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 LOMO Orion-15 is a Soviet 35mm viewfinder compact produced by LOMO (Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Association) from approximately 1965. It is distinguished by its wide-angle taking lens, a departure from the 40mm-range triplets fitted to most Smena-family cameras of the same era. The Orion-15 uses a fixed wide-angle lens on a Bakelite-and-metal body, a mechanical leaf shutter, and direct-view optical viewfinder with scale focus. No meter is fitted; exposure requires manual assessment of light conditions and manual setting of aperture and shutter speed. No battery is required. The camera was produced in relatively small numbers compared to Smena-line cameras, making it a less common encounter in Western collector markets.
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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
A Soviet wide-angle viewfinder compact from 1965 - LOMO's fixed wide lens in a Bakelite body.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | ~LOMO wide-angle triplet (fixed) |
| Focus | Scale focus |
| Shutter speeds | ~1/30s, 1/60s, 1/125s + B |
| Flash sync | ~ |
| Meter | None |
| Modes | Manual aperture + manual shutter |
| Body material | Bakelite / metal |
| Weight | ~210 g |
| Battery | None required |
The Orion-15 appeared in the mid-1960s as LOMO was producing a range of compact 35mm cameras alongside the dominant Smena line. Where the Smena series settled on a 40mm standard focal length, the Orion-15 was built around a wider perspective. Soviet camera manufacturers of this period occasionally produced specialty or variant models outside their primary lines; the Orion-15 represents one such variant. Production ended by approximately 1968, a short run that accounts for its relative scarcity today. The camera did not spawn a successor line in the way the Smena formula continued through the Smena 8, 8M, Symbol, and later variants.
The Orion-15 is notable within the Soviet camera canon as a wide-angle fixed-lens compact, a format that LOMO did not extensively develop. The Smena line's 40mm coverage was standard for the market; cameras offering a noticeably wider field of view were rarer in Soviet production. For contemporary film photographers, the Orion-15 offers the same no-battery, fully mechanical, scale-focus experience as the Smena cameras, but with a wider rendering. The optical character of the taking lens - a Soviet triplet or similar simple design - will produce the low-contrast, modestly sharp, slightly vignetted results typical of Soviet budget glass, exaggerated at the edges by the wider angle of view. The Orion-15 is not well documented in English-language photographic literature, making it a gap in the otherwise moderately well-covered Soviet camera record.
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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