Medium format

120 film

Bigger negatives, and a lot more detail. 120 comes as a roll on a spool with paper backing rather than a canister — it suits medium format cameras only, and will not fit a 35mm camera.

Medium format film for 6x4.5, 6x6 and 6x7 backs. Ilford HP5 Plus, FP4 Plus and Delta in black and white, Kodak Gold and Portra in colour, plus Harman Phoenix and the Lomography stocks.

From $12 a roll, and developed in our own lab downstairs — 120 takes a little longer than 35mm, but it does not leave the building.

All film
120 film
19 in stock
10 – 16 shots Depending on your camera
From $12 a roll
Developed here 120 runs in our own lab
  • Ilford FP4 Plus 125 120 film box standing upright on dark blue background

    Ilford FP4 Plus 125 - 120 Format

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    Ilford FP4 Plus 125 - 120 Format

    $16.00 NZD
    $16.00 NZD
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  • Ilford HP5 Plus 400 120 film box standing upright on dark grey background Ilford HP5 Plus 400 – 120 Format

    Ilford HP5 Plus 400 – 120 Format

    Ilford HP5 Plus 400 – 120 Format

    $26.00 NZD
    $26.00 NZD
  • Kodak Gold 200 120 roll in sealed foil wrapper on a yellow background Kodak - Gold 200 - 120

    Kodak - Gold 200 - 120

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    Kodak - Gold 200 - 120

    $28.00 NZD
    $28.00 NZD
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  • Ilford Delta 400 Professional 120 film box standing upright on grey background

    Ilford Delta - 400 - 120 format

    Ilford Delta - 400 - 120 format

    $20.00 NZD
    $20.00 NZD
  • Harman Phoenix II ISO 200 colour 120 film box, front view on black

    Harman Phoenix II - 120 Format

    Harman Phoenix II - 120 Format

    $30.00 NZD
    $30.00 NZD
  • Boxed Lucky 200 120 roll film, red and silver packaging on a red background

    Lucky - 200 - 120

    Lucky - 200 - 120

    $24.00 NZD
    $24.00 NZD
  • Foil sachet printed with pink cameras and ISO 400, on a dark red background Lomography Color Negative 400 120 roll with green striped wrapper on red background

    Lomography Color Negative 400 120 format

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    Lomography Color Negative 400 120 format

    $32.00 NZD
    $32.00 NZD
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  • Red Harman RED ISO 125 redscale film box on a dark surface Sample shot: harbour and city rooftops at golden hour, framed by dark trees

    Harman Phoenix 200 - 120 Format

    Harman Phoenix 200 - 120 Format

    $28.00 NZD
    $28.00 NZD
  • Four 3D printed film adapter discs, two green and two cream, on a black background Open camera back with 35mm film loaded across the film gate using the adapters

    35mm-to-120 Film Adapter (3D Printed)

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    35mm-to-120 Film Adapter (3D Printed)

    $12.00 NZD
    $12.00 NZD
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  • Teal Harman Switch Azure ISO 125 120 film box, front view on grey background

    Harman Switch Azure 120

    Harman Switch Azure 120

    $29.00 NZD
    $29.00 NZD
  • Boxed Lomography Potsdam Kino 100 black and white 120 film on dark red background Boxed Lomography Potsdam Kino 100 black and white 120 film on a red background

    Lomography Potsdam Kino B&W 100 - 120 Format

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    Lomography Potsdam Kino B&W 100 - 120 Format

    $23.00 NZD
    $23.00 NZD
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  • Kodak Portra 160 120 roll in foil wrapper standing on a yellow background

    Kodak Ektacolor Pro 160 - 120 - Single Roll

    Kodak Ektacolor Pro 160 - 120 - Single Roll

    $32.00 NZD
    $32.00 NZD
  • Kodak Ektar 100 120 roll in sealed foil wrapper on a yellow background

    Kodak Ektar 100 - 120 Format

    Kodak Ektar 100 - 120 Format

    $42.00 NZD
    $42.00 NZD
  • Ilford SFX 200 black and white 120 film box on a black background

    Ilford SFX - 120 Format

    Ilford SFX - 120 Format

    $23.00 NZD
    $23.00 NZD
  • Ilford Delta 100 Professional 120 film box standing upright on dark background

    Ilford Delta - 100 - 120 format

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    Ilford Delta - 100 - 120 format

    $19.00 NZD
    $19.00 NZD
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  • Boxed roll of Kentmere Pan 200 black and white 120 film on a dark grey background

    Kentmere 200 - 120

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    Kentmere 200 - 120

    $18.00 NZD
    $18.00 NZD
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  • Ilford Delta 3200 Professional 120 film box lying on grey-blue card

    Ilford Delta - 3200 - 120

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    Ilford Delta - 3200 - 120

    $21.00 NZD
    $21.00 NZD
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  • Ilford Ortho Plus 80 120 film box lying flat on black background

    Ilford Ortho Plus 80 - 120 format

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    Ilford Ortho Plus 80 - 120 format

    $27.00 NZD
    $27.00 NZD
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  • Ilford XP2 Super 400 120 film box lying flat on grey background

    Ilford XP2 Super 400 - 120

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    Ilford XP2 Super 400 - 120

    $21.00 NZD
    $21.00 NZD
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About 120

Medium format, and how many shots you get

What 120 actually is

A larger, less common film than 35mm, used in medium format cameras only — Hasselblad, Rolleiflex, Bronica, Mamiya, Holga and the like. It comes as a roll on a spool with paper backing rather than in a canister, and it will not fit a 35mm camera.

The negative is far bigger, which is the whole point: more detail, smoother tone, and a lot more room to enlarge or crop.

How many shots on a roll?

It depends on your camera, not on the film. 120 has no sprocket holes, and different medium format cameras expose different frame sizes off the same roll:

6×4.5 — about 16 shots
6×6 — about 12 shots
6×7 — about 10 shots
6×9 — about 8 shots

So the same roll gives you twice as many frames in a 645 camera as it does in a 6×9.

Getting it developed

We develop and scan 120 here in Lower Hutt, in our own lab. It runs in its own batch rather than alongside the 35mm, so it takes a little longer — but it never leaves the building.

Once you have shot it

120, developed in the building.

Medium format is handled in its own run, so it takes a little longer than 35mm — but it never leaves the building.