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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compact-35mm
The Rollei 35 (1966) is a tiny, full-mechanical 35mm camera with a Carl Zeiss Tessar 40/3.5 lens that **collapses into the body** when not in use. Zone focus (no rangefinder), CdS uncoupled meter, manual exposure, mechanical leaf shutter. The body is about half the size of any other 35mm camera of its era. Designed by Heinz Waaske at Wirgin, it was offered to several German manufacturers (rejected by Wirgin's owners) before Rollei picked it up and made it their hero compact for three decades.
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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
When it launched, the smallest full-frame 35mm camera ever made. Two million sold over 30 years.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | Carl Zeiss Tessar 40/3.5 (Rollei 35); Sonnar 40/2.8 (35S); Triotar 40/3.5 (35T budget) |
| Years | 1966–1996 |
| Shutter | 1/2s – 1/500s + B, Synchro-Compur leaf |
| Flash sync | All speeds |
| Meter | CdS uncoupled (later coupled on S/T versions) |
| Modes | Manual |
| Weight | 370 g |
| Battery | 1× PX625 mercury (meter only) |
Released 1966 by Rollei in Germany. Variants over 30 years:
Production ended 1996. Roughly 2,000,000 units total.
The Rollei 35 is the camera James Bond would carry — small enough to disappear in a pocket, mechanically excellent, with a Zeiss lens. It was a status symbol of the late 60s/70s German engineering aesthetic. Helmut Newton carried one as a backup. The pull-out / collapse lens design is unique: with the lens collapsed, the camera is genuinely flat. To shoot, advance the film, pull the lens out (it locks), focus the zone, set aperture and shutter, fire.
For a 2026 buyer the Rollei 35 is one of the few small cameras with a "real" Zeiss Tessar/Sonnar lens — image quality is excellent. The lack of rangefinder means zone focus, which is a learning curve but liberating once mastered.
Lens fixed. Original Mutar 1.5× and 0.7× converters (rare). Bay-I filters (24mm thread or push-on bayonet). Original case.
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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