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-V (sold as the **Stylus Epic Zoom 80** in North America) is a mid-1990s zoom compact sitting in the middle of Olympus's mju Zoom family. It carries a 38-80mm zoom lens in the same weatherproof clamshell body language as the prime-lens mju-II, giving a modest 2x zoom range in an unusually small package for its era. Like all mju compacts, there is no manual exposure control - program-only metering handles everything. The camera targets the mass consumer market: a step up from a fixed-lens compact, but still pocketable and splash-resistant.
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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 compact 38-80mm zoom in the mju clamshell body - splash-resistant and fits in a coat pocket.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | 38-80mm f/4.1-8.9 zoom (fixed) |
| Years | ~1995 onward |
| Shutter | 4s - 1/500s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program only |
| Weatherproof | Splash-resistant clamshell |
| ISO range | 50-3200 (DX coded) |
| Battery | 1x CR123A |
Olympus introduced the mju-V around 1995 as part of the proliferating mju Zoom sub-family. The designation system was not strictly sequential across all markets: the "V" (roman numeral five) aligned with a 38-80mm zoom, while other numerical designators in the range corresponded to the long end of the zoom (the mju Zoom 115, for instance, offered 38-115mm). The US market name - Stylus Epic Zoom 80 - reflects the long-end focal length: 80mm.
The mju-V shared development costs and body tooling with other mju Zoom variants, allowing Olympus to offer a range of zoom lengths at different price points using largely common parts. Production continued into the late 1990s before the Stylus line consolidated around fewer models.
Within the mju Zoom family the 38-80mm range is the most useful for everyday carry: 38mm is wide enough for indoor groups, and 80mm is long enough for modest portrait compression without the severe maximum-aperture penalty incurred by longer zooms. The f/4.1 wide end is mediocre but the f/8.9 at 80mm forces flash use in most interior situations.
For current film shooters, the mju-V is an affordable entry point into the mju ecosystem - substantially cheaper than the mju-II or mju-III while sharing the splash-resistant clamshell body. Results are typical of 1990s consumer zoom optics: sharp in the center at 38mm, with increased softness and vignette at the long end.
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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