Cheap Camera - KILLER LENS! Why the Olympus Trip 35 is the Best Film Point and Shoot!
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- With an Olympus Zuiko 40mm f2.8 lens, this little gem from Olympus makes some truly fantastic images! Simple to use and with classic retro styling, this is one of the best film point and shoots available!
If you want to get into film photography, there's no better camera to use!
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Nice to see Macaulay Culkin into film photography
:-)
Um, excuse me, its Steve Buscemi.
1. The aperture control is "for Flash" as it states on the lens, so without flash, you use "A".
2. If you look on the underside of the lens, you see a distance scale. These correspond with 1m for one person, 1.5m for two people, 3m for groups and infinity for mountains, but you can set the distance between the click stop points if you want more precise focussing.
3. In the viewfinder, below and right of the main window, is a small magnifying lens showing you the focus distance and aperture setting.
Thanks for the info!
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I'm just writing a magazine article about one of these! Fully agree with everything you've said, they're so nice to use and the results are great. It really does look nice as well!
I have sold literally hundreds of these in the 1980’s and had very happy customers with zero returns or complaints. I never had one myself as I preferred SLR’s but did buy the XA which lived in my pocket. Olympus made excellent cameras and lenses and I still have them to this day. I am still using the lenses adapted to my Canon and Fuji cameras, to me they are like precision made Swiss watches. Outstanding build and beautiful design. Great video again thank you.
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@@zenography7923 I always do, once I get over the long Covid and return to work I will become a Patron as your channel is the best for classic cameras and lenses. I don’t know what you do for a living but you speak like a poet and your gentle manor is simply brilliant. Also you are not trying to sell stuff so people can trust your very knowledgeable opinions. Thank you.
What a lovely and informative review!
I was lucky enough to come across one of these cameras recently and I new I had gold in my hands so I purchased it blindly. I’m getting ready to test it but is in great condition so I have no doubt I will get great pictures out of it.
Thank you again! Wonderful job.
My Mom has one of these, she got it in the 70s and it was her camera of choice up until the early 2000s. As a child of the 80s half of my childhood photos were taken with this camera, so the aesthetic quality of the images from the lens is very familiar and pleasing to me.
I can imagine - it must have a special place in your heart!
thanks from Argentina! (sorry for my english)
I was looking for something like this camera, and your video makes me decide to go for it. I can feel de the love in your words.
Last sunday i get one so in a few days im going to see the results.
Thank you very much!
Very fine video!
Purchased one of these many years ago for £25 in excellent condition + working order!
Was astonished at the superb quality of the images produced- tack sharp + beautiful colour rendition.
Strap lugs to attach a carry strap!
To preserve the integrity of the selenium light cell, always use a lens cap when not in use.
All in all a superb travel camera !
Thanks Nigel for this most instructive vlog!
Derek
Many thanks Derek, glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve just inherited my late Mum’s Olympus Trip and after watching this video I cannot wait to get out to give it a try 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ah, 'mountain mode' - since 1967 :-)
Indeed!
I got one for my daughter as her first camera. I preferred the Rollei 35's, but the Trip fit her hands better. Olympus lenses have always been superb. Thanks for another great review!
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
For ages, I've wanted to get into film photography and felt intimidated by the cameras I've tried and failed with. Discovered the Trip while researching 1967 for a short story I was writing - and you sum it up, this camera is a nice little thing and absolutely free from pretensions. I've fallen in love with mine and in love with film photography after years and being spoiled by digital - thank you for such an informative film, a love letter to this wonderful camera!😊
Glad you're enjoying the camera, it's a simple but capable machine.
excellent review, I agree with you on how reliable these are, with the selenium they will last longer if you keep a lens cap on or in a case/bag
I've heard they can degrade if permanently exposed to light.
The camera that I have always wanted to own and use, ending up falling for the upstart XA, a very worth successor.
Nice video.
The XA is a worthy contender, from what I hear!
Well done for featuring this fab little camera. I love using many cameras, digital and film, but the faithful Trip lives in the glovebox of my car and always available. Prices are bit silly now.
It's a great little machine for sure! Glad you enjoyed the video.
A great piece of kit. I would love to own one.
this is like asmr
Thanks!
