126 film

The Instamatic film (type 126) is a specially perforated small picture film cassettes for the system Kodak Instamatic. It has been developed with the goal to be error-free to handle for everyone, however, while allowing easy camera structures. Other manufacturers used alternatively the name Pak film.

The negative format of Instamaticfilms was 28 mm × 28 mm, where he was made ​​up with 12, 20 or 24 images. It gave him exclusively with amateur emulsions, originally as black and white and slide film. Standard deductions were almost 9 cm × 9 cm in size. The last 126er film on the European market was produced until 2007 by the Italian company Ferrania (trade name Solaris).

A competitor to the Instamatic Film Faced temporarily the Agfa Rapid format dar. Comparable also the Pocket film ( type 110) from the same manufacturer with similar but lower cassette, which survived the Instamatic system due to its compact dimensions. Finally, cameras have been automated for classic miniature film so in the 1990s, that hardly could result in doubt when handling more.