Konica · ISO 200 Color negative
Konica Centuria Super 200
Centuria Super 200 was the middle speed of Konica's 2002 refresh and the version that shipped in the largest volumes. European drugstores stocked it through 2005 in pre-paid processing packs, and the same emulsion fed Japanese point-and-shoot users who could not justify Fujicolor Reala prices but wanted better grain than Solaris 200 or Agfacolor could deliver. The Super designation marked the move to MCC and UCC emulsion technology over the 1999 Centuria 200.
The February 2002 datasheet specifies ISO 200/24, triacetate base, daylight balance, DX-code 26-3, with emulsion numbers in the 900 to 999 block. Processing is C-41 or Konica CNK-4. The Super 200 listing is 35mm only; any 120 roll labelled Centuria Super 200 is leftover 1999 to 2001 stock.
Color character sits between Fujicolor Superia 200 and Kodak Gold 200 in a way some shooters found indecisive. Reds run warmer than Fuji and less orange than Kodak. Blues hold their saturation rather than falling toward cyan the way Gold tends to under shade. The skin response is flatter than either, which made it a useful general-purpose film and a forgettable portrait one.
The MCC technology gave Super 200 a real edge over the older 1999 Centuria 200 in resolved detail at print size. Reviewers from the period described the difference as worth half a step in apparent sharpness on a 4x6, which is not nothing for a drugstore stock. Latitude ran around three stops over and a stop and a half under, comparable to Gold 200 and a hair narrower than Superia 200.
Production ended with the Konica Minolta imaging shutdown in March 2006. The DNP relaunch from 2007 to 2009 carried 200-speed boxes some users identify as rebadged Kodacolor. Verified Konica Super 200 is now freezer-stock or warm-stored estate sale supply.
Reciprocity exponent is 1.20. Zone Light Meter applies the correction past one second. A metered 30-second exposure becomes about 60 seconds at the negative. The datasheet specifies no compensation from 1/10000 to one second and a single stop at ten seconds.
How the app handles this stock
- Box speed: ISO 200. Picker exposes pull/push chips so you can shoot it at any speed you want and the meter follows.
- Reciprocity: Above one second the app raises metered time to the power of 1.20.
- Expired film: if you load an old roll, set the expiry year and storage in the app and the ISO scales for you. Color negative decay rates are baked in.