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 Minox 35 EL (1974) is the first model in Minox's full-frame 35mm line and, at the time of release, the smallest production camera shooting standard 35mm film. It folds flat: the Color-Minotar 35mm f/2.8 lens retracts behind a hinged cover when closed, keeping the body to roughly the dimensions of a cigarette packet. Exposure is handled by a fully programmed CdS-coupled autoexposure system — you set nothing; the camera picks shutter speed and aperture. Made in Wetzlar, Germany, the same town associated with Leitz optics.
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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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The original world's smallest electronic full-frame 35mm camera, launched in 1974 from Wetzlar.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | Color-Minotar 35mm f/2.8, 4 elements / 4 groups |
| Years | 1974–1981 |
| Shutter | 8s - 1/500s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program (fully automatic) |
| Focus | Zone focus |
| Battery | 1x PX27 / 2x CR1/3N |
| ISO range | 25–1600 |
Minox introduced the 35 EL in 1974, positioning it against the Rollei 35 (1966) — an already-miniaturized camera that required full manual operation. The EL offered a simpler, electronically automated alternative. The "EL" designation stood for "Electronic" (some sources add "Lens"). The 35 EL established the line's shared DNA: folding Color-Minotar lens, polycarbonate body, optical-tunnel viewfinder, zone focus. It was superseded in 1981 by the 35 GT, which added aperture-priority control — a more flexible alternative to the EL's full-program mode.
The EL matters as the originator of a design philosophy: sub-100 g weight, shirt-pocket dimensions, and a fixed sharp lens, with no manual fuss required. It predates the Olympus XA (1979) and the whole wave of 1980s premium compacts by nearly five years. Collectors value the EL as the rarest and historically earliest 35-line variant; cosmetically it is slightly more angular than later iterations, and the program-only exposure is more limiting than the GT's aperture priority. For shooting, the Color-Minotar produces competitive results against contemporaneous compact lenses.
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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