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 Olympus Stylus Epic (sold as the mju-II in Japan and most international markets) is a program-only 35mm compact introduced in 1997, built around a fixed F.Zuiko 35mm f/2.8 lens and a splash-resistant clamshell body. Despite offering no manual controls whatsoever, it has become one of the most desired film cameras of the 21st-century analog revival. The combination of a genuinely fast prime, a pocketable weatherproof shell, and clean Zuiko rendering made it the default recommendation for anyone entering film photography through the 2010s and 2020s - a status that has pushed used prices well above what the camera originally fetched at retail.
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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
The definitive 35/2.8 clamshell compact - the mju-II is the cult camera every film revival photographer reaches for first.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | F.Zuiko 35mm f/2.8 (fixed) |
| Years | 1997-2005 |
| Shutter | 4s - 1/1000s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program only |
| Weatherproof | Splash-resistant |
| ISO range | 50-3200 (DX coded) |
| Battery | 1x CR123A |
| Weight | ~145g |
The mju-II succeeded the original mju (Stylus in North America), which had launched in 1991 as Olympus's definitive clamshell compact. The original mju used a 35mm f/3.5 lens; the mju-II upgraded that to f/2.8, the same aperture carried by the earlier AF-1 and AF-1 Super. Olympus also improved the multi-pattern metering, added spot mode, and refined the clamshell slider. The camera sold steadily through the late 1990s and early 2000s as a premium point-and-shoot without attracting much enthusiast attention at the time - it competed against similar program compacts from Canon, Nikon, and Fuji. Production ended around 2005, roughly coinciding with the collapse of the consumer film market. Prices were modest at closeout; by the mid-2010s the film revival had discovered it and values climbed steadily.
The Stylus Epic / mju-II is the camera most responsible for the visual aesthetic of the early Instagram film revival. Its combination of contrasty Zuiko rendering, moderate focal length, and near-zero controls made it accessible to an entire generation learning film without darkroom backgrounds. The camera can be picked up, loaded, and used intuitively by anyone; the lens does the work. Used in quantity by street and travel photographers who valued its near-silent clamshell over the more conspicuous SLR.
The f/2.8 aperture gives genuine low-light capability for a point-and-shoot, and the program algorithm defaults to faster shutter speeds than many competitors, reducing camera shake on moving subjects.
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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