When the Nikon was released, I bought one for my then girlfriend and liked it so much that I bought one for myself. When all other cameras were using 3 or 5 element lenses, Nikon went with 6 and the lens was marked Nikkor, a first for their first point and shoot. On a trip to Nova Scotia, I took the L35AF, a Nikon FM with my Nikon lenses and 20 rolls of Kodaxhrome 24. When viewed, I could not nell which camera took which--color correction and metering is THAT good! I got my daughter a Trip 35 because it fit her hands better and she loved it! Olympus makes fantastic lenses and tht is why youfind them on medical equipment. As always, another excellent review!
Good Morning, Nigel. Another great review of a couple of cameras from the past. I have recently bought a couple, a Ricoh 35ZF, which is very similar to your Olly, so similar in fact that they could be twins, and a Yashica Minister III, which had the usual Yashica Minister jammed shutter problem. I bought both cameras quite cheaply, the Yashica was an easy fix, TH-cam provided the tutorial (What would we do without TH-cam?) and now both cameras are in my collection, just waiting 'til I can get out and about again. My Son (at 41) has expressed an interest in taking black and white film shots again, one of these, or maybe another in my collection, will be going to him to have fun with. Your comment about taking pictures of the same old things is actually not a detriment to your reviews; it allows us to compare what each camera can do with the same subject. The park gates image in particular is very useful to assess how the lens renders sharpness across the whole frame in a real-life situation. Top work, great videos. Keep them coming. Keep film alive!
Nikons and Olympus are my camera Arsenals. My Nikon L35 AD is arriving this Friday. I read this 2nd version also has 5 elements glass. Great review, Sir! Thank you!
I love the Nikon L35 AF. I had been 35mm SLR shooter from about 1976. I encouraged my Dad to get a new automatic 35mm camera in the mid 80s when the old "family camera" a Kodak Instamatic X-35 died when it hard to find battery leaked . My Dad and Mom were going to one of " Kodak's high end 110 Instatmatic cameras " ( high end and Kodak's 110 film format in the same sentence is Oxymoronic statement, I am looking at you Pentax auto 110 🤣) and begged them to get a one of the new 35mm automatics. And the one Dad got was the Nikon L35 AF . My dad shot 35mm in his youth with a German rangefinder camera he bought after VE day WWII while he was with US Army's occupation force until he come home in 1947. He love the high quality color slides and prints , but marriage , family, kids made the old manual rangefinder and light meter, etc.. was too complicated so Kodak Instamatic city. Both my Mom and Dad were blown away how crisp , sharp and the beautiful colors the L35 AF produced after they developed 1st roll of film . It was compact, lightweight , used AA batteries which you can find anywhere, and the Vastly superior photo quality 35mm film made it a full time family companion, Birthdays , Christmas , Vacations, trips to Europe over the next 15 years it was recorder a our family history . And it L35 AF has two cool tricks up it sleeve . One is the stop down lever on the left side of the lens to help deal with moderate back light situations push it down and it will force a bigger F stop to help capture backlight subjects. Second you could always override the camera decision not to use flash in backlit situations by putting you hand in front of the lens and flash would pop up forcing fill in flash in daylight photos. I remember several times at family parties , post mass pictures ,etc.... where folks though I had rocks in my head using fill in flash outdoors or indoors when things seem well lit, but the trusty L35 AF got the photos and the memories . I really love that camera and it still around and works it could take real exceptional pictures today. Now all I have to do it find it 😉
Another great video! One other wonderful camera is the Canon Autoboy AF35M. I have captured some fantastic photos with my 1st gen AF35M. As with the Nikon in your review, the Canon has advanced features & a great lens. Some would say the Canon rivals the Nikon. I don't have experience with the L35 AF, so I dare not enter that debate. I like the Canon AF35M so much that I have purchased three more to clean, test, & eventually sell to finance my G.A.S.
i agree, I have an AF35M as well. Mine recently became unreliable - the problem? the 2 double AAs couldn't give it enough grunt. I repowered it with a small S1 lipo battery from the RC model shop, no problem now. I have read that this was probably the first mass produced AF camera and won a design award. It is probably not as solid as the Nikon and not quite as clever on the rewind but provided you have read the manual it is fine. It certainly takes beautiful photos.
