126 Film Instamatic Slide Scanning
We scan 126 Instamatic slides at the same pricing as any other 2×2 slide. We do not crop down 126 slides when we scan them—you receive the entire film area.
126 “Instamatic” slide: The cardboard mount is 2" × 2". The film image is approximately 1 1/16" "square" (about 26–28 mm).
What is 126 Film?
The 126 designation has been used twice by Kodak. In 1906 it referred to a roll film that produced 4.25" × 6.5" images (discontinued in 1949). In 1963 Kodak introduced a new 126 format in a plastic cartridge for Instamatic cameras.
Cartridge 126 uses film the same width as 35mm, but with one registration hole per image instead of standard perforations. Cartridges were sold in 12 or 24 exposures (today, typically 24). There’s no rewinding after shooting—the cartridge advances in one direction.
Image Size & Mounts
“126” suggests a 26 mm square image, but actual image size is about 28 × 28 mm, usually masked to roughly 26.5 × 26.5 mm by printing or slide mounting. Most 126 slides you’ll see are mounted in standard 2" × 2" cardboard frames for projection.