Olympus Trip 35

IntroOlympus trip 35 is a beautiful and robust fully automatic camera which requires no bateries and very little effort to deliver timeless images. it was produced between 1967 and 1983 and was originaly intended for the point and shoot market but quickly became a cult for serious photographers like the british David Bailey.

Why Olympus trip 35It’s heavy enough to feel you are using a serious metal bodied camera but light enough to carry arround. Has got a fixed 40mm f2.8 lens which allows you to be quite close to the subject and get very nice portraits but also feels wide enough for landscape shots. it’s sharp, extremely sharp and focusing couldn’t be easier, you only got 4 very precise settings. You can manualy set aperture as you like but that’s missing the point. Set to automatic and let the camera do it’s job and if you haven’t got the right conditions a cute red flag will pop into the viewfinder and save you precious film.

Set one focus zone • Compose • Shoot The main reason why people get stunning results out of this camera is not because of its technical qualities but because it’s fun and liberating.

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Images by Marcos Sousa, Benjamin Haywood, Vinicius Cunha and Donna Dobbin

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