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 Olympus AZ-200 Superzoom (marketed as **Infinity Zoom 200** in North America) is a 1989 autofocus compact offering a 38-105mm zoom range - more than 2.7x - in a body larger than a prime-lens compact but smaller than a bridge camera. It occupies the upper end of Olympus's AZ series, which was the company's answer to consumer demand for longer telephoto reach in a pocketable form factor. Exposure is fully automatic (program only), the flash is built-in, and the camera runs on 2x AA batteries rather than the lithium CR123A common to smaller contemporaries.
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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 late-1980s bridge zoom compact with 38-105mm reach - the long zoom in a shirt-pocket-adjacent body.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | 38-105mm f/4.5-9.9 zoom (fixed) |
| Years | ~1989 |
| Shutter | 4s - 1/500s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program only |
| Focus | Active autofocus |
| ISO range | 50-3200 (DX coded) |
| Battery | 2x AA |
The AZ-200 appeared in 1989 as part of a wave of "superzoom" compacts hitting the consumer market simultaneously from Olympus, Nikon (Zoom Touch 470), Canon (Prima Super), and Fuji (Cardia Zoom). Each aimed to extend zoom reach while keeping the camera pocketable enough for travel use. Olympus branded the range the "AZ" (Automatic Zoom) series, with the AZ-200 positioned above the shorter-range AZ-1 and AZ-100.
The 38-105mm specification was near the outer limit of what zoom-compact optics could deliver in 1989 without incurring unacceptable bulk or image degradation. At full telephoto the maximum aperture of f/9.9 (approximate) made outdoor-only shooting effectively mandatory without flash, a limitation common to all superzooms of the era.
Production life was relatively short; the superzoom segment consolidated in the early 1990s and Olympus moved zoom development into the mju Zoom family, which carried the clamshell weatherproof design forward.
The AZ-200 Superzoom represents the first generation of consumer cameras offering meaningful telephoto reach without requiring a separate lens kit. For its target market - holidaymakers and sports-sideline parents - the 105mm long end was a genuine practical upgrade over fixed 35mm or 38mm primes.
Contemporary film shooters value the AZ-200 as a low-cost source of the "superzoom compact" look: strong compression at the long end, characteristic softness in corners, and the color rendering typical of 1989-era Zuiko zoom glass. Used prices remain low because the camera has not gained the cult status of the mju-II or Contax T2.
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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