or chain on your side of the 49th parallel.
The big 126 film was discontinued before the Instamatic size came into being. That would be over 40 years ago, and the film would be C-22 or even an earlier process. There was a rapidly changing series of Kodacolors at that time. The very early stuff was just called Kodacolor and had a box with red, green, and blue narrow stripes on it near the size marking. Kodacolor-X was the last of the C-22 films, as I remember.
126 was roll film; 127 was instamatic.
The only 127 did was E4 but it may have changed to later formats.
Sorry you have that backwards.126 is Instamatic and 127 is roll. As I post this I am looking at both.
Michael
126 was roll film; 127 was instamatic.
The only 127 did was E4 but it may have changed to later formats.
Sorry you have that backwards.126 is Instamatic and 127 is roll. As I post this I am looking at both.
Michael
126 Instamatic size film can be processed on standard 35mm reels, as the film is the same width as 35mm, but only has one single perforation per square frame. When one would shoot slides on 126 Instamatic, they would be returned in mounts to fit 35mm slide projectors. The image, of course would be square.
127 roll film, did indeed yield slides known as "Super Slides" and they too would be returned in mounts to fit 35mm slide projectors, but with a much larger square image area.
110 size "pocket instamatic" film when shot as slides would be returned mounted in small mounts designed to fit a "Pocket" Carousel projector. A much smaller minature projector. I don't think this was ever very popular.
My screw-up as there were several cameras with the name 126 that I know did not use roll film.
If you have Kodacolor-X, it's C22; otherwise, it is most likely C41. 127 film was 46 mm wide roll film made for a variety of cameras over a very long time. I think Kodak discontinued it in the 1980s, but some European suppliers still make it.
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