@@zenography7923 Exactly. As a wee boy my father's Olympus Trip was magical to me. The weight of that cold body, the feeling and sound when you press the shutter, it all started my love for photography. My parents then got me my own camera for Christmas when I was 8 or 9 years old. It was a cheap, red plastic point and shoot camera which I actually never really liked, because I wanted a real camera like my father's Olympus :)
BTW, the Nikon L35 AW aka. Nikon Action Touch models, have several OTHER features that are advanced amateur Beefed-Up. One can chose to Manual focus, the Flash is switched manually On-Off, has a Metal battery cap and a tough weatherized body ! - Though ALL eventually do malfunction (age has affected many internal plastic parts), mainly plastic anchor posts used by strong springs, which sever. Now if the camera doesn't have the very common issue of owners storing their camera away with AA batteries inside (corrosion damage), then TLC Camera Repair in North Carolina, USA, repairs then FORTIFY's the age weakness issues. No more malfunction worries ! - They're AMAZING cameras and I even have all three of the offered colors ! (Black, Orange & Blue)...
Could you explain how best to shoot indoors with the Trip 35?? I usually have it set to A but that pesky red tab pops up in almost every inside space. What can I do to work around that and still have a quality shot inside? Thank you!
If you're shooting close, you'll probably encounter a bit of parallax error with the Trip, so use the inbuilt framelines to guide you. It's also a good idea, when shooting close, to rotate the camera slightly upwards, to compensate. Hope that helps!
Thanks for another great video. I am so fortunate that I just got a Trip 35 a week ago, but I haven't yet completed the first film. I hear that the prices on old cameras are going up, because there are more buyers to them, but are there any numbers for that? Everybody I know think I am crazy, that I am buying this old junk :-). I am old enough to remember some of these cameras from they were new, but are also many younger people turning towards this old gear?
There seems to have been quite an increase in interest among younger people for this old film gear, and sales of film (so I've read) have increased from their low point of around 10 years ago. There a quite a few young youtubers reviewing film gear too, so I don't think the medium will die anytime yet. Cameras are a different matter though, most electronic ones will eventually die, and repairs won't be a practical proposition - unlike mechanical cameras, which will wear out too but will remain repairable - fortunately!
@@zenography7923 I bought an Olympus 35ECR in 1975 and have had another since. While they gave many years of service, they both ultimately suffered from jamming and finally dead electronics. I now have a 35RC which has the same beautiful small design AND a manual shutter. If you don't mind the small increase in size the 35RD is a serious replacement (f1:1.7 lens) and, yes, the shutters are all so silent (street!).
Since you're looking at some more modern cameras can we expect to see some episodes about some of the plastic fantastics of the 80s and 90s ? You know, Nikon F-xxx and F-xx, the Eos and late T-series, Minolta Dynax and AF etc.... These are arguably the best starters for anyone going into film photography and even those with little knowledge, since they offer wide ranges of program modes and manual modes
I much prefer my Canonet QL17 GIII. A simple 40mm rangefinder with f/1.7 aperture and exposure reading behind the filter thread. There are of course similar models from Minolta, Ricoh and Olympus but the last of the Canonets is extra special.
I have a couple of lenses bought specifically for their geometric apertures square pentagon hexagon and stars, a favourite is my meopta belar enlarger lens on a helicoid. Not sure if I have a triangle it maybe fixed inside a camera. Cor the price of a trip now, When are you making a darkroom (or film dev) lesson video would be a good refresher, with paper you can always have another go,but cooking a roll of film makes for some creative setting on the scanner.
Are they better than a Yashica electro 35 as a starter's camera? You can have that half the price.. It is a rangefinder, manual focus, aperature priority, paralax correction and no battery problem (adjusts its own voltage). All metal..
It's a question of taste really - I'd rate the Nikon as better because of its great auto focus, making it simpler to use, but whatever you're happy with is best for you!
In my film only days, I would loan the Nikon L35 to those who wanted to borrow one of my more expensive Nikon SLRs. When the digital age came and my granddaughter wanted to borrow one of my cameras, I tried to loan her a Nikon L35 but she refused it because she wanted a digital camera.
