Wanted: non-perf 16mm film, high resolution, 80 ASA

Currently nobody produces 110 'pocket camera' films. There are some signs this might change, but at this time choices are very limited. There is no black and white film at all in that size today.

Owners of Minox and other submini cameras sometimes use slicers to cut and roll their own films. Owners of 110 film cameras are better off, they might use unperforated 16mm film. The catch is that typically these cameras only know two ISO settings. My Pentax Auto 110 Super for example only knows ISO 80 or 400. None of these cameras have exposure compensation features or others that might help adapting the camera to the film. That means, I have to adapt the film to the camera.

For my normal 35mm cameras I stay away from high resolution 'document' films because they are hard to tame. For this mini camera I have to make an exception.

So, here is the wanted poster, do you know one or more films with these characteristics?

- Available as unperforated 16mm spool (I want to avoid slicing)
- Very high resolution, extremely low grain
- Normal panchromatic film
- 80 ASA for normal photography with normal contrast and halfway normal exposure latitude
- Needs a normal developer like XTol or a special developer

Candidates that I heard of:
- Kodak Imagelink (which of them?)
- Agfa Copex (again, which?)

I've played gobs with Minolta 16mm and 110 cameras. Had a Pentax 110 for a couple days and then found a new home for it. Unlike the Minolta 110 slr, the Pentax had no exposure adjustments. Of course both 16mm and 110 cameras use 16mm wide film. Higher end 110 cameras really only need the perforation to determine frame spacing. If you use the 16mm media film (non-perf) in the 110, it won't engage the little finger that determines spacing. It will work fine but, you will end up with big gaps between frames. For 110 you'll also want to roll your film with backing paper.

You may find splitting 120 film to be a better option. That way you can use any film that comes in the 120 format. I've only used a couple 16mm archival films. I think the Kodak Reference Archive Media 1433/3433 has good properties. Give me a day and I might be able to come up with some example exposures using this film, if you're interested.

http://www.graphics.kodak.com/docimaging/uploadedfiles/D-35.pdf