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 Yashica FX-7 (1985) is a manual-focus aperture-priority SLR sharing the Contax/Yashica (C/Y) mount with the premium Contax RTS line. It is positioned as the accessible end of the C/Y ecosystem, offering aperture-priority automation and a center-weighted TTL meter in a compact polycarbonate body. The mechanical shutter is functional without battery power, an advantage over the fully electronic FX-D it partially replaced. The FX-7 was sometimes marketed as the FX-7 Super in certain markets.
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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 Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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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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About this camera
An affordable entry to the C/Y mount ecosystem with aperture-priority AE and a mechanical shutter.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Mount | Contax/Yashica (C/Y) |
| Years | ~1985 - discontinued |
| Shutter | 1s - 1/1000s + B, vertical metal mechanical |
| Flash sync | ~1/125s |
| Meter | TTL center-weighted SPD |
| Modes | Aperture-priority, Manual |
| Battery | 2x LR44 / SR44 |
| Mechanical fallback | Yes (1/60s or similar fixed speed) |
| Focus aids | Split-prism, microprism, matte |
The C/Y mount ecosystem was jointly developed by Yashica and Zeiss/Contax in 1975, with the Contax RTS as the flagship and Yashica bodies providing an affordable entry point. The FX series was Yashica's budget C/Y SLR range: the FX-D and FX-D Quartz preceded the FX-7, which simplified the feature set while retaining aperture-priority AE. By the mid-1980s competing with fully plastic consumer SLRs from Canon and Nikon, Yashica aimed to keep C/Y mount affordable for students. The FX-7 was succeeded by the FX-3 Super 2000, which extended the top shutter speed to 1/2000s.
The FX-7's significance is almost entirely tied to the C/Y mount: it is among the cheapest ways to mount Zeiss Contax glass and Yashica ML lenses on a working film body. Zeiss lenses for C/Y -- the 28mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.4, and 135mm f/2.8 Planar and Distagon variants -- are optically some of the finest 35mm SLR glass made, and the FX-7 makes them accessible at the cost of convenience features. The body itself has no stand-out quality; its value is as a lens adapter with a shutter.
C/Y mount. Full compatibility with:
Accessories: standard hot shoe; accepts T32 and compatible flash units.
BW
Ilford HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with classic grain and strong push-processing tolerance.
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Kodak Ektar 100 is a fine-grain C-41 color negative film with saturated color and high sharpness.
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