Great review of this vintage little guy. You forgot one thing that is a problem with almost every Trip 35. The light seals are gone, turned into a black smudge. So you have to clean/remove them with acetone. Try to find some thin 1 mm foam and glue new foam into the camera. I’ve heard it will function without the seals, but they are there off factory for a reason.
Love my trip35, made some great shot with it, easy to carry around, great for street shooting because it has a very discreet shutter sound.....
It's a lovely little thing, for sure!
Hello. Nice review of this excellent camera. I love the design and the way it feels in the hand and its bright viewfinder is a pleasure to use. I've had 3 of these over the years and kept two of them. They are in as new condition and are very reliable. About the lens, I think it's good in terms of sharpness but not excellent. Thinking I was getting the focus a little wrong, I mounted an accessory rangefinder on the flash shoe and set the lens focus distance to exactly correspond to the rangefinder. Results were the same, sharp enough but not excellent. I think this is as good as this front element focusing design gets. This in no way detracts from the appeal of this wonderful Olympus compact. I also have an Olympus 35RC compact. Not as nice in the hand or to look at as the Trip but wow, what a lens.
This dude could sell sand to the Arabs, if I had the money I'd buy one of these
:)
High praise…lol
To me every camera has its own set of perimeters. You work within those perimeters.It’s a delightful camera to use.
I just bought one from Denmark. Won it in an auction on eBay.
So happy to see you back on a real camera, instead of an upstart digital one 😉. Not only is it groovy, I think you'll find it's also fab 😁
Far out, man!
Hi Nigel, many thanks for the effort you put into your videos. Yes, the Olympus is a nice little camera and 40 mm is a very versatile focal length. Recently I purchased a Canonet QL19 GIII vintage rangefinder camera from Japan. It arrived a few days ago. Very nice as well! The 19 is less pricy than its sibling, the Canonet QL17 GIII. I seized the opportunity. Very nicely made, very well crafted. Yesterday I purchased a battery adapter made in the UK in order to use available batteries instead of the mercury batteries it needs to operate. Please have a look at the Canonet camera as well if you’re into range finder cameras. Best wishes, Magnetron
Thanks for the tip - I'll keep an eye out!
You have such a lovely voice, I think I can listen to you all day!
Also thank you for the video, I’m thinking about getting this one for myself and this helps a lot!
Thanks, that's very kind! The Trip 35 is a great little camera, one of the nicest point and shoots in my view, I don't think you'll be disappointed if you get one!
@@zenography7923 hi sir! I finally got this camera and just developed the roll two days ago. I found it on a bidding online. The body is kind of bad though, but all functions are perfect! I love the result too. Thank you so much for your video! 🌼
Totally agree with your assessment, as I also own one and love the camera :D
It's a lovely piece of kit, for sure!
Another great video - agree with you about it being v much of its time. Love the enthusiasm and the articulate commentary, especially when talking about lens qualities. Keep going. I tried to buy one of these a few months ago and the asking price was under £50 - now for good condition, you are talking close to £100 on eBay.
Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks! As for camera prices, they do seem to have increased recently but as ever, the bargains are still out there. I'd always recommend not paying inflated buy it now prices, stick to auctions instead, where actual selling prices tend to be rather less.
Great video about a great camera. I still have my mums one bought for her by her mother in 1972! It fell into the right hand as I'm a photo enthusiast/collector...... It's still in mint condition and works well. Has a six digit serial number too. Thanks for your great commentary - now subscribed!
Glad you enjoyed the video - and thanks for the subscription!
I've had mine since around 1973 and it still works fine. I remember the David Bailey adverts at the time.
Gosh, that's a long lived little camera!
@@zenography7923 Don't use it much lately, But occasionally I like to shoot film and it does the job.
I will never forget that classic line , David Bailey who’s he ?
I love my weatherproof Olympus Af1 with its extremely sharp 35mm 2.8 lens. Built in flash, exposure lock and selfie timer. I bought mine for £20.
That sounds like quite a bargain!
Excellent camera with a lovely lens! I bought mine in 1982 and it gave me many excellent photos and you can get a fair bit of control by altering the film speed to compensate for backlighting.
That's great - do you still use it?
@@zenography7923 Unfortunately I don't have it anymore, lost it in divorce!!! But I'm keeping an eye out for one.
