Shooting an Olympia DL-2000: A 35mm Camera with a Waist-Level Viewfinder

[@mariaalejandrasuarezbuzzo652]

All the photos look like 90s photos and I love it

[@KarinMajoka]

The editing in the beginning was so so good! I don’t know why but I really liked the picture with the pigeon 🕊

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Same. And no idea why 😂

[@slow.poetry]

Best camera review I've seen on youtube.

[@theoldcameraguy]

I’ve never pulled the trigger on one of these lead weight scameras, but you really nailed that panning shot of the police car! The only waist level 35mm viewfinder I’ve used was on the Yashica T4 Super Scope, but I just sold that one. Definitely like the disposable camera esthetic of your images.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Oh that’s good to know, people have asked about other 35mm cameras with waist level view finders :)

[@JeneferMiguel-c3v]

Hi how to take out the lens i just want to clean but i dont know i bought this old camera in vintage garage sale and i just want to clean so pls help me

[@PhilKnall]

Great job on the editing! I love the "can't help but laugh it off" feeling of the narration, too. The love for film gets across well ;)

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Thank you :)

[@sonkozhenia]

Nice video! I like the 90s vibes it gives :) I've got a similar camera also from a charity shop, it's Canomatica DL2000A. Feeling excited to try it out but haven't yet understood how to use it properly, specifically how to rewind to the next frame. If you have some tips about that, would be great to read. All the best :)

[@ianscott947]

Hats of to you for using the Olympia, I never thought I'd ever see anyone using a Ouyama pretend SLR range camera. Look out for the rest of the range... Canomatic,Nokina,Tashika and many others. They all look similar except the names. That weight that gives it a slight feel of quality is a lump of lead in the base... which could make it worth more as scrap than a camera. Cop car photo looks awsome.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Hahaha I know I’m always on the look out for the bargain knock offs 😂

[@ianscott947]

@@MadisonBPhotography Ebay has a good variety of the full range, all of them are over priced by many ,many £s ...even the 99p ones.

[@Ali.Alshammari]

Hi, how do you post pictures on Instagram or KZbin?? I have this camera but i don’t know how to share photos

[@MarkHickford]

Ahhh, a good ol' scamera! Mostly plastic and bit of lead to give it some weight. Impressed it managed to capture the police car pretty well though!

[@Filmz_256]

How do i exactly use it. Like to view the image outcome ....i found one just exact in my dads property.... Am really trying to figure out how to view the image outcomes, hope u can help Thanks❤

[@gully.oc13]

Where do the pictures go? How can I review them? I don't understand?

[@patriciarazoo]

How did you load the film? I am trying to load the film on but I am having trouble. I would appreciate the help.

[@scoolpl]

Isn't it one of these 100% manual film loaders? Maybe try to make fake photos with no film and case opened and you should get the idea?

[@sarahlh2392]

Same problem here 🙋

[@rojinyukselen]

Hi... I have this machine and everything okay but just the red light. Mine one not have the red light. But like I said everything okay, when I press the button the voice like 'click' I hearding that... What should I do :/

[@fitriahandriyani6167]

Sister can you tell me how to separate the lighting and the body of camera ? Please

[@GameLoversPakistan]

i have this camera in front of me now literally I have 0% knowledge how I can use it😐( 50mm 1.6.3 optical lens)

[@paulinezipagan2136]

Hello! I actually have the same camera as yours. I've found mine in my dad's closet haha! It's cool because it comes with a bag and a manual. Do you still need the manual? I can scan it for you if you like hehe

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Aw thank you! It's OK I found one since making this video 😁

[@piperidina9521]

can you share it please, I have been looking in internet but there`s no much information about it

[@deisyyunuencortesmunoz9279]

Hello, excuse me, do you think you can share the manual with me? I have the same problem I can't find information on how to use the camera

[@cinemabynikita]

Please can you send it to me too

[@chetanapawar6247]

@@piperidina9521 i have that manual

[@EdwardIglesias]

I think I have an old 35mm waist level I've never put film through. Congrats on your bravery. Looking forward to the zine.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Thank you Edward!

[@Patito_Estrella]

I recently saw that in my city they sell one exactly the same in £18. Your video worked a lot for me to see if it's worth buying it, now my problem is… it's hard to find a place where I can develop the rolls in Mexico (if something is misspelled, blame Google translate)

[@sujansuju8041]

Plz tell how to click photo on it plz

[@Rain00429]

My grandpa just found it out of his stuff while we’re packing he gave it to me and this helped a little on how to use it thank you

[@In3briant]

I have the Manuel, it doesn’t tell you anything really just what the button are, and some pictures on how to load the film lol!!

