All the still camera films on this page have either been discontinued, have been updated or the company making the film no longer exists. Often films will be updated and older versions discontinued without any change in the name. Films are listed by brand name.
Photographic films for still cameras that are currently available are in the list of photographic films. Films for movie making are included in the list of motion picture film stocks.
ADOX Adox was a German camera and film brand of Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner GmbH of Frankfurt am Main, the world's first photographic materials manufacturer. In the 1950s it launched its revolutionary thin layer sharp black and white KB 14 and 17 films, referred to by US distributors as the 'German wonder film'. In the 1970s Dupont the new owners of the ADOX brand sold the recipes and machinery of the film (but not the brand name) to Fotokemika from Yugoslavia who continued to produce the films according to the 1950s ADOX formulas under the Efke brand.
Black and white film 1952 onward films had designations: KB – Kleinbild (small format 135), R – Rollfilm (120, 127), PL – Planfilm (sheet film). Make Name Dates Base ISO Process Type Details Origin Formats Replaced by Schleussner Tempo-Rot 20-30s ? 16 B&W Print Fine-grain orthochromatic roll film. Speed of 23° Scheiner. Germany 116, 118, 120, 127, 129? Schleussner Tempo-Gold 20-30s ? 32 B&W Print Fine-grain orthochromatic non-curling film. Speed of 26° Scheiner. Germany 120? Schleussner Tempo-Pan ~1940 ? B&W Print Germany ? Schleussner ADOX-21 ~1939 100 B&W Print Germany ? ADOX KB 14 / R 14 1952–1973 T 20 B&W Print Ortho-panchromatic classic 1950s single layer emulsion. Germany 135, 120 Nothing ADOX KB 17 / R 17 / PL 17 1952–1973 T 40 B&W Print Ortho-panchromatic classic 1950s emulsion. Germany 135, 120, sheet film Nothing ADOX KB 21 / R 21 / PL 21 1952–1973 T 100 B&W Print Panchromatic classic 1950s emulsion. Germany 135, 120, 129, sheet film NothingADOXR 25?–?T250B&WPrintHigh speed panchromatic film.Germany120?ADOXKB 27 / R 27?–1973T400B&WPrintVery high speed panchromatic film.Germany135, 120Nothing ADOX ADOX R 18 O Orthochromatic ~1955 ? 50 B&W Print ADOX ADOX R 18 P Panchromatic ~1955 ? 50 B&W Print ADOX ADOX R 21 P Panchromatic 50s ? 100 B&W Print ADOX ADOX R 21 PM Panchromatic 50s ? 100 B&W Print Matte film
Color reversal (slide) film
Make Name Dates Base ISO Process Type Details Origin Formats Replaced by ADOX C 15 1958-1960 T 25 ADOX Slide General purpose slide film for daylight. Processing done by ADOX. Germany 135 C 18 ADOX C 181960-1964 T 50 ADOX Slide General purpose slide film for daylight. Processing done by ADOX. Germany 135-36Nothing ADOX Adox Color CNT Positive 1955-1958 Slide Agfa CNT ??? ADOX Adox Color NC16 Positive 1958 Slide Color negative film
Make Name Dates Base ISO Process Type Details Origin Formats Replaced byADOXNC 171956-1964T40E-NCPrintGeneral purpose color negative film. Could be developed at home with ADOX E-NC kit.Germany135? ADOX Adox Color KB-CNT Negative 50s- 60s Print Agfa CNT ??? ADOX Adox Color R-CNT Negative 50s- 60s Print Agfa CNT ??? ADOX Adox Color T 1955 ?- 1964 ? Print ADOX Adox Negativ Color 40 ASA 1956 ? Print
ADOX (Fotoimpex) The current rights to the ADOX name for photographic products were obtained in 2003 by Fotoimpex of Berlin, Germany, a company founded in 1992 to import photographic films and papers from former eastern Europe. This included the Efke films from Fotokemika which were sold branded as 'ADOX CHS Art' re-uniting the ADOX name with the original Schleussner film formula. Fotoimpex established the ADOX Fotowerke GmbH film factory in Bad Saarow outside Berlin to convert and package their films, papers and chemicals. After the closure of Fotokemika in 2012, ADOX subsequently revived the KB100 film as ADOX CHS II.
Black and white negative film Make Name Dates Base ISO Process Type Details Origin Formats Replaced byADOXAdox CHS Ortho 251990-201225B&WPrintFotokemika/SamoborADOXADOX Ortho 25 25B&WPrintEfke Ortho 25 ?ADOXADOX Ortho CT~2009 ?B&WPrintHigh resolution technical film with a normal grade ADOX IR-HR PRO 50 2018–2021 P 80 B&W Print Super-panchromatic fine grain film – Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot 80 as HR-50 without modification. Initial trial batch Belgium/ Germany 135-36 Nothing ADOX Silvermax 2016–2020 T 100 B&W Print Fine grain ortho-panchromatic film on a clear triacetate base similar to original AGFA APX 100. The film was produced as a single run using end of line Agfa base material and photochemicals in 135 format only. SCALA was the same film but packaged to promote its suitability for reversal. Final stock sold out in late 2020/early 2021. Germany 135-36 Nothing
Black and white reversal (slide) film Make Name Dates Base ISO Process Type Details Origin Formats Replaced by ADOX SCALA 160 2016–2020 T 160 B&W Slide Same film as the Silvermax but rebranded to show its suitability for reversal process. A near alternative to the discontinued AGFA SCALA.Final stock sold out in late 2020/early 2021. The replacement film SCALA 50 is based on modified Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot Pan 80 Germany 135-36 SCALA 50
Color negative film Make Name Dates Base ISO Process Type Details Origin Formats Replaced by ADOX Color Implosion 2012–2017 T 100 C-41 Print Adox Color Implosion C-IMPL "creative" color film, designed to intentionally give unpredictable results with skewed colors. Adox (and InovisCoat for coating?) Germany 135-36 Nothing
Agfa Originally founded in Berlin, 1867, this company became known as Agfa (Actien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation) in 1873. The Wolfen factory was established in 1910 and the original Leverkusen works around the same time. By 1925 under IG Farben, the Wolfen plant was specializing in film production and the Leverkusen plant photographic paper. After the war, Agfa was split into two companies: Agfa AG in Leverkusen, West Germany, and VEB Film- und Chemiefaserwerk Agfa Wolfen in East Germany. Initially both companies produced film under the Agfa brand with the same names, such as Isopan F. To distinguish them, the film edge markings were L IF for Agfa Leverkusen, and W IF for Agfa Wolfen. After 1964 films from Wolfen were rebranded ORWO (ORiginal WOlfen). (See separate listing). Trading of materials however continued between plants.
Agfa AG (Leverkusen), which saw major investment post war in 1952 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer, subsequently merged with Gevaert based in Mortsel, Belgium, in 1964 to form Agfa-Gevaert with Bayer subsequently acquiring full ownership of the merged company. Agfa-Gevaert film products continued to be sold under the Agfa 'rhombus' brand. The Mortsel plant specialized in commercial film, including aerial photography film, and Leverkusen in consumer film. Following a public flotation in 1999, Agfa-Gevaert Group became independent from Bayer. The consumer film division was spun off into a new company AgfaPhoto in 2004 in a management buyout, a time of significant challenges to the traditional film market with the rapid rise of digital photography, resulting in bankruptcy in 7 months, and the closure of the Leverkusen plant in 2005. Production of aerial film continued at the plant in Mortsel, some of which have been subsequently converted for retail sale by Maco Photo Products.
Black and white films