By the way, I remember, my parents had a Agfa Rapid camera from the 1960s (the version from 1965 onwards) back when I was a child in the 1970s. It features a Color Agnar 2.8/45mm lens, which gives also very nice results. It takes Rapid Film other than the usual 35mm film cartridges. It is well possible, that my father still has this camera somewhere. I purchased one on eBay, too, in top mint, almost new condition with original box and instructions manual. As the Olympus it also has this nice space-age design.
It sounds groovy!
Wonderful camera. My parents had one, after my advice, and all of their photos was fine.
It's a great little camera, for sure!
love this camera. just got one from auction & lens was loose, but was able to fix it myself just tinkering with it :)
That's some good tinkering - enjoy!
Interesting video, I've always been tempted to add one of these to my collection.
Thanks for sharing. 👍
It's well worth giving one a go - a fantastic little camera!
It's taken me a few years but I now have an almost pristine example, I found it locally for a very reasonable price.👍
As a teenager in the 70's I had a Zenith E ,a Zenit EM and a Practica. I bought an Olympus Trip for my girlfriend. I have since moved on to Nikon DSLR's but would love to still have the Trip around. For the time it was a fantastic camera.
It's still a nice little camera today, and the square highlights from point light sources make quite an interesting background!
I own one of these, mine has a loose asa ring, but otherwise its so good! I love the camera and its quirks (the loose asa) and the fantastic lens
Lovely little cameras - enjoy yours!
I had 5 of these little beauties in my collection and because of the rediculous prices now I sold three of them. Put the money into my MFT fund and purchased a lens. I kept one of the silver shutter release Trips as I believe they are rarer. Used my Trip as a travel camera 5 years ago in Italy and got some great shots with it.
I'm glad it's still going strong!
Was my 'back-up' when I lost an Olympus E-PL1 digital CSC on the penultimate day of a holiday, so I didn't return completely 'photo-less'! Not a bad 'back-up' for my final day, eh? I got it free, since it had been one of those things my late father would have picked up at some charity shop or other and found it in his drawerful of old cameras after his passing!
Film to the rescue!
Great review of this awesome camera. I have CLA’ed quite a lot of these, and to my experience it’s the red flag and blocking the shutter in too low light, that most often fails to work. Around one third of the cameras I’we fixed had this fault.
This one has developed this fault too - most of the time it fires but occasionally it won't!
So to clarify, this has a mechanical shutter, no batteries, and yet has a programmed exposure mode? That's pretty cool. I wonder how the camera determines the correct combination of shutter speed and aperture to use.
I have two one a friend gave me that is not perfect so I bought a refurbished one that is perfect, I’ve not used it for a few rears but I’m getting back into using film like many others, your review is great and also of all people Ken Rockwell loves it, and a 40mm lens perfect.
It's a great little camera, as Mr Rockwell and many others have acknowledged! Still hard to beat as a film point and shoot - although I think the Nikon L35AF, with its uncannily accurate autofocus, just pips it to the post!
@@zenography7923 Got my first film for it today XP2 Super.
I do not own a Trip 35, but I do have a small collection of Japanese made rangefinders. All the usual suspects, Minolta 7S, Canonet QL17,........ Of the entire lot, my favorite lens is the 42mm Zuiko on my Olympus 35RC.
A good Zuiko takes some beating, for sure!
Nice review of that great camera bought mine in about 1970 . I regret selling it in the eighties . Maybe 🤔 another . Regards Fred
There are still plenty left!
bro convinced me to buy this camera. i wanted a camera for so long but was really unsure on which one to get because i'm always picky on what i want especially when it comes to things like this so i've been holding back on it. but after this video i'm literally gonna buy this camera tomorrow and hope for the best because this is my first time using a camera in a while - maybe used a digital one when i was like 10 but never a film one. anyways i would buy anything from you.
Maybe I should go into sales! Hope you enjoy the Olympus, it's a simple camera but capable of very nice results, and a great introduction to film.
thank you.
Tend to agree about the 40mm size being the sweet FL. I have a Rollei 35 (collapsible lens) with the Zeiss Tessar 40/3.5 (all made in Germany, not Singapore) and it's sharp as with lovely contrast to boot. Never had the Trip but a relative did and her shots were always sharp with great colour rendition.
The Trip really impressed me, a great little camera; would love to try a Rollei 35 though!
The Minnox 35ML is a lovely zone focus camera too, as used by Andy Warhol in the 70's New York Club Studio 54 when he recorded all the celebs with Tri-X 400 and a flash . . .
