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 Nikon Lite Touch 35 is a consumer 35mm autofocus point-and-shoot introduced around 1995. It carries a fixed 35mm Nikkor lens (aperture unverified; approximately f/2.8), active autofocus, program AE, and a built-in flash in a slim polycarbonate body aimed at the mass-market travel and casual photography segment. Power is supplied by a single CR123A lithium cell. A QD (quartz date) variant with date-imprinting capability was offered in parallel in some markets. The Lite Touch 35 sits in the middle of Nikon's mid-1990s compact lineup: wider in lens coverage than the budget zoom compacts but without the build quality, manual controls, or optical ambition of the titanium-bodied 35Ti introduced the same year. It is a competent, unpretentious program compact.
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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
Mid-1990s Nikon pocket compact with a fixed 35mm Nikkor - clean, light, and uncomplicated.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | Nikon Nikkor 35mm ~f/2.8 |
| Years | ~1995 - ~ |
| Shutter | ~1s - ~1/500s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program only |
| Battery | 1x CR123A |
| ISO range | 25 - 3200 |
| Built-in flash | Yes |
| Focus | Active autofocus |
By 1995 the compact 35mm camera market in Japan and North America was intensely competitive, with manufacturers offering dozens of variants across the same price bands. Nikon's "Lite Touch" branding grouped its lighter, simpler compacts - both fixed-lens and zoom - under a common identity emphasizing portability over features. The Lite Touch 35 replaced or complemented earlier fixed-lens AF compact offerings in Nikon's lineup, filling the gap between the premium L35AF lineage (by 1995 aging and less prominently marketed) and the 35Ti at the top. Nikon was simultaneously positioning the 35Ti as its premium compact - a titanium-bodied, aperture-priority capable 35mm f/2.8 body - leaving the Lite Touch 35 to serve buyers who wanted the same focal length in a simpler, less expensive package. The exact production and discontinuation dates are unverified.
The Lite Touch 35's practical value in 1995 was a 35mm fixed lens in a very compact, affordable package. The 35mm focal length is a comfortable standard field of view for travel, street, and everyday photography - neither cramped like a 50mm compact nor distorted like a 28mm. In 1995 this put the Lite Touch 35 in direct competition with the Olympus mju-I (35mm f/3.5), the Canon Sure Shot Classic series, and several Konica compacts.
For contemporary film photographers the Lite Touch 35 is a low-cost, low-stakes entry point: inexpensive to buy, simple to operate, and producing results consistent with 35mm Nikkor optical quality of the era. It is not a collector camera and commands no premium. Its main practical competition in 2026 are other mid-1990s fixed-lens 35mm compacts at similar price points - the Olympus mju-I, Fuji DL series, and Konica C35 lineage. The Lite Touch 35 is distinguished mainly by its Nikkor lens, which is generally well-regarded for sharpness in center-frame at its working apertures.
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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