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 Trip XB is a 1985 point-and-shoot compact that carries the Trip name but shares almost nothing with the original Trip 35 beyond brand heritage. Where the Trip 35 was a metal-bodied, selenium-powered, zone-focus camera with a quality Tessar-formula lens, the Trip XB is a fully plastic-bodied, battery-dependent, fixed-focus mass-market snapshot camera. The lens is modest - somewhere around f/4.5-f/5.6 - the shutter offers only a narrow range of speeds, and there is no manual control whatsoever. It was marketed on the Trip 35's name recognition to buyers who wanted a cheap, lightweight, simple camera.
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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 plastic-bodied, battery-dependent 1985 successor to the Trip 35 - simpler, lighter, and aimed squarely at the budget snapshot market.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | 35mm f/5.6 (fixed focus) |
| Years | ~1985 onwards |
| Shutter | ~1/60s - 1/200s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program only |
| Focus | Fixed (hyperfocal) |
| ISO range | 100-400 |
| Battery | 2x AA |
By the early 1980s, the Trip 35 had been in production for nearly 15 years and was overdue for replacement. Rather than update the sophisticated selenium design, Olympus elected to launch a family of simpler, cheaper plastic-body cameras under the Trip name to capture the low end of the consumer market. The Trip XB (released around 1985) was one of several Trip variants of this era - alongside the Trip AF and other sub-series - targeting buyers who wanted the smallest and cheapest possible 35mm camera. The Trip XB was sold in various sub-variants (XB-300, XB-500 and similar designations) that differed in flash power and modest feature differences.
The Trip XB is less a photographic instrument than a consumer electronics product. It succeeded commercially in the same sense that any mass-market point-and-shoot of the late 1980s succeeded - through distribution and price, not optical reputation.
The Trip XB matters primarily as a historical artifact: it shows how Olympus diluted the Trip brand in the 1980s to compete at the entry-level against Kodak disposables and basic Fuji compacts. The original Trip 35's reputation rested on a metal body, a genuine Tessar-formula lens, and battery-free operation. The Trip XB has none of these qualities. Understanding the Trip XB is useful context for understanding why "Trip" as a brand name eventually faded.
For collectors, the Trip XB is cheap and plentiful. For working photographers, it sits below the Trip 35, mju-I, or AF-1 in optical quality and build. Its only virtues are extreme lightness and very low cost.
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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