[@geolehman]

Never really thought of an Olympia as a real camera. It’s more like a toy pretending to look like a SLR/Olympus. They must be thirty years on making these things.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Definitely like a pretend toy camera

[@fiordalizoarisbethgarayest490]

Hi... Excuse me i want to know of you still have your manual the camera olympia 2000 and if you could share it with me

[@srad.]

this camera sounds so hard to use lol but you got some great ones! love the police car shot

[@divi8451]

How can i buy its reel

[@malikfolse7470]

I was wondering what kind of film did you use

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Hiya, I used Kodak colour plus 35mm film

[@ddave7026]

A coworker of mine who buys storage units bought a unit that had like 50 of these so that she gave me one. I love stuff like this . I don't think it's authentic but it still has kind of a cool texture to it

[@blame759]

Can anyone tell which mm roll does this camera required

[@MadisonBPhotography]

35mm 📸

[@blame759]

@@MadisonBPhotography thanks alot finally I able to see or if the camera is working or not it was my mom's camera actually camera we never use it so we never know if this camera works or not

[@Rain00429]

Where would you get films?

[@rajendrasonawane1654]

We're did get this camera roll please tell me

[@akatsuki6746]

how does the flashlight work? it doesn't turn on for me.

[@Bilal-ys1ln]

Where do I put the battery to work please

[@sebooommm]

is there a film in it?

[@uncatila]

These old plastic cameras were took good pics. In 1993 I was studying music in Vienna for three months with a semester abroad program from Santa Monica College. I took a three day weekend trip to Italy with some of my mates. But forgot my nikon f2. So in Rome I payed $100 for the cheeper camera I could afford just to get some memories. I only shot 36 pics and gave them to my mates. The camera, I gave to my sister for her trip to Egypt. It is amazing how these old cameras still can fill the need people have for inexpensive picture taking.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

I love the stories and histories that come from cameras like this!

[@uncatila]

@@MadisonBPhotography I wish I had been more careful with some of the pics. If I could go back I would be more carefully. Adventures happen and then latter we wish we had a few good pics. I'm amazed at the new gear. I now have a little fugi xf10. It's amazing how you can dial down the light and take pictures like a dark Rembrandt painting. The film gear just brings back glad memories.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

@@uncatila cameras and images can have an amazing cathartic ability. Documenting my adventures is really important to me 💙

[@cihanalpaydn2027]

What is difference between Dl2000 and dl2000a

[@bellapaulson4817]

That police car shot 🔥

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Thank you :)

[@Dan-mr7zo]

Please do a totorial about how to shot with this camera.(i got one from my godfather and i don t know how to shot with this thing)

[@Beltzer0072]

So I've done abit of research and the only way I've seen to get the manual is to buy a boxed one up on Ebay. I don't know if you're interested in buying another one but if so then there's that way. Hope I could help!

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Thank you!!

[@TheOtaqueen]

Do you can remove the objetive?

[@fayeweller350]

Would you say this is a good camera to take retro looking and how do you print the pictures , does it have a film roll ?

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Hiya, this works the same as a 35mm camera, so you need a roll of 35mm film (colour or b&w) and then send it to lab to be developed when you've shot it 😁

[@ionelaceicovschi6131]

@@MadisonBPhotography where did you get your roll from

[@ionelaceicovschi6131]

?*

[@JamieMPhoto]

My favorite word for these is "Scamera." haha. These things have never taken better photos.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Haha sums it up!

[@sexysilversurfer]

Jamie Maldonado that’s a good one! 😂

[@Ohyehah]

Wow, as much as this particular camera seems quite janky, I looove the concept of a combined waist level and side viewfinder! I mean yeah there's exchangable viewfinders for medium format SLRs and "sport vindows" on most TLRs, but I think I might actually enjoy this combo 😛 Do you know of any other, more high quality stuff with this configuration?

[@MadisonBPhotography]

I’m sure there are but not heard of any, will let you know if I come across any :)

[@richfrattarelli4294]

@@MadisonBPhotography Some Nikon F series have WLF's as do some Ihagee EXA's. I have a couple and they take quality photos.