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When the Nikon was released, I bought one for my then girlfriend and liked it so much that I bought one for myself. When all other cameras were using 3 or 5 element lenses, Nikon went with 6 and the lens was marked Nikkor, a first for their first point and shoot.
On a trip to Nova Scotia, I took the L35AF, a Nikon FM with my Nikon lenses and 20 rolls of Kodaxhrome 24. When viewed, I could not nell which camera took which--color correction and metering is THAT good!
I got my daughter a Trip 35 because it fit her hands better and she loved it! Olympus makes fantastic lenses and tht is why youfind them on medical equipment.
As always, another excellent review!
It's an amazing little camera, quite a revelation!
This video was a perfect companion for my Sunday morning coffee, enjoying sunrise at 9 degrees f in North America. Cheers Zenography Guru ~~
Coffee and sunrise, that sounds nice!
The look of the Trip never goes out of fashion, in my opinion. In a beauty contest, with the Nikon, the Trip wins every time.
I think you might be right...
Great to have a cup o tea with a nikon and a olympus! Nice! Grettings from stockholm
Greetings Gustavo, glad you enjoyed it!
Good Morning, Nigel.
Another great review of a couple of cameras from the past.
I have recently bought a couple, a Ricoh 35ZF, which is very similar to your Olly, so similar in fact that they could be twins, and a Yashica Minister III, which had the usual Yashica Minister jammed shutter problem. I bought both cameras quite cheaply, the Yashica was an easy fix, TH-cam provided the tutorial (What would we do without TH-cam?) and now both cameras are in my collection, just waiting 'til I can get out and about again.
My Son (at 41) has expressed an interest in taking black and white film shots again, one of these, or maybe another in my collection, will be going to him to have fun with.
Your comment about taking pictures of the same old things is actually not a detriment to your reviews; it allows us to compare what each camera can do with the same subject. The park gates image in particular is very useful to assess how the lens renders sharpness across the whole frame in a real-life situation.
Top work, great videos. Keep them coming. Keep film alive!
I really enjoyed shooting these two recently, and the 35AF was really quite a revelation - the way it renders is astonishing! Film is still alive!
Nikons and Olympus are my camera Arsenals. My Nikon L35 AD is arriving this Friday. I read this 2nd version also has 5 elements glass. Great review, Sir! Thank you!
The lens in this Nikon is second to none, and it's rapidly becoming my main carry around film camera! Enjoy!
These two cameras were my first two purchases after getting back into film photography a few years ago. Still have them both! Good choices :-)
I think I prefer the Nikon just slightly - auto everything, so a true point and shoot, and what a lens!
@@zenography7923 I agree!
The Olympus Trip is the ultimate Street Photography camera. Simple to use and quiet as a mouse.
A lovely little camera, for sure!
I love the Nikon L35 AF. I had been 35mm SLR shooter from about 1976. I encouraged my Dad to get a new automatic 35mm camera in the mid 80s when the old "family camera" a Kodak Instamatic X-35 died when it hard to find battery leaked . My Dad and Mom were going to one of " Kodak's high end 110 Instatmatic cameras " ( high end and Kodak's 110 film format in the same sentence is Oxymoronic statement, I am looking at you Pentax auto 110 🤣) and begged them to get a one of the new 35mm automatics. And the one Dad got was the Nikon L35 AF . My dad shot 35mm in his youth with a German rangefinder camera he bought after VE day WWII while he was with US Army's occupation force until he come home in 1947. He love the high quality color slides and prints , but marriage , family, kids made the old manual rangefinder and light meter, etc.. was too complicated so Kodak Instamatic city. Both my Mom and Dad were blown away how crisp , sharp and the beautiful colors the L35 AF produced after they developed 1st roll of film . It was compact, lightweight , used AA batteries which you can find anywhere, and the Vastly superior photo quality 35mm film made it a full time family companion, Birthdays , Christmas , Vacations, trips to Europe over the next 15 years it was recorder a our family history . And it L35 AF has two cool tricks up it sleeve . One is the stop down lever on the left side of the lens to help deal with moderate back light situations push it down and it will force a bigger F stop to help capture backlight subjects. Second you could always override the camera decision not to use flash in backlit situations by putting you hand in front of the lens and flash would pop up forcing fill in flash in daylight photos. I remember several times at family parties , post mass pictures ,etc.... where folks though I had rocks in my head using fill in flash outdoors or indoors when things seem well lit, but the trusty L35 AF got the photos and the memories . I really love that camera and it still around and works it could take real exceptional pictures today. Now all I have to do it find it 😉
It would be worth finding that Nikon - it's an extraordinary little camera, certainly the nicest point and shoot I've used and definitely a keeper!
