If you are unsure what film format your vintage camera may use, or if you’re planning to buy an old folding or box camera and are wondering what adapter you need to use 120 film with it, this page may help.
My adapters convert 120 film spool to the size of 116 film, 118 film, 122 film, 126 roll film, 127 film, 130 film or 616 film. The adapters are named FAK (Film Adapter Kit) followed by the corresponding film size.
What film size is my camera?
If you have a vintage camera and you’re unsure about what film type it used, it will be hard to know what adapter it needs in order to to load 120 film.
Kodak cameras with their film sizes.
The following list features all the Kodak cameras made for those format, and it is part of the official Kodak cameras list that can be found here: History of KODAK Cameras. I have only regrouped the 116, 118, 122, 126, 130, 616 cameras and sorted per production periods.
Kodak 116 film cameras
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera (collapsing front) (1899 – 1905)
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera Model B (folding front) (1905 – 1906)
No. 2A BROWNIE Camera (1907 – 1924)
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera Model C (wood lens mount) (1907 – 1909)
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Special Camera (1908 – 1912)
No. 1A Speed KODAK Camera (1909 – 1913)
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera Model D (metal lens mount) (1909 – 1915)
No. 1A Special KODAK Camera (1912- 1914)
No. 1A Six-Three KODAK Camera (1913 – 1915)
No. 1A KODAK Junior Camera (1914 – 1914)
No. 1A Pocket KODAK Special Camera (1926 – 1934)
No. 2A Folding Pocket BROWNIE Camera (1910 – 1915)
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK-RR Type Camera (formerly listed as No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Special) (1912 – 1915)
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Junior Camera (1914 – 1927)
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (1914 – 1916)
No. 2A Folding AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE Camera (Changed from square to round ends in 1917) (1915 – 1926)
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK 1917 Model Camera (1917 – 1924)
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (w/coupled rangefinder and Bakelite side panels) (1917 – 1923)
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera w/coupled rangefinder, Model B (Back overlaps sides) (1923 – 1926)
No. 1A Pocket KODAK Series II Camera (1923 – 1931)
No. 2A BROWNIE Camera (Aluminum, Model C) (1924 – 1933)
No. 1A KODAK Series III Camera (1924 – 1931)
No. 1A Pocket KODAK Camera (1926 – 1932)
No. 1A Pocket KODAK Series II Camera (in 4 colors) (1928 – 1931)
No. 1A Pocket KODAK Camera (In 4 colors: blue, brown, gray, green) (1929 – 1932)
No. 1A Pocket KODAK Junior Camera (Black and 3 colors) (1929 – 1932)
No. 2A BROWNIE Camera (5 colors) (1929 – 1933)
No. 1A Gift KODAK Camera (packed in cedar box) (10,000 manufactured) (1930 – 1931)
No. 2A Beau BROWNIE Camera (5 colors) (1930 – 1933)
Kodak 118 film cameras
No. 3 Folding Pocket KODAK Camera – Models A, AB, AB-EX, ABX, B, B-2, B-3, B-4, C, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, D, E, E-2, E-3, E-4, F, G, and H (1900 – 1915)
No. 3 Folding Pocket KODAK Deluxe Camera – Persian Morocco Covering silk bellows (1901 – 1903)
No. 3 KODAK Series III Camera (1926 – 1934)
No. 3 Special KODAK Camera (1911 – 1914)
No. 3 Six-Three KODAK Camera (1913 – 1915)
No. 3 AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Camera (1914 – 1926)
No. 3 AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (1914 – 1926)
No. 3 Pocket KODAK Special Camera (1926 – 1928)
