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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compact-35mm
The Trip 35 (1967) is a programmed-exposure 35mm compact with a Tessar-formula D Zuiko 40/2.8 lens, zone focus (4 distance settings), and a **selenium photocell** ringed around the lens that powers the entire metering system without batteries. Fully programmed exposure (the camera picks a shutter speed of 1/40s or 1/200s and an aperture between f/2.8 and f/22 — that's it). A red flag pops up in the finder if light is insufficient. Manual exposure override only via the aperture ring.
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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 selenium-meter point-and-shoot that needs no batteries. Ten million sold. David Bailey was the spokesman.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | D Zuiko 40mm f/2.8, 4 elements / 3 groups (Tessar) |
| Years | 1967–1984 |
| Shutter | 1/40s or 1/200s, programmed leaf |
| Flash sync | All speeds |
| Meter | Selenium photocell (no battery) |
| Modes | Programmed AE; manual aperture overrides AE |
| Weight | 390 g |
| Battery | None |
Designed by Yoshihisa Maitani (the same designer as the Pen F, OM-1, XA), released 1967. Production ran 17 years until 1984 — roughly 10 million units, making it the best-selling Olympus 35mm camera ever and one of the highest-volume 35mm cameras of any brand. From 1975 onward, David Bailey appeared in UK TV adverts as the Trip's spokesman, popularizing the camera in Britain to the point that "the David Bailey camera" became a colloquial name.
The Trip 35 is the simplest competent film camera ever made. No batteries, no electronic exposure system, no autofocus, no metering modes — just point, focus the zone, fire. The Tessar-formula lens is genuinely sharp, the leaf shutter is silent, and the selenium meter on a clean copy still works after fifty years (selenium ages slowly when cameras are stored covered).
For a 2026 first-film-camera recommendation, the Trip 35 is one of the cheapest, simplest, most-foolproof options. Casual Photophile, 35mmc, and EMULSIVE have all featured it as the "if you've never shot film before, start here" camera.
Fixed lens. Hot shoe (cold shoe on early bodies). Original case.
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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