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Kodak Gold 200
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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The Pen EE (1961) is the first Pen with selenium-cell exposure automation — "EE" for Electric Eye. Programmed exposure (the camera picks aperture between f/3.5 and f/22; shutter speeds at 1/30s or 1/250s), fixed focus from ~3 m to infinity. Twice as many frames per roll as a 35mm camera (72 vs 36) because of the half-frame format. Selenium meter on the front of the lens means **no battery** required, just enough light. A red flag pops up in the finder if light is insufficient.
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C41
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 original Pen EE. Fixed-focus half-frame snapshot camera that launched the long-running EE series.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm half-frame (18×24 mm) |
| Lens | D Zuiko 28mm f/3.5, 4 elements / 3 groups |
| Years | 1961–1968 |
| Shutter | 1/30s or 1/250s, programmed leaf |
| Flash sync | All speeds |
| Meter | Selenium photocell |
| Modes | Programmed AE; manual aperture for flash |
| Weight | 360 g |
| Battery | None |
Released 1961, the EE was the AE-equipped sibling to the original 1959 Pen. Variants:
Production of the original EE ran 7 years until 1968. The combined Pen EE / EES / EE-2 / EE-3 line sold over 17 million units across 25 years — Olympus's largest-volume camera line ever.
The original EE established the design language for 25 years of Olympus half-frame cameras. Selenium metering, fixed focus, programmed exposure — all design choices that prioritized "anyone can use it" over photographic control. For its era, this was revolutionary: a camera you could give to a child or grandparent and trust the photos would be properly exposed.
For 2026 buyers, the original Pen EE is harder to find than later EE-2 / EE-3 variants and slightly more collectible. Optically and mechanically the same. The trade-off vs the EES is the EE's fixed focus — fine for landscapes, mediocre for closer subjects.
Lens fixed. Cold shoe (the EE-2 added a hot shoe). Original wrist strap.
Ilford HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with classic grain and strong push-processing tolerance.
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 Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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