Olympus Trip 35 camera

The Trip 35 is a 35mm compact film camera, manufactured by Olympus between 1967 and 1984. During the 1970s, it was the subject of a famous advertising campaign that featured David Bailey.

This is a point and shoot camera with a Zuiko 40 mm f/2.8 lens, solar-powered selenium light meter, and two shutter speeds. In A mode, the camera operates as a program automatic, choosing either 1/40 sec or 1/200 sec. It has aperture settings from f/2.8 to f/22. Apart from a simple four-position zone focus system, and an ISO setting from 25 to 400, the camera has no other photographic controls.

The four-element Zuiko (probably Tessar-style) lens is still impressive today. If used with modern film emulsions, the results can be very good.

The use of a selenium photocell to select the shutter speeds and aperture let novices use the camera as a “point & shoot”, with good results obtained most of the time. And no batteries are needed to power the camera!

There is an excellent review of this camera here:

https://www.kenrockwell.com/olympus/trip-35.htm

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