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 T4 is a 1990 Yashica compact with a Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 35mm f/3.5 — Zeiss-licensed, made by Kyocera (the same company that made Contax cameras at the time). It pairs the lens with a weatherproof body, an "S" model with a tilting top-plate Super Scope finder for waist-level shooting, and a no-fuss program-only exposure. Cheaper, slower, and arguably more characterful than the Contax T2.
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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 poor man's Contax T2 — same lens family, half the price, twice the cool.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 35mm f/3.5 |
| Years | 1990–2005 (across T4 / T4 Super / T5 generations) |
| Shutter | 1s – 1/700s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program only |
| Weatherproof | Yes (T4 Super and later) |
| Weight | 190 g |
| Battery | 1× CR123A |
Yashica had a "T" line going back to the T (1984, also Zeiss). The T4 (1990) added autofocus and weather sealing. The T4 Super / T4 Super D (1995) added the Super Scope waist-level finder and brighter LCD. In late markets it was rebadged T5 / T5D — same lens and body, different finder and cosmetics. Production ended in the mid-2000s with the rest of the Kyocera camera business.
Terry Richardson's T4 was practically a brand for him in the early 2000s — every editorial shoot featured him with one around his neck. Stüssy did a Yashica T4 collab. Helmut Lang shot one. The camera became fashion-adjacent shorthand for "I take real photos but I'm not pretentious about it." The cultural footprint exceeds the optical merit, but the optics are no joke either — the f/3.5 Tessar is contrasty and very sharp stopped down, with the slight haze wide open that gives editorial portraits their look.
Fixed lens. Original wrist strap and pouch were included; little else exists.
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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