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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compact-35mm
The Konica C35 FD is a 35mm compact camera introduced by Konica in 1972 as a variant within the long-running C35 product family. It retains the core configuration of the C35 line -- a fixed **Hexanon 38mm f/2.8** lens, zone focus, and program-AE exposure control via a CdS meter -- while incorporating a revised viewfinder with improved bright-frame presentation. The "FD" designation distinguishes this variant from the original C35 and the flash-integrated C35 Flash models. The C35 family as a whole represented Konica's answer to the Olympus Trip 35 and similar program-AE compacts that targeted a broad market of non-specialist photographers who wanted quality optics without manual exposure decisions.
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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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A 1972 C35 variant with a refined finder and programmed AE, continuing the Hexanon 38/2.8 line.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm film (36 exposures) |
| Lens | Hexanon 38mm f/2.8 (fixed) |
| Focus | Zone focus |
| Exposure | Programmed AE (CdS) |
| Shutter | ~1/30s - 1/650s, leaf |
| ISO range | ~25-400 (unverified) |
| Flash sync | ~ |
| Battery | PX675 mercury or zinc-air equivalent |
The original Konica C35 launched in 1968 and became one of Konica's most commercially significant compact camera lines. By 1972 Konica was iterating the C35 platform across several directions: integrating flash (C35 Flash / C35 EF), updating metering, and refining the finder. The C35 FD represents the finder-refinement branch. The Hexanon 38mm f/2.8 was retained across most of the C35 family as it had proven itself as a compact, sharp lens well-suited to the casual photographic use cases these cameras addressed. The program AE system, inherited from the original C35 architecture, locks exposure to a coupled shutter-aperture program controlled by the CdS cell -- the user's role is limited to selecting zone focus distance and deciding whether flash is needed. The C35 line continued evolving through the mid-1970s into autofocus with the C35 AF (1977), which was among the first consumer autofocus cameras.
The C35 FD is a period variant of one of the more consequential Japanese compact camera lines of the late 1960s and 1970s. The C35 family collectively established Konica as a serious competitor in the mass-market compact segment and the Hexanon 38/2.8 lens across this series earned a reputation for sharpness relative to its price bracket. The FD variant in particular is of modest independent significance -- it is neither the most historically notable C35 (that distinction goes to the original C35 or the autofocus C35 AF) nor the most optically ambitious. Its value is primarily as a well-specified, compact 35mm shooter from a period when Konica's lens-making quality was consistently high, available at a lower price point than the later Hexar AF. For collectors the C35 FD is one piece of a series worth understanding as a complete line rather than in isolation.
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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