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 Quick Shooter Memory (1989) is the date-back variant in the Quick Shooter family, which began with the original Quick Shooter (1986) and continued through the Quick Shooter Tele (1988). The "Memory" designator refers to the integrated date-imprinting function: the camera can burn the date or time into the lower-right corner of each frame, a feature marketed at casual photographers who wanted a record of when photos were taken. Like its predecessors, the body uses a fixed-focus lens and fully programmed automatic exposure with no user-adjustable settings beyond ISO, making it a pure point-and-shoot. The camera accepts DX-coded film cartridges for automatic ISO setting.
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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 1989 fixed-focus 35mm compact with a built-in date-imprinting back - the Quick Shooter's final consumer iteration.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Mount | Fixed (non-interchangeable) |
| Years | 1989 |
| Shutter | ~1s - 1/200s, electronic programmed |
| Meter | TTL center-weighted |
| Modes | Program only |
| Focus | Fixed-focus |
| Battery | 2x AA |
| Date back | Built-in imprint |
| Price used | ~$10-40 |
Olympus launched the Quick Shooter line in 1986 as a low-cost entry-level compact alongside the more capable AF-1 and XA series. The original Quick Shooter used a fixed-focus lens and program AE to eliminate all user decisions except framing and pressing the shutter. The Quick Shooter Tele (1988) added a second focal-length position, giving users a choice between wide and telephoto framing. The Quick Shooter Memory (1989) brought the line to its final form by integrating a date-imprint module - a popular feature in late-1980s consumer compacts that Olympus had offered as an optional accessory on some earlier models.
The date-back function was a commercially driven addition: date printing had become a standard selling point in the mass-market compact segment by the late 1980s, appearing on equivalent bodies from Canon, Nikon, and Fuji. The Quick Shooter Memory positioned Olympus competitively in the lowest price tier.
The Quick Shooter Memory is not a technically distinguished camera. Its value is practical: the fixed-focus lens eliminates autofocus failures, the AA battery power is universally convenient, and the program-only exposure system is genuinely foolproof. For documentary or family photography where accurate dating of negatives matters, the built-in date back removes a step that would otherwise require post-processing annotation.
On the used market, the camera is inexpensive enough to serve as a beater body - a camera to carry when damaging or losing a more valuable body would be a significant loss. Fixed-focus compacts from this era are also forgiving of casual storage and handling compared to autofocus cameras with more complex mechanical systems.
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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