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 Nikon Tele Touch (1989) is the first model in Nikon's Tele Touch sub-line, offering two discrete fixed focal lengths - a 35mm wide position and an approximately 70mm tele position - selectable via a body-mounted switch rather than a continuous zoom mechanism. This dual focal-length design, common across Japanese compact manufacturers of the late 1980s, kept the optical assembly simple and the body slim compared to a true zoom. Programmed autoexposure, active infrared autofocus, built-in flash, and AA battery power follow the conventions of the Nikon consumer compact line. It is the predecessor to the Tele Touch 300 (1990) and occupies the early end of the Tele Touch series.
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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 original Nikon dual focal-length compact - switchable 35mm and 70mm Nikkor in a flat polycarbonate body.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | Nikkor 35mm f/3.5 / 70mm f/~6.7 (dual fixed) |
| Years | ~1989 - ~1992 |
| Shutter | ~1/8s - ~1/500s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program only |
| Battery | 2x AA |
| ISO range | 50 - 3200 (DX coded) |
The late 1980s presented compact camera manufacturers with a dilemma: users wanted the compositional flexibility of a zoom, but manufacturing a compact continuous zoom lens that was both optically adequate and affordable was technically difficult. The dual focal-length approach - offering two fixed positions rather than a continuous range - was the common interim solution. Olympus, Fuji, Minolta, and Nikon all introduced cameras in this format within a short window around 1987-1990.
Nikon's entry into this category began with the TW Zoom, which shared the 35mm and 70mm dual-position formula. The Tele Touch (1989) continued the concept with minor refinements and established the Tele Touch naming convention. The successor Tele Touch 300 (1990) followed quickly, suggesting the original Tele Touch's production run was brief. By the early 1990s true continuous zooms became economically viable at the consumer price point, and the dual focal-length format was phased out entirely. The Zoom Touch series with genuine multi-element zoom lenses replaced it.
The Tele Touch represents Nikon's participation in a short-lived but historically interesting format. It documents a specific moment in compact camera engineering when the industry was solving the zoom problem through compromise design. The dual focal-length approach imposed a useful creative constraint - two choices rather than infinite adjustment - that some photographers found productive.
On the current used market the original Tele Touch is less visible than the Tele Touch 300, which saw wider distribution and is more thoroughly documented. The earlier model is primarily of interest to Nikon compact collectors rounding out a comprehensive collection or to photographers drawn to the 1989-era aesthetic. Image quality from the Nikkor 35mm position is consistent with other Nikon consumer compacts of the period; the 70mm position trades maximum aperture for reach.
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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