Olympus Trip 35: The first cult compact?

[@rraja5906]

The sheer simplicity of design when minimal was not even in the air - indeed remarkable. Thanks, Fine Video.

[@AustinBeeman]

This was a camera that got me back into film photography and my favorite camera to shoot with.

[@janackova]

You are amazing. Thanks. Have this camera.

[@JonnyEnglish-gu1cs]

Back in the early 80s we used trips as camp photographers at Butlins they were easy to use and reliable just bought one now just for fun and street photography

[@AlexLuyckxPhoto]

These are great cameras, I had one but ended up passing it along to another photographer who had been searching for years for a working one. They have been making awesome images with it since!

[@GideonSmit]

Just a lovely camera to carry around with me. Just so undemanding. I somehow managed to accumulate 3 of them. The selenium cell works on all 3, and the light meters are accurate. There appears to be a clever system to prevent overexposed flash photos. I've read on a forum that if you've set a too wide aperture for the flash it will stop down the lens to prevent overexposure.

[@kosmofoto]

That's interesting - I'd not read that before. You're right. It's a bit of a design classic, and rightfully so.

[@davidangel-blair9358]

Great video. I'll have find aTrip for my camera collection.

[@filmic1]

I've always been intrigued by the notion that Concordia University's Communication Arts programme (Montreal) required it's students to use only an Olympus Trip 35. The mid seventies, when I enquired. That's what I recall. The curriculum required a rapid build up of a portfolio...

[@scribbleface]

Great stuff Stephen!

[@funkyuk1]

Nice point about shooting using the flash dial @ 1/40 👍🏼

[@christos1973]

Choosing an aperture value other than "A" sets the camera automatically to 1/40s, but the aperture you choose is not necessarily the aperture the camera will shoot at. As the meter still works, the camera will stop down as necessary to ensure correct exposure at 1/40. Unfortunately, due to its design, the camera can't open wider than what is set on the aperture ring, it can only stop down. Example: If you set the aperture at f2.8 and correct exposure at 1/40 dictates an aperture of f5.6, the camera will stop down to f5.6 as needed. However, if you have the aperture ring at f5.6 but correct exposure dictates an aperture of f2.8, the camera cannot open wider than f5.6 and you'll get an underexposed image. Safest way to use the Trip 35 in low light is to set the aperture to f2.8, keep a steady hand, try to estimate the focusing distance correctly and the camera will do the rest.

[@GreenlifeFin]

Good info.

[@bruce_on_the_loose]

It's a nifty camera indeed, the lens is pretty damn good and all.

[@Martin_Siegel]

The XA 1 is its genuine successor. I often take with me on holidays as I don't have a Trip 35 (yet?)

[@dustmite68]

Thank you, great video. I've got one of these and even shot a roll of film a couple of years ago. I was wondering, though, these selenium cells over the years, do they still work well?

[@funkyuk1]

It’s rare to find one with a selenium cell that’s either dead or inaccurate 👍🏼

[@GreenlifeFin]

I tested mine with a light meter app. The selenium cell is a bit tired. So I set the ISO to 100 or 125 when using 400 ISO film. Had great results with Fomapan 400.

[@jonnoMoto]

Sounds like Olympus used the same electronics in the trip and pen-ee. My pen-ee3 has exactly the same function. Shame they didn't put the zone focus adjustment on the Pen

[@igor-korolkov-ua]

They did:) It's Pen EES and EES2

[@igor-korolkov-ua]

I have one. But the Pen EES2 with the same exact set of functions, but with 72 frames from the film, is better. I liked the lens on the EES2 better.

[@新党大和侍ジャパン]

My camera good gear