126 is pretty much a dead format...the only people who can process and
print it are either custom labs or places with late '70s to mid '80s
minilabs (anything newer than mid-'80s and they wouldn't have bothered
spending the money on the mask or lens sets for 126). Konica may still
produce their 126 film, but Agfa, Fuji and Kodak have all stopped.
If you feel like forking out the cash, 4x5 negatives are great for
pinhole...you build the camera as if you were making it for sheet paper,
but you have shorter exposure times and the flexibility of contacting or
enlargling from a neg. Of course, this is much cheaper if you process
your own.
Out here in Canadaland, a box of 25 sheets of Tri-X is CDN $25 (though
the price just shot wayyyyyyyy up in the latest Kodak price increase),
and processing runs about $3 a sheet (but varies wildly from lab to
lab). Agfapan APX 100 is $16.99 for 25 sheets, and is just excellent.
-Aaron
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