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 Z-Up 90 (1990) is a 35mm autofocus zoom compact fitted with a Konica Hexanon 35-90mm zoom lens. It is the middle camera in Konica's Z-Up zoom-compact family, positioned above the Z-Up 70 (35-70mm) and below the Z-Up 110 (35-105mm). The camera uses programmed autoexposure with auto DX ISO coding (50-3200), active multi-zone autofocus, and a built-in zoom-following flash. Power is supplied by two CR123A lithium cells, a shift from the AA batteries of the earlier MR-640-era compacts that reflected the industry move toward smaller, higher-energy batteries in the early 1990s.
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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
Konica's 35-90mm zoom AF compact - the mid-tier Z-Up model that balances reach and portability for the early 1990s consumer market.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | Konica Hexanon 35-90mm ~f/4.5-8.5 zoom, multicoated |
| Year introduced | 1990 |
| Zoom ratio | ~2.6x |
| Shutter | 4s - 1/400s, electronic leaf |
| Flash sync | ~ |
| Meter | Programmed silicon |
| Modes | Program only |
| AF system | Active multi-zone |
| ISO range | 50-3200 (DX auto) |
| Battery | 2x CR123A |
| Weight | ~320 g |
Konica launched the Z-Up series at the start of the 1990s as its primary consumer zoom-compact family, superseding the MR-series zoom compacts of the mid-1980s. The Z-Up nomenclature referred to the zooming action, and each model number approximated the maximum focal length: Z-Up 70, Z-Up 90, Z-Up 110, Z-Up 115. This created a clear consumer hierarchy based on telephoto reach.
The Z-Up 90 was introduced in 1990, at the opening of the decade that would define the zoom compact category. It incorporated improvements over the MR-640 generation: multi-zone autofocus replaced the single-zone systems of the 1980s, DX coding extended the ISO range to 3200, and the CR123A lithium battery provided more consistent performance than AA alkaline cells.
The Z-Up 90 was produced until approximately 1995, when Konica updated the line with later variants. The broader Z-Up family was discontinued in the latter half of the 1990s as Konica consolidated its compact camera range in the lead-up to the Konica-Minolta merger (2003). The Z-Up 90 is noted in the z-up article on Camera-Wiki as a middle variant in the line.
The Z-Up 90 represents the early-1990s maturation of the consumer zoom compact category. Its technical improvements over the MR-640 - multi-zone AF, DX coding to 3200, lithium batteries - reflect the steady progress of the segment between the mid-1980s and early 1990s. The Hexanon lens name carries genuine credibility from Konica's SLR and rangefinder history, though a zoom compact lens is a categorically different optical proposition from a prime Hexanon.
For film photographers today, the Z-Up 90 is a functional and inexpensive zoom compact. The 35-90mm range is genuinely useful: the 35mm wide end avoids the cramped quality of 38mm wide starters, and 90mm provides meaningful telephoto compression without the extreme slow aperture of the 105mm end. Against the Z-Up 110, the Z-Up 90 trades some telephoto reach for a fractionally more manageable maximum aperture.
The camera is not sought for optical character, collector interest, or mechanical quality. Its case rests on being a cheap, working 35-90mm zoom compact with a reputable lens name. It competes in the used market against broadly similar cameras from Fuji, Olympus, and Canon at similar price levels.
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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