Olympus Stylus 3.5 + Fuji 200 = fun!

[paulfish4570]

First pics from this $15 beauty (Thanks, greyscale/Mike), Walgreens processing, scanning:

I won't have a camera that won't do daybreak; this one does:

Nice bokeh:

And some nasty fellow my bride brought home:

 

[OlliL]

Thanks Paul 😉

I have one of these laying around too and your pics make me load it up with some film again. 😛

 

[paulfish4570]

Go get' em OlliL ... 🙂

 

[petronius]

Nice pictures Paul; one of these moments to blame myself for starting this da**ed one camera one year thing;-)

 

[Brad Bireley]

I really like the feeling from the 1st one Paul.

 

[paulfish4570]

Thanks, Zeno. It's nice to spread the blame. 🙂

(Psssst: you can shoot with other cameras and just not post the pics for 9 months or so ...)

🙂

 

[Greyscale]

Great shots, Paul, that Stylus is quite the little dynamo. 🙂

I may have to start taking my films to Walgreens instead of Target, Target did a horrible job of processing my last couple of rolls, but your Walgreens scans always look excellent.

 

[paulfish4570]

Thank you, sir. My Walgreens has a new poster-size print machine; I'd guess their other machines got a good cleaning, and the workers some more training ... 🙂

 

[Ljós]

Folks, you realize we need the equivalent of the SEC for the photographic gear market 🙂 Obviously, Paul has quietly cornered the 3.5 Stylus-market. Afther this thread, and the spike in prices it invariably causes, he will make a killing "in the market" 🙂

Seriously, very impressive pictures!

Greetings, Ljós

 

[paulfish4570]

Thank you, Brad and Ljos ... 🙂

 

[p.giannakis]

I got one for £2 last week but still haven't put a film in it. I hope i'll put one soon...

 

[gb hill]

Good grief Paul...these photo's are stunning. What lens does this stylus have? Olympus makes some great P&S camera's but many have zoom lenses & don't know which to get.

 

[Greyscale]

Greg, if you send me a PM, I do have a twin of the one that Paul bought, for the same price that he bought his for.

 

[gb hill]

Greg, if you send me a PM, I do have a twin of the one that Paul bought, for the same price that he bought his for.

As much as I'd like to. I got several P&S cameras I seldom use as is & this may be another. Darn good photo's it takes though!🙂...tempting!

 

[Greyscale]

I got several P&S cameras I seldom use as is & this may be another...

I know that "too many cameras" feeling all too well, Greg. But I do have my eye on a nice Olympus XA ...😉

 

[paulfish4570]

Greg, you better jump on it. The Olympus Stylus has a 35mm/f3.5 lens. NO STINKING ZOOM!
Oh, and thanks guys for the compliments. I was really pleased with the way the meter handled daybreak. Zing dead on according to what my mind's eye saw ...

Couple more:

 

[gb hill]

I know that "too many cameras" feeling all too well, Greg. But I do have my eye on a nice Olympus XA ...😉

Another one!...I saw your flickr page! The XA3 is sweet! Got it bad don't you😀 just kidding, You got some nice camera's there.

Paul I know I ought to but I'm wanting to get more proficient with the camera's I already got. Besides I'm trying to talk myself in shooting b&w using the Bessa in the coming year but when I see all the color film I have it's hard to decide. That 35/3.5 is sharp!

 

[ChrisN]

This is good timing, and good to see! I picked one up today for $10 and have it loaded and ready to go. I'll have to work out something to make the DX reader work with my 400 iso bulk film.

 

[amateriat]

When Galfriend lost her Stylus a few years back (we're talking about the original Stylus here, as Paul has, and is using to stunning effect), I scoured deep and wide for another example, and found a near-mnt example, in the box, and snapped it up immediately for her. I still think it may be the best Stylus.

Thanks for the photos, Paul. Fabulous.


- Barrett

 

[jesse1dog]

Hi Paul

Really like the second photo you posted - makes you wonder why anyone bothers with all this expensive gear when you can get results like that!

jesse