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 KMZ Yantar (Russian: amber) is a Soviet 35mm compact camera produced by KMZ (Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant) starting around 1976. It is a fixed-focus, meter-free camera aimed at casual consumer use: set the weather symbol, point, and shoot. The Yantar carries a simple single-element or basic multi-element fixed lens and a limited-speed leaf shutter. There is no rangefinder, no meter, and no automation beyond whatever basic aperture-weather-symbol coupling the design includes. KMZ is better known for its precision optics and more capable cameras (the Zorkis, the Kiev rangefinders via shared heritage, and the Zenit SLR line); the Yantar represents the lower end of the KMZ consumer output, competing with similar mass-market Soviet compacts from LOMO and other factories.
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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
Simple Soviet fixed-focus 35mm compact from KMZ, built for mass-market consumer use in the late 1970s.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Frame size | 24x36 mm |
| Years | ~1976 - ~1984 |
| Lens | Fixed, ~38mm |
| Aperture | Fixed or weather-symbol stepped |
| Shutter | Central leaf, limited speeds |
| Meter | None |
| Exposure | Manual / weather symbols |
| Focus | Fixed focus |
| Viewfinder | Optical direct |
| Battery | None required |
KMZ was established in 1942 in Krasnogorsk, initially producing military optics and later expanding into civilian camera and lens manufacture. By the 1970s KMZ was producing the Zenit SLR line and Zorki-derived rangefinders alongside consumer-grade products. The Yantar appeared in 1976 as part of the broad Soviet effort to provide accessible cameras to a mass domestic market. Simple fixed-focus compacts of this type were the Soviet equivalent of Western instamatic-style cameras - lower cost, lower technical demand, higher production volume. The Yantar name (amber) follows the Soviet convention of giving cameras evocative natural or space-related names. Production continued into the early 1980s before the model was discontinued.
The Yantar is not a significant camera in photographic history, but it is representative of the mass-market tier of Soviet camera production in the 1970s. Millions of Soviet families owned cameras of this type rather than the more capable Zorki or FED rangefinders that dominate collector attention. The Yantar and its contemporaries - the Smena-8M, Smena Symbol, LOMO Vilia - document the everyday photographic experience of the Soviet Union at its late-Brezhnev-era peak. For contemporary film shooters, fixed-focus Soviet compacts require no light meter, no battery, and minimal technical knowledge, making them accessible entry points. The simple lens can produce lo-fi results that have niche appeal in lomography-adjacent circles.
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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