Film catalog · 14 bodies · manual-sourced dimensions

Which bag fits your film camera?

Dimensions for these bodies come from the original manufacturers' manuals and spec sheets (archived scans are our primary sources — each page shows the document, access date and an honest confidence rating). Medium-format bodies are where bag fit gets genuinely hard, so start there if you carry one.

35mm SLR

Canon AE-1

DIM 141×87×48 MM FILM 35mm

The AE-1 was the world's first 35mm SLR with a microcomputer-controlled shutter-priority AE system, per Canon's own museum history.

Minolta X-700

DIM 137×89×51.5 MM FILM 35mm

The manual explicitly states the listed weight excludes lens and batteries, so real carry weight is higher than the 505g body figure.

Nikon F3

DIM 148.5×96.5×65.5 MM FILM 35mm

The F3 was Nikon's professional flagship for two decades, remaining in production alongside its digital successors into the early 2000s.

Nikon FM2n

DIM 142.5×90×60 MM FILM 35mm

The FM2n's main change from the FM2 was raising flash sync speed to 1/250 sec, per Nikon's own Camera Chronicle history page.

Olympus OM-1 (film)

DIM 136×83×50 MM FILM 35mm

This is the original 1972 mechanical film SLR, distinct from the 2022 OM System OM-1 digital mirrorless camera; launched as the M-1 before being renamed OM-1.

Pentax K1000

DIM 143×91.4×48 MM FILM 35mm

The K1000 is fully mechanical and fires all shutter speeds without a battery; the battery powers only the CdS meter.

35mm rangefinder

Canon Canonet QL17 GIII

DIM 120×75×60 MM FILM 35mm

Fixed-lens 40mm f/1.7 rangefinder with a leaf shutter that fires without a battery; dimensions include the fixed lens, verbatim from the original Canon manual.

Leica M6

DIM 138.6×77×38 MM FILM 35mm

Mechanical rangefinder whose shutter works without batteries; the cited dimensions come from Leica's current reissue datasheet, as the original 1984 manual publishes no spec table.

35mm compact

Contax T2

DIM 119×66×33 MM FILM 35mm

The fixed, retracting 38mm f/2.8 Zeiss Sonnar lens means the manual's 119x66x33mm figure is the camera's true stowed footprint, with no separate lens allowance needed as with interchangeable-lens SLRs.

Olympus Stylus Epic / mju-II

DIM 108×59×35 MM FILM 35mm

The fixed 35mm f/2.8 lens is not interchangeable, and the body was marketed as weatherproof/splashproof, a distinguishing feature for a compact of its era.

Medium-format SLR

Hasselblad 500C/M

DIM 170×109×104 MM FILM 120 (6×6)

Fully modular V-system design lets the film back, viewfinder, focusing screen, and lens all be swapped independently, including mid-roll back changes.

Mamiya M645 1000S

DIM 99.3×100×166.5 MM FILM 120 (6×4.5)

Introduced Mamiya's Moving Coil Electronic Shutter, using roughly 1/10th the battery power of prior electronic shutters at any speed.

Mamiya RB67 Pro-S

DIM 104×144×228 MM FILM 120 (6×7)

Uses an in-lens leaf shutter synced with flash at all speeds and a revolving film back to switch orientation without rotating the camera.

Pentax 6×7 / 67

DIM 177×152×91 MM FILM 120 (6×7)

A 6×7 SLR styled and operated like an oversized 35mm SLR, with a dual bayonet mount for lenses from 35mm super-wide to 1000mm super-telephoto.

Compare any two film bodies — or film against digital — in the camera comparator.

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