OtC, I have (in mint condition. with the leather case) the Minox GT-E which performs very well, too. Unfortunately it does not get any use, losing out to the convenience of digital.@@0scartheCat
The original XA was a wonderful camera. Small, quiet, SHARP, beautiful colors, battery goes forever. I regret letting it go.
I haven't used one, but I've heard it's nice!
Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ubroken, there is no 'rangefinder' on the Trip camera, zone focus only.
Might be worth getting a filter for it too if doing monochrome a fair bit ( suggest yellow)
Ah yes the 40mm f2.8. YES! It's an Tessar type with front element focusing. As expected it's 4 elements in three groups. 150-28mm are all focal lengths that are possible in your typical full frame format with the Tessar. With 50-40mm being the ones where corrections are the easiest to make. Later Point and Shoots went on to use different lens constructions. Even the GDR dropped it for its compact cameras for the Domiplan by Meyer Optik Görlitz. The Tessar was outphased by more advanced designs (In most cases I think it were Sonnar designs or derivatives of said design). The XA used 6 elements in 5 groups or the Sonnar in the Rollei 35 S. But be aware that especially in these ultra compact designs you're bound to find barrel distortion and corner fall off in varying degrees.
Very interesting, thanks for the info!
If you own one of these you should get a lens cap to protect the lens/selenium cell... one tip is turn to infinity when fitting lens cap... Just to be safe....
Happy shooting....
Thanks for the tip!
Just make sure you have something to protect against weather for these aging camera's , also have it serviced when you go on a trip especially to warm countries; i went to Philippines one time and took along my Konica C35, it's around 40 degrees cel in the sun, and after 30-40 years things bound to come lose [rangefinder window, had to tape it back] or get sticky [shutter, all wrong timings], so a word of warning while it may perform well in cold climate in warm climate can behave different; For travel I would suggest the original never-ready case as it is really though built, so things wont press down on the lens or other parts, when traveling packing...it's bulky i know, but it saves your camera, :P
Thanks for the tips!
I've had several over the years. Great simple camera, fits in your pocket. No batteries required. What's not to like?
It's a great little machine, no doubt about it!
One of my early compacts was the Ricoh 500G which I found to be a great camera as it had a full manual facility unlike the Trip
I've heard the 500G is a very nice camera, though I haven't used one myself - yet!
@@zenography7923 happy to loan it to
Sold my Trip 35 last holiday season, the only reason for selling is that I picked up the elusive Oly XA. Nevertheless, the Trip 35 is missed often.
The Trip's a great little camera - I was very impressed with this one!
Super. Camera the Olympus trip 35.
I also have the Olympus xa complete collection of cameras they are also superb one is a rangefinder.
I've yet to try the XA, though I've heard it's very nice!
@@zenography7923 it's a brilliant pocketable rangefinder.
I would love to get an Olympus ee half frame to complete my collection of Olympus cameras.
I also have an Olympus om1,,om2n and the om4 ti.
I think Olympus camera's are superb quality.
@@zenography7923 The XA range are fantastic - first proper camera I ever owned. XA2 is so easy to use. XA is a rangefinder but fiddly to use the focus. Great pocket cameras, but there is something about the Oly 35 Trip that just makes it feel nicer in the hand. I have owned a few and the apertures can get sticky. Trip Man sells and reconditions them if he is still out there. Best wishes.
On a side note I always thought 35 mm was closer to human eye perception I guess it depends how much you're paying attention to your peripheral
Seems to be a nice camera, and being able to use it without batteries is certainly nice, but for me my little XA is superior in every way, smaller, lighter, that amazing lead shutter and of course an actual Rangefinder built in, for the cases when zone focus just isn't precise enough
I've yet to try the XA - I hear good things about it though!
I’ve got this camera but a lot of my iso 100 film came out shaky, am i to change the settings to 125 instead or
My first camera :-)
A 'Trip' down memory lane then!
Nice...
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
quite curious why its 1/40 of a second on the first olympus camera. I would imagine these days most people will go a minimum of 1/60 of a second that could keep things still or maybe in the past people find a different sutterspeed better? Just wondering if there's more explaination to why or how these shutterspeeds are selected.
Another common shutterspeed I hear from street photographers are to use 1/250 of a second but why is that? - I personally used to use 1/125 and on fujifilm dials have a 1/180 option on the dial as well to have a speed in between the 1/125 and 1/250.
