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 Trip RC2 (1986) is a budget polycarbonate compact descended from the Trip RC. It sits at the lower end of Olympus's 1980s compact range: zone-focus rather than autofocus, a slow lens (~35mm f/4.5), built-in flash, and fully automatic program exposure with no manual overrides. The Trip RC2 is not related to the classic Trip 35 beyond the Trip name; it is a late-1980s plasticky consumer camera aimed at the point-and-shoot mass market. The built-in flash distinguishes it from the Trip RC, which required a clip-on flash accessory.
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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 plastic successor to the Trip RC — built-in flash, zone focus, fully automatic exposure, budget 1980s compact.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | |
| Years | 1986-1991 (~) |
| Shutter | 1/30s - 1/200s, electronic leaf |
| Modes | Program only |
| ISO range | 100-400 (~) |
| Flash | Built-in |
| Battery | 2x AA |
By the mid-1980s the Olympus Trip 35 — the selenium-cell legend of the 1960s-70s — had been out of production for several years. Olympus reused the Trip name on a succession of plastic compacts through the 1980s and into the 1990s: the Trip RC, Trip RC2, Trip XB, Trip 300, and others. These cameras share only the name and general purpose with the Trip 35; they are fully electronic, battery-dependent, and built to lower tolerances. The Trip RC2 specifically added a built-in flash over its immediate predecessor the Trip RC, removing the need for the separate hot-shoe unit. It was discontinued around 1991 as Olympus consolidated around the newer AF-1 and mju families.
The Trip RC2 has little collector cachet and minimal secondary-market demand. It matters primarily as a historical artifact — a record of how far the Trip name had migrated from the original's all-mechanical, battery-free design. For a working shooter in 2026 it is a disposable-tier camera: cheap to acquire, inexpensive to lose, capable of acceptable snapshots in decent light. The built-in flash makes it usable indoors in a way that the Trip 35 requires a separate accessory to achieve.
It is occasionally picked up by photographers who want a zero-stakes camera for environments where equipment damage or loss is a real risk — beach, festival, travel to high-risk areas.
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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