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 Fuji Cardia Zoom-DL (1990) is an autofocus zoom compact camera produced by Fujifilm under the Cardia sub-brand. It offers a Fujinon 38-80mm zoom lens covering the most-used range for casual photography: wide enough for group shots and interiors at 38mm, telephoto enough for portraits at 80mm. Exposure is programme-automatic, and film speed is read via DX coding from the cassette.
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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
A practical mid-range zoom compact from 1990 — 38-80mm Fujinon glass and workaday programme AE in a typical early-1990s polycarbonate body.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm, 24x36mm |
| Mount | Fixed zoom |
| Lens | Fujinon 38–80mm zoom |
| Years | 1990–1994 |
| Shutter | Leaf: 1s – 1/250s |
| Flash sync | 1/250s |
| Meter | Silicon photodiode, programme AE |
| ISO range | 50–3200 (DX) |
| Focus | Active autofocus |
| Battery | 2x AA |
| Dimensions | 128 x 70 x 53mm |
| Weight | ~250 g |
The Cardia Zoom-DL was introduced in 1990, at the height of the zoom-compact boom. Consumer demand in the late 1980s had shifted decisively toward zoom lenses after manufacturers demonstrated that reasonably sharp zoom optics could fit into a compact body. Fujifilm's Cardia line was its mid-market consumer brand, sitting below the premium Klasse and above entry-level disposables. The Zoom-DL targeted buyers who wanted flexibility over the fixed-lens models in the range.
By the mid-1990s, the model was superseded by successive generations of smaller, lighter zoom compacts as mechanical design and zoom motor technology improved. Production ended around 1994. Today the camera is a typical representative of early-1990s zoom compact design — plentiful, inexpensive, and functionally straightforward.
The Cardia Zoom-DL has no particular cult following and commands no price premium. It is significant as a document of mainstream 1990s compact camera design: the zoom range, the programme AE, the AA power, the motorised transport, and the polycarbonate body are all characteristic of the mass-market approach that sold tens of millions of cameras worldwide in this period.
For contemporary film photographers on a tight budget, functional examples offer genuine Fujinon optics and reliable automation at very low cost. The 38-80mm range covers most social and travel subjects without demanding anything from the photographer beyond pointing and pressing the shutter.
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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