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 mju-II (sold as Stylus Epic in the US) is a 1997 Olympus compact built around an aspherical 35mm f/2.8 four-element lens, an active+passive AF system, and a fully sealed clamshell body that protects the lens when closed. It weighs 135 grams and fits in a jeans pocket. The lens is unusually fast for a compact, the meter is competent, and the camera is genuinely splash-resistant — three things that almost no other point-and-shoot delivered together.
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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
An f/2.8 weatherproof point-and-shoot in a clamshell body the size of a deck of cards. The most-recommended "first film camera" on Reddit.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | 35mm f/2.8 aspherical, 4 elements / 4 groups |
| Years | 1997–2005 |
| Shutter | 4s – 1/1000s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program (no manual override) |
| Weatherproof | JIS Class 4 splashproof |
| Weight | 135 g |
| Battery | 1× CR123A |
Replaced the original mju (1991, slower 35/3.5 lens). The mju-II shipped in 1997 in plain, deluxe ("DLX") with date back, panorama-switch, quartz-date, and all-weather variants. A "Limited" gold edition was sold late in the run. Production ended around 2005 as digital compacts displaced film. Olympus revived the name on early digital compacts ("Stylus" line) but they share nothing with the film mju-II.
It is the perfect "give a friend a film camera" object. Cheap (relative to a Contax T2), small, hard to break, with a lens that produces flatter, sharper, more colorful negatives than any reasonable expectation. Reddit's r/AnalogCommunity has recommended it consistently for a decade; TikTok's film revival latched onto it around 2020 and used prices doubled. The single biggest weakness — no manual override — keeps purists away but is exactly the appeal for everyone else.
Lens is fixed. There are no system accessories beyond a wrist strap and the dedicated remote (RC-200, rare). Some bodies came with a soft pouch.
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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