@@GrrAargh1 I see thank you
Hi ya was wondering if you could help. I have a 300v film camera and brought a pentax k adapter to use an old aperture lens.. i forgot about how the metering would work with it 😐 do you know if their is a way around this??
As your camera is quite modern, you should set it to aperture priority, which should allow it to work with your lens. Or you could just shoot in manual...!
I already know what Mike Scott looks like without his hat and his hair combed back.
:)
Nice video but not even a mention of the more compact and fully featured Olympus 35 RC?
I will try to remedy that in future!
Great video, Sir. Though some of the photos that you showed is of low density, it has a good vintage vibe to them for me. I really enjoyed your presentation. I am a regular viewer of your channel. As I understand, you are an appreciator of lens and cameras that has their own character. Have a great journey...
Thanks, glad you're enjoying the videos! I underexposed a couple of shots as there wasn't really enough light - some interesting images resulted!
Somewhere I still have mine and the original case, I wonder if it will still work?
It would be worth giving it a try!
I bought one years ago but never actually used it, I heard back then that you'd always have to have the lens cap on because the lens will over/underexpose if you keep it stored in light for a long time but I can't seem to find anything about that now but I presume that's still true?? I bought it secondhand so I don't know how it was stored but I've been worried about wasting an entire film since I bought it so I just never used it haha
The Trip 35 has a selenium cell light meter surrounding the lens which, over many, many years can degrade (though not always) if left exposed to strong light. Ordinary use won't cause any problems at all though - use it and don't fear - it's a great little camera!
do you know anything about the zeiss jena sonnar?? i'm trying to find what kind of mount it is but cant find an exact source
In my experience, many CZJ lenses are in M42 screw mount, while some were Exacta.
You really should be using 400 film in this. It will help focus tremendously.
You're right of course - 100 asa film and a cloudy winter's day are not made for each other!
One of my favourite cameras, I've been using mine for more than 40 years. You didn't mention the focusing scale on the underside of the lens, whch helps with making more accurate focusing. Also there is the ISO ring which can be used for exposure compensation. I've also used the Trip 35 for night photography using the wider apertures and push developing. by the way, love your channel.
Many thanks, glad you're enjoying the videos!
Hey Jim, just got this camera, care to elaborate on the night photography? Sounds interesting!
Super episode, Nigel.
I have the half frame version of this camera (the EE). I don't use it as much as I should - I think that the half frame encourages machine gun photography, a normal 36 exposure cassette yields 72 images, by the time you've blasted through them you've forgotten what the first shot was all about!
I used to bulk load and tried loading a few cassettes with 12 35mm exposures - yielding 24 pics - that worked to some extent but was rather wasteful on film and chemicals - headers and tails take up quite a bit of film.
Like I say, Sunday just wouldn't be Sunday without Zenography.
Two Christmases on one film, TWBI..
@@alexandermenzies9954 Precisely - it encouraged waste, and now film prices are rising it's not really a viable camera for everyday use, which is a pity as it's a little jewel.
Glad you enjoyed the episode, many thanks!
I thought the apertures where only manually changed when using a flash?
Strictly speaking yes, but if the camera says there's not enough light and won't fire, turning the dial to 2.8 allows it to work, and give a slightly under exposed image.
Hey :) What film can u recommend ? I couldn’t understand it in the video. Thank u so much :) and do you know what are the prices at the moment? Thanks :)
400 ISO films of any kind tend to produce the best results in these.
I saw on another video where a photographer suggested pushing the film. 400 to 200 for better shots.
It's a technique I don't often use, but it works for many photographers!
DO YOU KNOW CANON QL 17? I HAVE A WORRY BTWEEEN THIS TWO CAMERA. CAN YOU RECOMMEND TO ME? I AM A FILM CAMERA BEGINNER
I haven't used that camera but I hear it's nice - it does have an f1.7 lens, which is faster than the Olympus which is f2.8, so the Canon will be better in low light, plus it will make more background blur if you open up to f1.7. Either will work very nicely as a first film camera.
I'm sure I read somewhere that the Selenium cell can deteriorate if exposed to light constantly, leading to incorrect auto-exposure readings. Don't know if this is typical internet misinformation or not, but the advice was to look for one with a lens cap (which covers the cell), and hope that the seller kept it on when not in use.
