nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
After alot of mulling around, thinking it over, wondering do I really need it and reading just about every thread in here about it...I got one...😀
I returned to the thrift shop and bought the Olympus 35SP they had there...
It was either going to be the SP or the Olympus Pen F...the SP was in better condition where as the Pen would have needed a CLA...
I got it home, cleaned it up a bit, popped a PX625 mercury battery in it and all is good...compared the meter to my F5 and they match...
It's loaded with APX 100 and hopefully I'll get that shot & developed today...
I adjusted the rangefinder horizontal, then checked for focus at several settings...the infinity alignment was off at first but now it looks good, the vertical might be a tad off but I can live with that for now...
The front and rear elements look untouched and the shutter is real snappy and it sounds so cool, just a bit louder than I thought...
I found a hood I had laying around and hopefully it will do it's job...I had another Olympus rubber hood but it would block part of the rangefinder patch...the Vivitar hood doesn't...
I like the feel and sound of this little camera and am real excited to see what it can do...
It came with a filter and the complete case...
I have a piece of leather so my next project is to make a wrist strap for it...
The leather skin has shrunk a tad but it's all there and still looks clean, maybe later I'll replace it with something a little bit more colorful...
They had it priced for $120, they took ten bucks off then I got the Senior discount...I paid $71 US + tax...I'm Happy😀😀😎
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I returned to the thrift shop and bought the Olympus 35SP they had there...
It was either going to be the SP or the Olympus Pen F...the SP was in better condition where as the Pen would have needed a CLA...
I got it home, cleaned it up a bit, popped a PX625 mercury battery in it and all is good...compared the meter to my F5 and they match...
It's loaded with APX 100 and hopefully I'll get that shot & developed today...
I adjusted the rangefinder horizontal, then checked for focus at several settings...the infinity alignment was off at first but now it looks good, the vertical might be a tad off but I can live with that for now...
The front and rear elements look untouched and the shutter is real snappy and it sounds so cool, just a bit louder than I thought...
I found a hood I had laying around and hopefully it will do it's job...I had another Olympus rubber hood but it would block part of the rangefinder patch...the Vivitar hood doesn't...
I like the feel and sound of this little camera and am real excited to see what it can do...
It came with a filter and the complete case...
I have a piece of leather so my next project is to make a wrist strap for it...
The leather skin has shrunk a tad but it's all there and still looks clean, maybe later I'll replace it with something a little bit more colorful...
They had it priced for $120, they took ten bucks off then I got the Senior discount...I paid $71 US + tax...I'm Happy😀😀😎
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