What format, and what cams can do it?

[Camerarabbit]

hi all,
i'm currently scanning my grandfather's (born 1920!) medium format negatives and keep coming across negatives in this nifty format. can someone tell me what ratio this is, and what kind of camera(s) can do it? i love the look, it feels like something between a 6x9 negative and a 1x3 panoramic.

 

[MattKing]

What is the width of the film?

 

[Camerarabbit]

What is the width of the film?

It's medium format film...does that answer the question?

 

[MattKing]

It's medium format film...does that answer the question?

No - if it were, for instance, 616 or 116 film, the image area would be 2.5" wide, which compares to the 2.25" width of 120 or 620 film.

 

[Camerarabbit]

The image area measures 2.5 inches wide, 4.5 inches long

 

[Camerarabbit]

Googled and it appears to have been 616 film, as you said, which expired in 1984. Pity, really wanted to shoot this format!

 

[BradS]

here’s a thread about another member using a 616 camera....

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/using-the-lovely-kodak-six-16.178750/

 

[voceumana]

Not quite as oblong, but there is 6x9.

 

[MattKing]

It could also have been 116 film.
Here is a very recent thread where some of us are discussing using readily available 120 film in a 616 camera: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/using-the-lovely-kodak-six-16.178750/
I have some really old 616 film that is on the 616 spools that I intend to do a project with in my 616 camera.
And there is this adventure with 70 year old film: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...year-old-verichrome-and-super-xx-film.136477/

 

[Dan Daniel]

If the ratio is of interest, Horseman makes a 6x12 back for 120 film, which is close to the 2.5: 4.5 ratio of your images.

 

[Camerarabbit]

here’s a thread about another member using a 616 camera....

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/using-the-lovely-kodak-six-16.178750/

WOW, so inspired by this, I'm going to get one myself, thank you!!!

 

[Dan Fromm]

If the ratio is of interest, Horseman makes a 6x12 back for 120 film, which is close to the 2.5: 4.5 ratio of your images.

There are others. To name a few, in alphabetical order, Cambo, Linhof, Sinar. The Sinars are discontinued and parts are no longer available. I b'lieve that Linhof's Techno Rollex is still available new. $$$$.

 

[BradS]

ZeroImage 612 pinhole too.