Can anyone comment on this with any certainty? I think Zenit cameras also used selenium cells....
It is certainly a good idea to have a lens cap, but this is not to protect the selenium cell from light. These cells are fairly robust; however, excessive exposure to excessive heat and moisture may kill them. They have a thin layer of transparent lacquer on the front of the cell to protect it from the atmosphere, which is susceptible to failure. So, keep the camera in a cool, dry place. This will also protect the other parts of the camera from corrosion and fungus. Silica gel is useful here.
The day of their demise is an unknown and doesn't seem heralded by any particular "treatment". At least that's what I've read.
My Rolleiflex (f 2.8) TLR had a selenium meter.
@@alexandermenzies9954 When the protective lacquer layer fails, oxygen and water vapour from the air attack the ohmic contacts to the CdO collector layer in the cell. It is also possible for these contacts to fail of their own accord. Fixing this would be a tricky repair, but maybe not impossible, since it is not a particularly high-tech device. An alternative hack for replacing failed selenium cells is to use a silicon solar cell. The spectral response is not quite right, but is better than nothing. These have higher output than a selenium cell, so some experimentation with resistors will be needed to give exposure values that are about right.
What is the difference between the lens on the Olympus Trip and the Olympus 35 SP ?
There are completely different, the trip 35 is a simple camera for consumer, but the 35 sp is pseudo professional. The 35sp lens is bigger, sharper and with bigger apertures.
@@CarlosJimenezGuerra I know that but is it also tessar design
Does anyone know if this range finder lens can be removed from the body and adapted to mirrorless. Possibly a M42 mount? I have purchased a pretty beat up camera online and am interested in utilising the lens.
It can be done, sure, but it won't be as easy as adapting a conventionally removable lens (this one's fixed). It's just a question of mounting the lens at the correct distance from the sensor (the distance should be exactly the same as the distance from the back of the lens to the film, as originally mounted by Olympus on the Trip). Shouldn't be too difficult with a little ingenuity!
@@zenography7923 Thank you for your reply. Helpful as always. I will do a bit more research before I attempt it. It really is asthetically beautiful lens. Very nice to look at. I think this is the main reason I want to adapt it. The image quality of course is a massive bonus but I just love how this lens looks! I will keep you updated.
You neglected to mention the distance scale on the bottom of the lens.
Hello Zenograghy:
Could you recommend a tech especializad in film cameras?
I need to repair my FE and I don't know any tech in U.K
Kind Regards .
Pixie
I've heard good reports of Sendean Cameras in London, though I've never used them myself.
Try Rocky Cameras too ;-)
Zenography
Thanks a lot! And happy shooting!
Who do you think you are? David Bailey?
:-)
Loved my Trip 35 in the 80s. Terrific snaps...............until the lens broke away from the body. Had another, and that to eventually broke away. Such a pity. Not repairable.
That's a shame - there are plenty left though, if you'd like to try for third time lucky!
Was this camera half frame, meaning if you loaded this with 35 mm film 36 exposure, you got 72 photos.
Thats the Olympus Pen EE
Lens hoods and caps and filter s are rare they are handy creatively...
If you can find a camera in its case and all that as well into the bargain grab it!
The chances will be the selenium will be ok
Don't buy a camera with a dead cell ring unless you want it just for show
wow, that home alone guy is aging fast! but now he is very interested in photografic cameras...
:-)
I think I’d have to mark distances on the lens via trial and error- the existing scale is the only unacceptable feature, the rest is great
I think that would help, especially with slower film/lower light, when the camera might choose a larger aperture...
Distances are marked on the bottom of the lens, but this was not mentioned in the video.
@@cdl0 thanks
It makes sense
The selenium cell does not power all the electronics in the Olympus Trip.
There are no electronics in the TRIP nor in the Pen EE series
Just one tiny voltmeter.
The position of the needle of the voltmeter has an effect of the choice of
the shutter speed, the aperture.value, the blocking against under exposure
and the blocking against overexposure.
The influence of the position of the voltmeter can always be overruled,
just by switching from Automatic to any f-stop,
Jaco van Lith, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Interesting info, many thanks! But would you not consider a voltmeter to be an electronic component?
