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 LOMO Smena 5 is a Soviet 35mm scale-focus compact produced by LOMO in Leningrad from approximately 1960. It is the fifth numbered model in the Smena series and sits in the middle of the sequence that LOMO worked through during the late 1950s and early 1960s before settling on the formula that became the Smena 8. The Smena 5 carries the T-22 40mm f/4.5 triplet lens rather than the T-43 that became standard later in the line. Like all Smena cameras of this generation, the body is Bakelite, the shutter is entirely mechanical, there is no metering, and no battery is required. Exposure is set manually using scale focus for distance estimation.
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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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A mid-sequence Smena in Bakelite, with the T-22 triplet, before the T-43 took over the line.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | LOMO T-22 40mm f/4.5 (triplet, fixed) |
| Focus | Scale focus |
| Shutter speeds | ~1/15s, 1/30s, 1/60s, 1/100s + B |
| Flash sync | ~ |
| Meter | None |
| Modes | Manual aperture + manual shutter |
| Body material | Bakelite |
| Weight | ~200 g |
| Battery | None required |
The Smena series began in 1953 with a straightforward goal: a cheap, simple, durable 35mm camera for Soviet domestic consumption. LOMO worked through numbered models in the late 1950s and early 1960s at a pace of roughly one model every two years. The Smena 5 arrived circa 1960, following the Smena 4 and preceding the Smena 6. These mid-series numbered models are transitional: they carry the T-22 triplet and share the basic Bakelite body form that runs through the entire early Smena range. The optical transition from T-22 to T-43 that would define the later Smena 8 had not yet taken place. By the time the Smena 8 arrived in 1970 and the Smena 8M in 1971, production volumes increased dramatically and the earlier numbered models receded into collector territory. The Smena 5 was not produced in large numbers relative to the Smena 8 and 8M.
The Smena 5 represents the Smena line in a phase that is distinct from the camera most people associate with the name. The T-22 40mm f/4.5 is optically different from the T-43 40mm f/4 - slower by half a stop and with subtly different rendering characteristics at the edges of the frame. For collectors tracking the evolution of Soviet triplet optics, the T-22 models are worth examining against T-43 models side by side. For shooters, the practical difference is modest: both lenses produce the lo-fi, corner-soft triplet rendering that attracted Lomographic Society International's attention in the 1990s and has kept Soviet compact cameras in circulation. The Smena 5 is rarer than the Smena 8M and therefore less attractive as a user camera, but more interesting as a collector piece.
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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