[@mathewgreen4099]

There’s also the Canon Autoboy Jet/Canon Photura from 1990 which has a standard viewfinder, as well as a waist level one. You’ll need a CR5 battery to power it & it’s quite a nice camera to use.

[@NathansBarelyUploads]

Hey, i might be 3 years late but i do have a DL2000 manual

[@Abhinav-j6j]

You are not late for me, pls share the manual

[@comfortablyblind6853]

If it's too heavy, you can easily take all the lead out of the bottom of the scamera. I have the Canon version and got a couple of pounds of metal out of mine. Ridiculously light after that.

[@zzaa1122]

I have a negative camera but there is a malfunction in it but I don't know what this malfunction is and my father does not want to fix it the problem is that he does not wish me to take pictures

[@narrative95425]

We'd like a way to transfer pictures in this camera, please

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Hello! After shooting the roll, I take the film to a lab who develop the film for me. I then scan the film myself at home, but you can get the lab to do it, and they can put it on a memory stick or send you the images:)

[@dhroovsharma4074]

Fdoes it outputs digitally?

[@esergnd5713]

Which can use iso to film?

[@stephenjones6902]

Great video

[@ZainRiza]

That camera is definitely for the photographer who enjoys limitations. Many of them haha

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Maybe too many 😆

[@heymarohr8115]

tengo esta cámara, pero es de color negro, apenas estoy probando los disparos, y sólo la ocupó en momentos especiales, ya que es mi primer carrete en mi vida jajaja, espero que esta opinión de tu vídeo me ayude, gracias :3

[@justsmile3476]

How you but these photo in your phone? (Digital photo)

[@MadisonBPhotography]

I scan the negatives :)

[@justsmile3476]

@@MadisonBPhotography it mean that i can do this in home ?

[@SanJuanitaGomez-iw9wp]

I have a olimpia camera given to me,had it years ago,price300 dollers, exploring photograph but with this camera ,looks complicated.

[@seb_steimel]

I love this even though its 10% optical quality and 90% soul :D

[@sexysilversurfer]

seb steimel yeah but the price of d&p of film eats away at your soul!

[@Robthevampire666]

Best waist level Camera the Exakta IIA the first slr

[@StayNutty]

HOW THE HECK DO YOU LOAD THIS THING?!?!?

[@khashik384]

I need reel I have camera

[@yiixhudhxdzivdudgiddixid6491]

Really beautiful

[@CutexxRudravlog]

This is dslr ??

[@spitfireboy1]

Really hel[ful! I bought one, I will give it back and use my film on something else. I want a Fujika ST701. I had one as a kid.

[@mafersoria3472]

hello I really liked your video and already helped ♥️

[@Tekina_senpai]

I have a manual book for this camera 👍

[@beepbopp54]

I found this EXACT camera in my dads home in India. It belonged to my Grandfather and I think he bought it in the late 80s/ early 90s. Thanks so much for this video!!

[@ahmedakhter]

I bought it 2days ago and i dont know how to uss

[@ahmedakhter]

Use*

[@alextaponi6034]

my sibling and I found one of these when we were moving my parents back into their house after Laura. It was good laugh moment. The L bar is still useful. I'm keeping it for my niece so she has her own "camera" when we're in a nature park taking pictures

[@coralliedorce9364]

Hi, i just bought the same camera at a thrift shop and i honestly dont know much about photography. What film did you get for it, 35 mm or 50 mm film? And based on your video, so do you suggest mostly using the waist-level viewfinder to take the pictures, since the frame wasn’t very helpful? Thankss

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Hiya, this camera takes 35mm film, I would suggest trying out both viewfinders to see what works best for you 😁

[@brandmelody4407]

Please how do I insert sd card into an old Olympia camera

[@phaeton1983]

@@brandmelody4407 You don't

[@salvatoreshiggerino6810]

Where on earth do you get 50mm film? What kind of format is that even?

[@DS-kx9fh]

I have olympia DL2002!

[@filmismorefun]

Surprised to hear that this isn't going to become your 'every day camera' 😜

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Haha I know! 😆

[@johnnycreditcard6408]

Does your zine ship to Germany?

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Yes, worldwide! 😁

[@johnnycreditcard6408]

@@MadisonBPhotography Thanks!