No. 1 KODAK Junior Camera (1914 – 1914)
No. 1 KODAK Series III Camera (1926 – 1932)
No. 1 Pocket KODAK Camera (1926 – 1932)
No. 1 Pocket KODAK Camera – In 4 colors: blue, brown, gray, green (1929 – 1931)
No. 1 Pocket KODAK Junior Camera – Black and 3 colors (1929 – 1932)
No. 1 Pocket KODAK Series II Camera (1922 – 1932)
No. 1 Pocket KODAK Special Camera (1926 – 1934)
Kodak 122 film cameras
No. 3A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera Models B, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, C, and G (1903 – 1915)
No. 3A Folding BROWNIE Camera (1909 – 1915)
No. 3A Special KODAK Camera (1910 – 1914)
No. 3A Six-Three KODAK Camera (1913 – 1915)
No. 3A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (1914 – 1916)
No. 3A Folding AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE Camera (1916 – 1926)
No. 3A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (w/coupled rangefinder) (1916 – 1934)
No. 3A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Camera (1914 – 1934)
No. 3A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Junior Camera (1918 – 1927)
No. 3A PANORAM KODAK Camera (120°) (1926 – 1928)
No. 3A Pocket KODAK Camera (1927 – 1933)
No. 3A KODAK Series II Camera (1936 – 1941)
No. 3A KODAK Series III Camera (1941 – 1943)
Kodak 126 roll film cameras
No. 4A Folding KODAK Camera (wood front) (1906 – 1907)
No. 4A Folding KODAK Camera, Model B (Improved metal front) (1908 – 1915)
No. 4A Speed KODAK Camera (1908 – 1913)
Please note: 126 roll film was introduced in 1906 but it received the 126 designation only after 1913. Until then it was known as “Number 4A Folding Kodak film”. This format has not to be mistaken with the newer 126 film (a.k.a. Instamatic).
Kodak 130 film cameras
No.2-C Autographic Kodak Junior
No.2-C Autographic Kodak Special w/coupled rangefinder
No.2-C Brownie
No.2-C Folding Autographic Brownie
No.2-C Pocket Kodak
No.2-C Autographic Kodak Series III
Kodak Cartridge Premo No.2-C
Kodak Folding Cartridge Premo No.2-C
No.2-C Pocket Kodak Special
Kodak 616 film cameras
KODAK Six-16 Camera (1932 – 1936)
JIFFY KODAK Six-16 Camera (1933 – 1937)
Six-16 BROWNIE Camera (1933 – 1941)
Six-16 BROWNIE Junior Camera (1934 – 1942)
KODAK Junior Six-16 Camera (1935 – 1937)
KODAK SENIOR Six-16 Camera (1937 – 1939)
KODAK Special Six-16 Camera (1937 – 1939)
KODAK Junior Six-16 Series II Camera (1937 – 1940)
JIFFY KODAK Six-16 Series II Camera (1937 – 1942)
KODAK Junior Six-16 Series III Camera (1938 – 1939)
Six-16 BROWNIE Special Camera (1938 – 1942)
KODAK VIGILANT Six-16 Camera (1939 – 1942)
KODAK MONITOR Six-16 Camera (1939 – 1948)
KODAK VIGILANT Junior Six-16 Camera (1940 – 1948)
Target BROWNIE Six-16 Camera (1941 – 1946)
BROWNIE Target Six-16 Camera (1946 – 1951)
Not a Kodak? Not a problem!
Many other makers produced cameras for the standard Kodak film sizes, or used film with different names or codes but with the same identical size and spool design. Camera makers had their own films, or film makers marketed their own cameras. The following table lists some film names branded by popular makers.
Film Size Equivalents
| Kodak | Ensign* | Ensign* | Butcher | Ilford | Illingworth | Agfa | Zeiss | Ansco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 2 ½ | E16 | C16 | 16 | 9 | D | D8 | 6A |
| 118 | 3 ¼ | E18 | C18 | 18 | 12 | E | E | 7A |
| 122 | 3 ¼A | E22 | C22 | 22 | 21 | G | G | 18A |
| 616 | Z.16 | PD | DM8 |
*There were two numbering systems used on Ensign film, those shown in the left column are the earlier, the second system was used from the early 1920s and following the Houghton-Butcher merger.
Film Size Equivalents Table: © 2016 Early Photography via http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/sfs.html