My film camera (Olympus Trip 35)

[Allan Batchelor]

Ok eventually won an auction WOOHOO

An Olympus trip 35 for the sum of £3.01

Camera arrived today so now to try and suss if its still working

Shutter seems to work but the rings on front seem a little loose not sure if thats good or bad

 

[Darren Turner]

nice one Alan, show us a piccy

 

[Allan Batchelor]

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Nice!!!

 

[Darren Turner]

very nice, bet your itching to stick a roll thought it

 

[Brian Moore]

Lovely, Allan. Is the Trip 35 a half frame camera?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Nice one Allan!

Looks like a nice camera - very similar to the old Canonets

 

[Allan Batchelor]

from what i can pick up its a full frame version of the Pen EE3

apeture blades seem to be work ok just need to get rid some the dust. hopes dinna need strip it down although have found a site tells you how lol

Oh lets hope huricane bawbag moves on tonight n I can shoot some pics tomorrow

 

[Chris Dodkin]

How is that weather Allan? - BBC website had it looking like armageddon!

 

[Allan Batchelor]

it was bit blowy yesterday but not looked out yet but sounds calmer today. Should get some pics today

 

[Hamish Gill]

Nice one Allan, cult classic you got there!

It's a fully auto camera Brian with aperture adjustments for flash use...

They are fully reliant on the sielnium cell working (bobbly light meter around the lens)...
To test...
Wind the camera on so its ready to shoot
Set the aperture ring to "A" for auto,
put your hand in front of the lens,
put the camera up to your eye
Press te button...
You should see a little red flag pop up and the shutter not fire!
If that happens the meter is at very least active ... If its active, it should be accurate enough to use!

To test the shutter
Select 2.8
Open the back of the camera
Hold it up to the light
Press the shutter
If you see it open quickly and close quickly it works...

Beyond that testing gets a little complicated and isn't really worth while ...

Great camera!
I have 2
One plastic button newer one (the cheep as chips prize)
And one older chrome button one

 

[Brian Moore]

So if the selenium cell is a dud the camera is a dud? No manual over ride if you want to shoot sunny 16 or use a hand held meter?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

So if the selenium cell is a dud the camera is a dud? No manual over ride if you want to shoot sunny 16 or use a hand held meter?

The cheaper/older Canonets are the same - if the light meter fails, the camera won't operate!

I have to shake my Canonet 28 from time to time to get the meter up and running again - no idea why - probably a loose connection somewhere.

The later GIII I have finally fixes the meter/camera issue, and the light meter or battery level has no impact on the operation of the shutter - i.e. you can go fully manual on shutter speed and aperture setting.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Nope, dead cell, dead camera!
Well, I suppose you could use the manual aperture and knowledge that the camera is shooting at 1/40th?
But why bother?
The beauty of this camera is its working simplicity!
It's a fully auto camera powered solely by the sun!