[@tomphobos8503]

Oh yes, the polular fake slr cameras ;-) Here in Germany there were given away as a "gift" at some sales events, here known as "coffee rides" (or in german, "Kaffeefahrten"). It was always the same: "Hey, come and get a ride to a nice place, you get coffee and a nice camera... ah, and you have to see our 5-hours sales show of overpriced massage chairs" ;-) The cameras were cheap fixed-focus cameras with an SLR-style look. The weight comes from extra metal-pieces inside the camera to make it feel more valuable. There were more of this notorious cameras here in Germany with names like "Canomatic", "Nippon" and "Odette 7000". The shot of the police car is great. It proofs that with the eight person behind the camera you can get great photos, even with these cameras ;-)

[@MadisonBPhotography]

That’s so weird, I’ve never heard of anything like coffee rides here in England 😆

[@tomphobos8503]

@@MadisonBPhotography Hehe,, this was the direct translation of "Kaffeefahrt" ;-) I think the better translation would be "dubious sales show" ;-)

[@MadisonBPhotography]

haha for sure!

[@RobinsBookClub]

There's quite a few in there I liked! Stories like your friend's arm make me laugh too :)

[@tywannaluckey7086]

I found mine in the room while organizing brand new never use it, just put batteries in it and it works!

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Nice!

[@jaystreets9098]

What batteries does it take?

[@AddicT3Dtv]

I've gotta manual lol

[@fanah_1648]

Hi, I also have this camera but the flash already attached to it can I know how to remove the flash? Hope for the reply 😊 Thank you

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Hiya 😁 there should be a round dial at the bottom that you unscrew 😁

[@fanah_1648]

Thank you!!

[@gatsbye53]

I've always wondered what the quality of the images these types of knock-off cameras would make. If you ever take it apart you'll find a big chunk of lead or steel inside to give it heft. Lol

[@THESONICSPEEDDEMON]

Why do people call this camera (if not the brand) a scammera? The photos aren’t too bad

[@Soloroast]

Nostalgia are you alive?

[@jmhimara]

This particular camera was sold under a variety of different names, mainly intended to trick customers into thinking they were getting a quality camera instead of cheap plastic (I found a "Canon" one for $1). They are so bad, their quality is below even cheap disposable cameras.

[@jass6838]

I have Olympia DL2000A .

[@jocelynt.maxwell999]

Very nice! Shooting these sorts of cameras from god knows where is always good, genuine fun. Truly takes the pressure away, and allows the proper time to just mess around. I made a similar video, about both a Nikon and a Pentax. You oughta check it out. I think you'd get a kick outta it!

[@mdrifatahamed3199]

I also have that camera

[@Acbaih]

The King of cheap, but not scam waste level 35mm cameras (that were many adjectives) is a Exa 1a with Meyer-Optiks famous most ugly bokeh. Great for rough street look.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Will have to check that out 😆

[@barsaktas5522]

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[@francineromano8523]

Hi There! I have the manual if you are interested to take a look before you donate it :)

[@naxxtor]

Oof, that is quite the Olympus knock off XD . The rattling noise it makes when you handle it, even! ColorPlus is too good for it! :D

[@MadisonBPhotography]

Haha i know, i love a comical knock off. The camera and shutter are so loud you can hear me from a mile off

[@filmismorefun]

That's totally what I thought when I saw it!

[@baxtermarrison5361]

I do have a couple of 35mm cameras with WLF, but a Nikon F5 and Nikon F4s don't really count, or not within the context of the video. Some of the images have a pleasing aesthetic, but I think there are more reliable and repeatable solutions out there when it comes to getting that 'look'.

[@MadisonBPhotography]

I agree, definitely better cameras to achieve that aesthetic!

[@محمودسيد-ث2و]

I am Egypt

[@AddicT3Dtv]

It's retro and cost £50 and above let's just leave it there 😆

[@Ashish16575]

I have this camera new anyone wants to buy.

[@Bilal-ys1ln]

How much is it in dollars?

[@Ashish16575]

@@Bilal-ys1ln 50

[@Ashish16575]

Please let me know if anyone is interested to buy it 👍

[@Bilal-ys1ln]

@@Ashish16575 I'll do it

[@danem2215]

Hopefully you didn't pay this moron. $50 is a scam.

[@AndersKeisHansen]

Thats a horrible camera :) But great video as usual !

[@MadisonBPhotography]

haha i know!

[@adanjuarezjr5135]

I just bought a new one from a friend for $10, they stole my Canon Rebel X from my car I took a trip to Austin and I never got to a chance to chance to get the film 🥲 can’t wait to try it out

[@Rain00429]

Where would you get films?