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 OM-2 (1975) is Maitani's electronic counterpart to the OM-1 — same compact body, same OM mount, same large bright finder, but with electronic shutter timing and **off-the-film TTL metering**: a silicon photodiode reads light reflecting from the film surface during the exposure itself, allowing the camera to auto-correct exposure for changing light or to handle exposures up to 120 seconds in aperture-priority mode. This was a world first when the OM-2 launched.
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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 Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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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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About this camera
The first SLR with off-the-film metering. Aperture-priority autoexposure that can correctly handle 120-second exposures.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Mount | Olympus OM |
| Years | 1975–1988 (across OM-2 / OM-2n / OM-2sp) |
| Shutter | 2 minutes (auto) – 1/1000s, electronic horizontal cloth |
| Flash sync | 1/60s |
| Meter | TTL OTF SPD, world-first OTF |
| Modes | Manual, aperture-priority |
| Weight | 520 g |
| Battery | 2× SR44 (mechanical fallback only at B and 1/60s) |
Released 1975. Major variants:
Production ended 1988. The OM-3 (mechanical OM-2 essentially) and OM-4 (multi-spot meter) followed.
OTF metering changed how SLRs handle flash and long exposures. With light measured as film is exposed, fill-flash works automatically (the camera kills the flash when enough light has accumulated), and the camera correctly handles a 30-second exposure under a streetlight that's flickering at 60 Hz. Every later Olympus, every Pentax LX, and most modern flash-metering systems trace this lineage to the OM-2's OTF cell.
For everyday shooting, the OM-2 is also one of the most-recommended manual-focus aperture-priority cameras: small, accurate meter, beautiful Zuiko glass, fits a coat pocket.
Same OM Zuiko system as the OM-1. Common: 50/1.8 (six-element), 50/1.4, 28/2.8, 35/2, 100/2.8, 90/2 macro, 200/4. Motor Drive 1, Winder 1, Winder 2, T20 / T32 flashes (with full TTL OTF flash automation). Macro bellows, slide copier.
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Ilford HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with classic grain and strong push-processing tolerance.
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Kodak Ektar 100 is a fine-grain C-41 color negative film with saturated color and high sharpness.
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