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 OM-2000 (1997) is the final 35mm SLR body released under the Olympus OM brand. Unusually, it was not built by Olympus: the OM-2000 is an OEM version of a **Cosina-platform body**, the same chassis that Cosina sold under its own name and supplied to Nikon (FM10), Vivitar, and others. The decision reflects Olympus's strategic withdrawal from OM SLR development while still servicing the installed base of OM-mount users.
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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 last OM-mount body - Cosina-built, mechanical-shuttered, full-program multi-mode, released 1997.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm |
| Mount | Olympus OM |
| Years | 1997-~2003 |
| Shutter | 1s - 1/2000s, mechanical vertical metal blade |
| Flash sync | 1/125s |
| Meter | TTL center-weighted silicon |
| Modes | Program, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, manual |
| Weight | ~430 g |
| Battery | 2x CR2 |
| Price used | ~$150-350 |
Olympus concluded its own OM SLR development in the early 1990s with the OM-3Ti and OM-4Ti - both premium titanium-bodied cameras aimed at working professionals and serious enthusiasts. By the mid-1990s, however, the 35mm SLR market had moved decisively toward autofocus systems (Canon EOS, Nikon AF), and Olympus's OM autofocus experiment with the OM-77AF had not succeeded.
The OM-2000 in 1997 was a pragmatic response to continued demand from the large installed base of OM-lens users. Rather than invest in a new OM body, Olympus contracted with Cosina to supply a body on Cosina's established budget-platform chassis. The same platform was sold as the Nikon FM10, Cosina CS-1, and under various other names. Olympus fitted the OM mount, branded it, and offered it alongside the OM-4Ti as an affordable entry point into the OM system.
Production ran until approximately 2003 before Olympus discontinued the OM SLR line entirely, having by then shifted to the Four Thirds digital system.
The OM-2000 is the last OM-mount body Olympus ever sold. That status gives it a place in OM system history out of proportion to its technical distinction. Practically, the Cosina platform is serviceable and durable; the mechanical shutter is more reliable than the all-electronic shutters in the earlier consumer OM bodies (OM-10, OM-G, OM-PC), and the 1/2000s top speed and 1/125s sync are improvements over the 1/1000s / 1/60s specifications of most OM-mount electronic-shutter bodies.
The tradeoff is character: the OM-2000 lacks the feel of an Olympus-designed body. The viewfinder is smaller than the OM-1 or OM-4Ti, the shutter sound is different, and the body lacks the Olympus build quality associated with the professional OM line. Buyers choose it for its OM mount, not for itself.
For the Zuiko system buyer in 2026, the OM-2000 competes with the OM-1 (fully mechanical, no meter needed) and the OM-4Ti (premium multi-spot) as the three most practical OM body options. At $150-350 it sits below the OM-4Ti and above the OM-1 in both price and feature set.
Full Olympus OM Zuiko system. Every OM-mount Zuiko lens works in the corresponding exposure mode. The OM-2000 accepts the T-series flash line (T-20, T-32) for TTL flash; the Cosina platform does not have OTF (off-the-film) flash capability that the OM-2 and OM-4 lines featured, so flash metering relies on pre-flash TTL measurement.
Motor winder compatibility: the OM-2000 uses its own winder connector and is not compatible with the Olympus Motor Drive 1/2 or Winder 1/2 used by earlier OM bodies.
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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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