110 Pocket Instamatic film in the Frugal Photographer catalog

Is 110 dead? Certainly not. Click here for more information.

Note: 110 cartridges are sealed in airtight, moisture-proof packaging and can be frozen for an indefinite time without deterioration. Click here to read about long-term storage of films.

Fuji Superia 200 110-24, outdated, price reduced
ISO 200 film, most rolls dated mid-2005, some later, guaranteed to give excellent images. 24 exposures per cartridge. Buy your supply now, and store refrigerated or frozen. Click here to read about using outdated films.
Fuji stopped manufacturing 110 in about 2003 and discontinued sales of 110 in 2004. These rolls dated 2005 are from the last production run. They were stored in a refrigerated film warehouse until delivered to us in January, 2007.

($US) per pkg of 3 rolls

Processing is available for this film. Click here.

Solaris FG200 110-24
Solaris FG 110, fresh ISO 200 film, dated February 2008. 24 exposures per cartridge. This is an excellent film with superior granular properties and beautiful colors. Fuji and Solaris 110 films are comparable in quality, but not identical. If you've been using Fuji 110, you will not be disappointed with Solaris 110.
Ferrania continues to manufacture 110 film. We buy it factory-fresh, sealed in airtight, moisture-proof foil laminate. Store it cold or frozen and enjoy it for many more years.

Processing is available for this film. Click here.

This is an excellent fine-grained, beautiful film from Italy. Its cost is relatively lower, not because it's a cheap film, but because we bought it un-boxed in bulk cartons, so you aren't paying for expensive packaging.

per pkg of 3 rolls
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Refrigerate or freeze to extend storage life for many years.

About 110 "Pocket Instamatic" film

Photographers who use and enjoy their 110 cameras are becoming increasingly frustrated as fewer and fewer retail outlets keep 110 film in stock. When it is available, it's often long past its "process-before" date, and there is limited choice — Kodak 400, or ISO 200 Ferrania (most "house brand" 110 is Ferrania). Agfa and Fuji no longer make it. 110 black and white films, and slide films, were long ago discontinued.

Kodak's 110 is very good film, but there is an issue related to how it's packaged.

When 110 was introduced (1972), the engineering specification was that camera manufacturers would have the option of making two-speed cameras, that could automatically set themselves for either high-speed or low-speed 110 films, without manual adjustment by the photographer.

With low-speed films, a ridge running the full length of the end of the 110 cartridge would depress a lever in the camera body. With high-speed films, the ridge would be too short to depress the lever. This way, the camera could "sense" whether the film was high speed or low speed, and it could automatically set itself. Most relatively sophisticated 110 cameras, the ones with good lenses, look for the ridge to set shutter speed.

But exactly what constitutes "high speed" and "low speed" was never specified.

At the time, it made no difference -- high speed films were ISO 200 or 400, and low speed was anything from ISO 125 down to 64. In snapshot photography, this kind of latitude is considered good enough.

The problem is that, today, Kodak's 110 is an ISO 400 speed film packed in a ridged cartridge that the camera "senses" as low speed. The result is ISO 400 film exposed as though it were ISO 100 or ISO 64. This is gross overexposure.

Casual users might not care, but careful photographers usually find their Kodak 110 photos are unacceptably overexposed, with poor color matching and excessive grain. The problem is compounded by Kodak's price for this film, which is quite high.

That leaves you with two options: either manually trim off the tab on your Kodak 110 cartridge, so your camera treats it like high speed film, or stick with ISO 200 films.

For the benefit of 110 photographers who no longer have convenient local access to 110 films, we are now stocking Solaris 200. This film is sealed in a foil-paper laminate for protection against light, dust, and humidity. Stored cold, it lasts for years. Stored frozen, it lasts for decades.

Superb detail! Photographed on Fuji 110 film, using a Pentax 110 SLR with 70mm lens. Modern 110 films are of much higher quality than the original 110s from the 1970's. They give very good images with high resolution, excellent granular structure, and superior color rendition. So rescue that 110 from its lonely drawer, and put its excellent lens to work.