Another great video! One other wonderful camera is the Canon Autoboy AF35M. I have captured some fantastic photos with my 1st gen AF35M. As with the Nikon in your review, the Canon has advanced features & a great lens. Some would say the Canon rivals the Nikon. I don't have experience with the L35 AF, so I dare not enter that debate.
I like the Canon AF35M so much that I have purchased three more to clean, test, & eventually sell to finance my G.A.S.
i agree, I have an AF35M as well. Mine recently became unreliable - the problem? the 2 double AAs couldn't give it enough grunt. I repowered it with a small S1 lipo battery from the RC model shop, no problem now. I have read that this was probably the first mass produced AF camera and won a design award. It is probably not as solid as the Nikon and not quite as clever on the rewind but provided you have read the manual it is fine. It certainly takes beautiful photos.
Good luck with the restorations!
My father had the Olympus Trip 35, so it's a special camera to me
I know what you mean - I still have my dad's old camera from the '60s, the one that first fascinated me all those years ago!
@@zenography7923 Exactly. As a wee boy my father's Olympus Trip was magical to me. The weight of that cold body, the feeling and sound when you press the shutter, it all started my love for photography. My parents then got me my own camera for Christmas when I was 8 or 9 years old. It was a cheap, red plastic point and shoot camera which I actually never really liked, because I wanted a real camera like my father's Olympus :)
I still have my dad’s Olympus trip 35. A super camera
Wonderful content as always! Any chance you will review the Soviet FED-50 Automatic Camera, its a clone of the trip 35. Thank you
If one comes my way, yes!
I love my fed50, a great camera indeed
Love your take on these cameras, both beautiful cameras and stuck on which to get.
They're both nice, but given the choice I'd go for the Nikon, because of its accurate autofocus.
BTW, the Nikon L35 AW aka. Nikon Action Touch models, have several OTHER features that are advanced amateur Beefed-Up. One can chose to Manual focus, the Flash is switched manually On-Off, has a Metal battery cap and a tough weatherized body ! - Though ALL eventually do malfunction (age has affected many internal plastic parts), mainly plastic anchor posts used by strong springs, which sever. Now if the camera doesn't have the very common issue of owners storing their camera away with AA batteries inside (corrosion damage), then TLC Camera Repair in North Carolina, USA, repairs then FORTIFY's the age weakness issues. No more malfunction worries ! - They're AMAZING cameras and I even have all three of the offered colors ! (Black, Orange & Blue)...
Amazing collection of cameras !!... thanks for sharing with us all of your treasures !!
And thanks for watching!
Thanks so much for this great review! I still cant seem to decide between the two...
I'd take the Nikon - autofocus so accuracy is guaranteed!
Great reiews!
I have a Pentax PC35AF-M it also has a focus indicator in the viewfinder. It's a really good feature!
It's a great feature, very thoughtful design!
Could you explain how best to shoot indoors with the Trip 35?? I usually have it set to A but that pesky red tab pops up in almost every inside space. What can I do to work around that and still have a quality shot inside? Thank you!
Love the sounds of the L35 AF
It's a beautiful sound - the sound of a nicely made mechanism!
Missus got me the Olympus 35 Trip for my birthday after she seen me watching your previous video. Love shooting it, tho I have trouble framing 😔
If you're shooting close, you'll probably encounter a bit of parallax error with the Trip, so use the inbuilt framelines to guide you. It's also a good idea, when shooting close, to rotate the camera slightly upwards, to compensate. Hope that helps!
Amazing video!! Have you ever tried the rollei 35? That's a real small camera, and it's incredible for its size
I've never tried it, but I've heard it's very nice...
Remember to pull the (AA or AAA) batteries out when not in use. I have collected quite a few of these type of camera's with battery acid damage.
Indeed - thanks for the reminder!
