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 Konica C35 EF Date (1976) is a variant of the C35 EF -- itself notable as the first 35mm compact camera to integrate a built-in electronic flash -- adding a date-imprinting mechanism that records the date on the film frame at the moment of exposure. It retains the C35 EF's core specification: **Hexanon 38mm f/2.8** lens, CdS programmed AE (camera sets both aperture and shutter), zone focus, and leaf shutter synced at all speeds.
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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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The date-back variant of the world's first built-in-flash compact rangefinder -- C35 EF plus film-imprint dating, 1976.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | Hexanon 38mm f/2.8 |
| Year | ~1976 |
| Shutter | ~1/30s - 1/650s, electronic leaf |
| Flash sync | All speeds |
| Meter | CdS, programmed auto |
| Modes | Program only |
| Focus | Zone focus |
| Flash | Built-in electronic |
| Date back | Integrated, imprints on film |
| Battery | 1x PX675 mercury |
The C35 EF (1975) entered the market as the world's first 35mm compact with an integrated built-in flash, a feature that immediately differentiated it from competitors and established a template that most point-and-shoot cameras would follow through the 1990s. The following year, Konica added the Date variant, extending the C35 EF's appeal to professional documentation use.
The C35 line as a whole ran from 1968 through 1981 with numerous variants -- Flash, EF, EF Date, EFP, MF, MFD, V, HG, AF2 -- each adding or modifying features for specific market segments. The EF and its Date variant sit at the peak of the original mechanical-and-leaf-shutter C35 era, before the line moved toward autofocus designs in the early 1980s.
The C35 EF's place in history as the first compact with a built-in flash is well established; the EF Date adds an additional functional layer that made it particularly useful as a professional tool rather than a consumer snapshot camera. In 2026, the combination of built-in flash and date printing is a curiosity -- digital imaging made both features trivial -- but in 1976, a self-contained, pocketable camera that would simultaneously expose and timestamp a scene was a meaningful productivity tool.
The Hexanon 38/2.8 is the same lens family used across the C35 range and is regarded as a solid performer for a consumer compact: adequate sharpness center-to-edge at f/5.6 and above, decent contrast, not particularly notable wide open but usable.
Lens fixed at 38mm f/2.8. Built-in flash covers standard distances for the programmed exposure range. The date-back mechanism imprints via a small window on the film plane; date wheels are set manually by the user.
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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