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 Pentax IQZoom 928 is a compact 35mm autofocus zoom camera introduced around 1995, part of Pentax's IQZoom (marketed as Espio in some markets) family of point-and-shoot zoom compacts. It covers a 35-90mm zoom range - broad enough for environmental wide-angle shots and moderate telephoto portrait compression - housed in a notably slim body for its zoom capability. Exposure is fully programmed with DX-coded ISO reading. The camera targets consumers who want zoom flexibility in a pocket-portable form factor, competing against similar mid-1990s offerings from Olympus (Mju Zoom), Nikon (Zoom Touch series), and Canon (Prima Zoom).
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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 ultra-slim 35-90mm zoom compact from the mid-1990s, prioritizing portability without sacrificing zoom reach.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Lens | SMC Pentax zoom 35-90mm (fixed, ~ f/4.5-9.0) |
| Year introduced | 1995 |
| Focus | Autofocus |
| Exposure | Program auto only |
| ISO | DX auto (50-3200) |
| Flash | Built-in with auto, red-eye, fill, off modes |
| Mount | Fixed (non-interchangeable) |
Pentax launched the IQZoom line in the early 1990s as the successor to its UC (Ultra Compact) series, continuing the emphasis on slim bodies with zoom lenses that had become the defining design goal for consumer compacts in the 1990s. The suffix "928" likely refers to the zoom range (9 [90mm] to 28 [28mm], reversed) or a simplified internal model code - the naming convention was inconsistent across Pentax's compact lineup of this period.
The mid-1990s was the peak era for consumer zoom compacts. Autofocus, DX coding, and multi-zone metering had become standard features; manufacturers competed primarily on zoom range, body size, and price. The IQZoom 928's 35-90mm range was a common target in the segment - wide enough to be genuinely useful and telephoto enough to feel meaningfully different from a fixed-lens camera, while avoiding the optical compromises that plagued earlier 35-105mm or 35-115mm zoom designs.
By the late 1990s and early 2000s, the consumer compact market was fragmenting between ultra-premium models (Contax T-series, Ricoh GR1) and mass-market models facing price pressure from early digital cameras. The IQZoom series was discontinued as Pentax shifted resources.
The IQZoom 928 is representative of mainstream 1990s consumer photography rather than an exceptional camera in its own right. It demonstrates the maturity of the consumer zoom compact format: autofocus is reliable, the zoom mechanism is quiet and fast, DX coding removes ISO as a user variable, and the SMC Pentax zoom lens produces results that are competent if not exceptional.
The 35mm wide end makes it genuinely versatile for everyday shooting; the 90mm telephoto end is useful for portraits and compressing street scenes. On color negative film (the expected medium) the lens renders faithfully with decent contrast. The thin body - Pentax's signature concern in this product line - makes it more carry-everywhere portable than bulkier zoom compacts from the same era.
For film shooters today it occupies a middle tier: more capable than a fixed-lens compact, less refined than the premium compacts (Contax T2, Olympus Mju II) that have attracted collector premiums. Prices remain accessible.
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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