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 Smena 19 is a late variant of the Smena line of Soviet 35mm compact cameras produced by LOMO (Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Association). Introduced in 1985, it belongs to the final generation of Smena cameras and shares the same fundamental architecture as its long-running siblings: an entirely plastic body, fully mechanical shutter, no battery requirement, and the T-43 40mm f/4 triplet taking lens. The Smena 19 is a scale-focus camera with no rangefinder coupling; correct exposure requires manual setting of both aperture and shutter speed by the photographer. Like the Smena 8M, it has no built-in meter, making exposure estimation or a separate meter necessary.
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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 late Smena variant from 1985 - all-plastic, fully manual, battery-free 35mm with the familiar T-43 triplet.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | LOMO T-43 40mm f/4 (triplet, fixed) |
| Focus | Scale focus |
| Shutter speeds | 1/15s, 1/30s, 1/60s, 1/125s, 1/250s + B |
| Flash sync | ~1/30s (PC socket) |
| Meter | None |
| Modes | Manual aperture + manual shutter |
| Body material | Plastic |
| Weight | ~195 g |
| Battery | None required |
The Smena line began in 1953 as LOMO's mass-market 35mm camera series. The Smena 8 (1963) and its successor the Smena 8M (1970) defined the line for most of its commercial life, with the 8M alone accounting for an estimated 17 million units. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, LOMO introduced a series of numbered Smena variants - including the Smena 6, Smena Symbol, Smena Rapid, and others - each representing minor feature experiments around the same core platform. The Smena 19, introduced in 1985, was among the last of these iterations. Production of the broader Smena line contracted sharply after the Soviet Union's dissolution and effectively ended in the early-to-mid 1990s.
The Smena 19 does not hold the historical stature of the Smena 8M, which it postdates and which continued to be produced concurrently. Its significance is mainly as documentation of the Smena line's longevity: LOMO continued to iterate on the basic Smena formula through the mid-1980s with minimal changes, a testament to how well the original design served its purpose. For collectors, the Smena 19 is a less-encountered variant than the ubiquitous 8M and Symbol, making it marginally more interesting as a shelf piece. For shooting, it is functionally equivalent to the Smena 8M: cheap, mechanical, battery-free, and capable of producing characterful images with the T-43 triplet.
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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