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 mju-II Zoom 170 (sold as the Stylus Zoom 170 in North America) is a 35mm super-zoom compact introduced in 2002. It extends the weather-sealed clamshell design established across the mju-II series to accommodate a 38-170mm zoom range - considerably longer than the 80mm ceiling of the contemporaneous Stylus 80 Wide and the 115mm ceiling of the earlier mju Zoom 115.
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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 splash-resistant clamshell super-zoom stretching to 170mm - the longest reach in the late mju-II line.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm (24x36mm) |
| Lens | ~38-170mm zoom, fixed |
| Shutter | ~4s - 1/500s, programmed electronic |
| Meter | TTL matrix |
| Exposure modes | Program (auto) |
| Viewfinder | Optical brightline |
| ISO range | 50 - 3200 (DX coded) |
| Battery | 1x CR123A |
| Flash | Built-in, auto / fill / off |
| Weatherproofing | Splash-resistant |
Olympus had been expanding its mju zoom range incrementally through the late 1990s, moving from the Stylus Zoom (38-70mm) through the mju Zoom 115 (38-115mm). The Zoom 170, introduced in 2002, represents the upper limit of the reach that Olympus packaged into the sealed clamshell form during the film era. It arrived at a difficult moment commercially: digital compact cameras were rapidly displacing film point-and-shoots, and the premium market that had sustained longer-zoom compacts was eroding.
Olympus simultaneously offered the Stylus 80 Wide at the compact end of the zoom range. The 170 was aimed at users willing to accept a slightly larger body in exchange for 4.5x zoom reach within the familiar weatherproof package.
The mju-II Zoom 170 demonstrates the outer boundary of what Olympus was willing to engineer into a splash-resistant clamshell at the end of the film compact era. A 38-170mm range in a jacket-pocketable, weather-sealed body was genuinely unusual for 2002; most competing super-zoom compacts were larger and not weather-sealed.
Today the camera occupies a niche interest among film photographers who want telephoto capability from a point-and-shoot without abandoning weather resistance. Optical quality at 170mm in a compact-class zoom is modest by design - subject isolation and reach matter more than resolution at these focal lengths - which suits casual and travel use.
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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