Is this Olympus OM of any value?

[p.giannakis]

My wife found this old camera in a charity shop.

Googling around it seems that it is the OM for use in microscopes.
Is it of any use or value?

 

[Jockos]

Seems very pocketable, put a 21/3.5 on it and use it for scale focus!

 

[radi(c)al_cam]

Seems very pocketable, put a 21/3.5 on it and use it for scale focus!

May work, but you'll need an adapter — since this camera has a special microscope bayonet, apparently.

 

[p.giannakis]

May work, but you'll need an adapter — since this camera has a special microscope bayonet, apparently.

It doesn't have any shutter speeds or shutter button.

 

[bgb]

Do you know what model it is .... might help with the internet search. Only one i could find is a PM-6 and that looks different to yours

no wind on lever either

all very strange

 

[Greyscale]

It is only part of the system, and does not use a lens, in the normal sense. It attaches to an auto-exposure body, like this one:

http://esif.world-traveller.org/om-sif/photomicrogroup/pm-pba.htm

I suppose you might consider it more a film back than a camera.

So probably not much value outside of the scientific community.

 

[Dan Daniel]

c-35ad-4

PDF of exploded diagrams online.

Also a series by someone on flickr that seems to include a box that this camera attaches to for things like shutter control?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/albums/72157633439953453

I see a rewind knob but no winding knob but it seems small for a motor winder.... EDIT: from greyscale's link- "...two electronic contacts that can trigger the built-in winder of the microphotographic 35mm camera body C-35AD-4..."

 

[bgb]

Olympus C-35AD-4 Microscope Camera

http://www.science-info.net/docs/olympus/olympus-photomicrographic-systems.pdf

info on page 5

Still haven't found an instruction manual but it's out there someplace 🙂

 

[Dan Daniel]

http://www.alanwood.net/downloads/olympus-pm10ad-instructions.pdf

The film body is just an add-on to the PM-10ADS system, seems.