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    A116-6 Film ????

    Can anyone tell me what A116-6 Film is from Kodak is it likely to be very old ?
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    Re: A116-6 Film ????

    Some Kodak and Brownie folding cameras made from 1914 to the 1930's have a little door on the back which is marked "use Autographic film A-(number)". A-116 film, for example, was for the same size pictures as 116 film but instead of red and black duplex paper, the film was wound with a sheet of carbon paper and thin red paper. This film used in an Autographic Kodak camera allowed a brief message to be written on the film in the space between the pictures. Pressure of a stylus on the backing paper transferred the carbon to the red paper and light passing through these lines in the carbon paper would photograph the message onto the film.

    Lifted from: http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/FilmHist.html
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    Re: A116-6 Film ????

    So are we suggesting that this roll of film maybe from between 1914-1935?
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    Re: A116-6 Film ????

    sorry to bump this thread So are we suggesting that this roll of film maybe from between 1914-1935?
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    Re: A116-6 Film ????

    Nope, that date was for the cameras not for the films.

    From the link I posted 116 was launched 1899 and discontinued Apr 1984.
    That is a long time for a film format to be in the catalogue !
    Even if it was a mistype for 1948 that's nearly 50 years of production.
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    Re: A116-6 Film ????

    so it may only be 25 years old ? i was thinking of purchasing the exposed film but from another forum they think it also looks to thin from the picture and may already have been developed , and that some may have kept the roll and tag? unusal i know
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    Re: A116-6 Film ????

    The explanation of the A designation suggests it's a thinner backing paper, that the light can get through to expose the film inter-frame gaps.
    The only way to tell is to get a completely light-tight loading bag and unroll the leader in there and feel is there is film or not.
    Or send it in for processing.
    BTW: I'm on frame 6 of the colour film so may finish it this weekend and get the first 3 films off to the lab.
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