C41
Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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The Fuji Cardia Tiara (1994) is an autofocus 35mm compact camera produced by Fujifilm in Japan. It is built around a Fujinon 28mm f/3.5 fixed lens — an unusually wide field of view for a compact in an era when most point-and-shoots offered 35mm or 38mm lenses — and a body only 28mm deep when closed. The combination of wide angle and extreme thinness made the Tiara highly distinctive.
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C41
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
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Kodak UltraMax 400 is a versatile consumer-grade ISO 400 daylight-balanced color negative film with T-grain emulsion, delivering warm Kodak colors, fine-for-speed grain (PGI 46), and wide exposure latitude. Currently in production and available globally as a single-roll and multi-pack.
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About this camera
The Fuji Cardia Tiara was one of the slimmest premium compacts Japan produced in the 1990s — a 28mm f/3.5 point-and-shoot barely 28mm thick that was sold almost exclusively in the domestic Japanese market.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm, 24×36mm |
| Mount | Fixed |
| Lens | Fujinon 28mm f/3.5 |
| Years | 1994–2001 |
| Shutter | Leaf: 2s – 1/350s + B |
| Flash sync | 1/350s |
| Meter | Silicon photodiode, programme AE |
| ISO range | 50–3200 (DX) |
| Focus | Infrared autofocus |
| Battery | CR2 lithium |
| Dimensions | 114 × 60 × 28mm |
| Weight | ~155 g |
The Cardia Tiara was launched in 1994 as Fujifilm's response to consumer demand for ever-slimmer premium compacts in Japan. The Japanese domestic market of the mid-1990s supported a remarkable array of high-specification compact cameras sold primarily at home — the Tiara, alongside the Fuji Natura, Klasse S, and various Olympus Mju variants, represent this peak of Japanese domestic compact engineering.
The Tiara was produced through approximately 2001, spanning the period when film compact cameras were still the dominant consumer photography tool. It gained a small cult following among Japanese photographers for its slim profile and genuine Fujinon optics, and today commands a significant premium on the used market.
The Cardia Tiara is sought by contemporary film photographers for its combination of a genuinely wide 28mm lens, Fujifilm's colour science, and an unusually slim body. The 28mm focal length is wide enough to be interesting without being as extreme as dedicated wide-angle specialty cameras.
Used prices have risen sharply as demand for premium 1990s Japanese compacts has surged. Good examples now sell for $200–$450, making it one of the more expensive compact cameras outside the Contax T2/T3 tier.
The Fuji Cardia Tiara has a fixed lens; no interchangeable lenses exist. Accessories are limited:
C41
Kodak ColorPlus 200 is an affordable, consumer-oriented daylight-balanced color negative film at ISO 200. Known for warm, slightly muted color rendition, fine grain, and wide exposure latitude, it is currently in production and widely available in Asia and select global markets.
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Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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