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 Tiara Zoom (1996) is the zoom-lens successor to the fixed-lens Cardia Tiara, designed to extend the Tiara line with a variable focal length while retaining the premium compact positioning and aluminium-alloy construction of the original. Where the Tiara offered a single 28mm f/3.5 element in a body 28mm deep, the Tiara Zoom provides a Fujinon 28-56mm zoom at the cost of a slightly thicker 37mm body depth when closed.
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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 Tiara's zoom sibling — a 28-56mm Fujinon compact that sacrifices some of the original's thinness for telephoto reach, sold primarily in Japan.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm, 24x36mm |
| Mount | Fixed zoom |
| Lens | Fujinon 28–56mm zoom |
| Years | 1996–2002 |
| Shutter | Leaf: 2s – 1/300s |
| Flash sync | 1/300s |
| Meter | Silicon photodiode, programme AE |
| ISO range | 50–3200 (DX) |
| Focus | Active autofocus |
| Battery | CR2 lithium |
| Dimensions | 118 x 62 x 37mm |
| Weight | ~190 g |
The Tiara Zoom arrived two years after the original Cardia Tiara, in 1996. It responded to consumer preference for zoom flexibility while attempting to maintain the slim, premium positioning that distinguished the Tiara from the polycarbonate mass-market zoom compacts of the period. The 28mm wide-end anchor was a deliberate choice: the original Tiara had established 28mm as the Tiara identity, and the zoom variant kept it as the starting point.
The Tiara Zoom was produced through approximately 2002, somewhat outlasting the fixed Tiara. Both cameras were Japan-domestic, which limited their international distribution and contributed to their collectibility outside Japan. The Tiara Zoom is less common on the secondary market than the fixed Tiara, partly because the original attracted a stronger cult following and partly because zoom variants of cult compacts tend to generate less enthusiasm than the fixed-lens models.
The Tiara Zoom occupies an interesting position in the compact camera taxonomy: it is one of very few premium zoom compacts that starts at 28mm rather than the more typical 35mm or 38mm. Most zoom compacts of the 1990s — the Olympus Stylus Zoom, various Canon Sure Shots, Nikon Lite Touch Zoom — began at 38mm or 35mm. Starting at 28mm gave the Tiara Zoom a meaningful optical advantage for wide-angle work.
The aluminium-alloy construction and Japan-domestic pedigree give it a positioning closer to the Klasse W than to the consumer zoom compacts of the era. Used prices reflect this: good examples trade at $120–$320, well above typical mid-range zoom compacts but below the fixed Tiara.
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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