Cameras of this type with a selenium cell do not contain any electronics; they set the exposure by an ingenious electromechanical system. The cell generates a tiny current when exposed to light, which causes a sensitive galvanometer coil to turn against a spring by an angle proportional to the intensity of light. When the shutter button is pressed, a small pin attached to the galvanometer is trapped in a gate, which limits the extent to which the aperture blades can close when the shutter opens. In addition to not needing any batteries to operate the exposure meter, selenium photoelectric cells have the additional property that their spectral response is similar to the human eye, which has greatest sensitivity for green light with wavelengths around 550 nm. Contrary to popular belief, selenium does not "wear out" with exposure to light. It is an immutable chemical element. However, the cells have a thin protective layer of transparent lacquer on the front surface, which is degraded by exposure to excessive heat and light. Thus, it is recommended to store the camera in a cool, dry place. Silica gel is useful in this application.
Well described. My reading says selenium cells work until (who knows when) they suddenly stop and can never be fixed. The one in my Weston Euro-Master light meter is still going strong.
I've always though the auto exposure system which is directly controlled by the meter needle, was wonderfully ingenious in its simplicity.
That is indeed ingenious, thanks for the explanation!
amazing review, but my god, you look like, as if Kevin from Home Alone, became a camera reviewer in his later years
The Trip is a great camera. The David Bailey advert sold millions of them and the poor sod still gets asked "David Bailey? Who's He?"
:-)
It's a choice of either an Olympus zuiko 40mm f2 for about two grand or an Olympus trip for a fiver. No contest really!
You'd be quite lucky to find one for a fiver!
@@zenography7923 I did! In a charity shop. Fully working and in great condition! It had a filter on it as well!
Bathe it Daily? Who's he?
:-)
Do you develop your own film?
I've had some poor results from getting colour film developed in recent years - I really think the skills are dying out, at least on the average high street - so these days, if shooting film I stick almost always to black and white - which I develop myself.
I use Kirklees Photographic though not in my area they are very good by post....reccomebded....
(not affiliated btw)
This is a dandy little camera. Sadly, I used mine once and shattered a plastic gear associated with the film advance.
Of note: in "manual aperture" mode, the shutter speed is locked at 1/40 sec. It also only sets the widest aperture; the camera may still choose to set the aperture narrower to correspond to 1/40 sec. It IS, however, a nice cheat if the camera is refusing to fire due to too little or too much light.
I look forward to more videos on these vintage point and shoot cameras.
I was very impressed with this one - a great little camera for sure!
Odd that Maitani reversed the direction for adjusting the aperture when he designed the OM series. It would have been logical to keep it the same for convenience , if people owned both.
Yes, it's curious. Maybe Mr Maitani couldn't find his notes that day!
there's no way this dude is less than 600 years old
:) That made me smile!
and where does one buy a CHEAP Trip 35 not near me or ebay!! And my CANON AUTOBOY II is just as good.
Enjoy that Canon!
The Zuiko D optic is not a Tessar. The Tessar is made by Zeiss.
The letter D is the 4th letter of the alfabet, so the optic has
four elements. It is a Triplet. The 3rd and 4th element are glued
together and placed between the shutter and the film. The 4th
element is facing the film.
The Zuiko D is not a SIMPLE lens.
An Ilford Sporti has a meniscus lens; that is a simple one.
The Tessar and all the improved Triplets are good. There are six
element Triplets ( do not call it Tessar; a Leitz Elmar is no Tessar)
The best portrait optic is a Voigtländer Universal Heliar; it is a five
element Triplet.
Forget 100 ISO ! Buy always 400 ISO. If you like 1000 ISO; do not
be afraid of overexposure of a negative film. If B&W film has been
overexposed; develop 20 % shorter.
The focus is not fixed, focus from infinity to 3 feet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Trip optic is not interchangable.
No use argueing on 50 mm, 40mm or 35 mm. Do not forget 42 mm.
The human eye = 50 mm = bullocks .
So you got a slightly underexposed shot ? Be wise next time: 400 ISO.
Shutter blocks at under- and overexposure.
Flash photography with bulb and electronic via hotshoe and PC..
Forget the bokeh and iris donuts blabla.
See the Olynpus advertisement with David Bailey as an amateur
photographer with his Trip, while irritating a Pro
Greetings, Jaco van Lith, Rotterdam The Netherlands.
Thanks for the comprehensive information Jaco. It's true that the Tessar is most closely associated with Zeiss, but many other manufacturers made lenses with that optical formula too!