Thanks for another great video. I am so fortunate that I just got a Trip 35 a week ago, but I haven't yet completed the first film. I hear that the prices on old cameras are going up, because there are more buyers to them, but are there any numbers for that?
Everybody I know think I am crazy, that I am buying this old junk :-). I am old enough to remember some of these cameras from they were new, but are also many younger people turning towards this old gear?
There seems to have been quite an increase in interest among younger people for this old film gear, and sales of film (so I've read) have increased from their low point of around 10 years ago. There a quite a few young youtubers reviewing film gear too, so I don't think the medium will die anytime yet. Cameras are a different matter though, most electronic ones will eventually die, and repairs won't be a practical proposition - unlike mechanical cameras, which will wear out too but will remain repairable - fortunately!
@@zenography7923 I bought an Olympus 35ECR in 1975 and have had another since. While they gave many years of service, they both ultimately suffered from jamming and finally dead electronics. I now have a 35RC which has the same beautiful small design AND a manual shutter. If you don't mind the small increase in size the 35RD is a serious replacement (f1:1.7 lens) and, yes, the shutters are all so silent (street!).
I like your style of presentation....thanks from Sussex....
And thank you, glad you're enjoying the videos!
Since you're looking at some more modern cameras can we expect to see some episodes about some of the plastic fantastics of the 80s and 90s ? You know, Nikon F-xxx and F-xx, the Eos and late T-series, Minolta Dynax and AF etc....
These are arguably the best starters for anyone going into film photography and even those with little knowledge, since they offer wide ranges of program modes and manual modes
I'd certainly like to - just need to find some first!
I much prefer my Canonet QL17 GIII. A simple 40mm rangefinder with f/1.7 aperture and exposure reading behind the filter thread. There are of course similar models from Minolta, Ricoh and Olympus but the last of the Canonets is extra special.
I'll lookout for one, thanks for the tip!
I have a couple of lenses bought specifically for their geometric apertures square pentagon hexagon and stars, a favourite is my meopta belar enlarger lens on a helicoid.
Not sure if I have a triangle it maybe fixed inside a camera.
Cor the price of a trip now,
When are you making a darkroom (or film dev) lesson video would be a good refresher, with paper you can always have another go,but cooking a roll of film makes for some creative setting on the scanner.
I'd love one of those shaped aperture lenses! Very cool!
Are they better than a Yashica electro 35 as a starter's camera?
You can have that half the price.. It is a rangefinder, manual focus, aperature priority, paralax correction and no battery problem (adjusts its own voltage). All metal..
It's a question of taste really - I'd rate the Nikon as better because of its great auto focus, making it simpler to use, but whatever you're happy with is best for you!
In my film only days, I would loan the Nikon L35 to those who wanted to borrow one of my more expensive Nikon SLRs. When the digital age came and my granddaughter wanted to borrow one of my cameras, I tried to loan her a Nikon L35 but she refused it because she wanted a digital camera.
That's a shame - it's hard not to like the little Nikon!
Good one
I had the Nikon and currently looking for one as we speak also anyone have a notion on an equivalent Digital version of the AF 35 ? Thanks
Sony RX100, or RX1? An a6000 with a modern lens will do pretty much the same job too!
Another great video. Any thoughts on the Minolta AF2 point and shoot.
I'm afraid not, haven't tried that one...
Nice
Thanks!
Your back walls need basic crack repairs... fairly simple fix..
NO!!! I was still trying to grab a Nikon L35AF for peanuts and now it will be impossible after this video!
I hope not!
I've used both. While the Olympus wins in the sex appeal category, I got way better images with the Nikon.
If you had to just pick one of the two, which would be your top fav and why? :)
I'd pick the Nikon. It's all auto, so it truly is a point and shoot - and I think the lens is a bit nicer too!
@@zenography7923 I have the L35AF and it’s the main camera I reach for most, I can definitely see why you chose that one 🙂 thanks for your reply
hot damn I only paid $20 for mine
Wow, you did really well there!
@@zenography7923 the owner just wanted it gone he gave me some pretty good deals on stuff got a light meter with a selenium cell for $10
i think it's farely well established that you neglect basic home repairs.
Well you seem quite certain of it anyway!