126.

A now obsolete form of instant-loading film cartridge. It was invented in 1963 by Kodak for use with their Instamatic cameras and sold under the name Kodapak.

126 film came in self-loading plastic cartridges, and it was one of the first of Kodak’s long line of attempts to get consumers away from 35mm film. Image areas of the negatives were 28mm square. The cartridges were also popular in the 70s for making homemade pinhole cameras and thus teaching children the basic principles of photography. Kodak discontinued 126 film in 1999 and the film is now made only by an Italian firm, which sells it under the name Solaris.

cf. 110, 35mm, APS, cartridge, disc film.

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