Olympus 35 RC photos

[dourbalistar]

Olympus 35 RC, Ilford HP5+, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2018.02.03 Roll #146-01979-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[johannielscom]

Hm.

I got an Olympus 35RC in a trade a while back and considered selling it to put the money towards a 50mm LTM lens I want to buy, bbut now that I'm seeing the shots here, I'm not so sure...

🙄

 

[James1]

The 35RC was my first camera, brilliantly compact and an exellent lens. I still have it:

Olympus 35RC, APX100 (original Leverkusen), Orwo R09 1+40:

 

[xayraa33]

Those leaf shuttered OLYMPUS film cameras had some very fine Zuiko lenses fitted to them. Only some Konicas and some Rokkor equipped Minoltas could equal them.

 

[Artingei]

Had mine for about 5 years now. Keeper, got it CLA'd and mint from german "Om-Doktor" (he was Olympus Service technician back in the days... if you live in the EU, he's your man).

Foma 400 in A49 (nice developer for Foma 400 if you want to control the grain).

 

[Papercut]

Excellent!

2018.01.19 Roll #138-01735-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

Lovely gradient of light from right to left in this.

Untitled by Sérgio Moura, on Flickr

Really like this -- the enigmatic expressions, the balance of light and dark. Nicely done!

I got an Olympus 35RC in a trade a while back and considered selling it to put the money towards a 50mm LTM lens I want to buy, bbut now that I'm seeing the shots here, I'm not so sure...

🙄

Olympus made great lenses. Keep the RC! 😀

 

[wwfloyd]

This thread is packed with nice images. I've only shot a partial roll with my RC... test shots, but, I was impressed with the results. T-Max 100, scanned on Epson v550.



Steel staircase by wwfloyd, on Flickr


Cupola by wwfloyd, on Flickr


Kayaks by wwfloyd, on Flickr

 

[dourbalistar]

Lovely gradient of light from right to left in this.

Thank you, Papercut!

 

[dourbalistar]

Olympus 35 RC, Ilford HP5+, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2018.02.27 Roll #147-02045-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[dourbalistar]

Olympus 35 RC, Fujifilm Fujicolor 200


2018.07.04 Roll #171-69830013.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[Doug]

Olympus 35RC, Ilford chromogenic B&W

At the farmers market I asked the mom if I could make a photo and she ok'd that but said the little girl "hates cameras"... Hmm.. what do you think? 🙂

 

[NickTrop]

Years ago the "RD" was the rage. The "RC" was the poor man's RD. I somewhat recently looked at the price of them. It seems the RC has caught up if not surpassed the RD in cost.

 

[dourbalistar]

Olympus 35 RC, Kodak Portra 400.


2018.01.21 Roll #141-001079330010.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[charjohncarter]

I have to quit posting on this thread, but here is another with Gold 200:

Kodak Gold 200 by John Carter, on Flickr

 

[dourbalistar]

I have to quit posting on this thread, but here is another with Gold 200:
Kodak Gold 200 by John Carter, on Flickr

Why do you have to quit? I think this is your first post on this thread... 😕

 

[charjohncarter]

Why do you have to quit? I think this is your first post on this thread... 😕

I think it is my fifth, but I'll take your advice.

 

[dourbalistar]

I think it is my fifth, but I'll take your advice.

Ah, yes, I stand corrected. I didn't scan all the pages. :bang: Either way, the 35 RC makes great photos, as all your posts have shown. 😉

I think that last photo you took is a good example of its "Goldilocks just right focal" length. Slightly wider than normal 50mm to capture some context, but not quite to 35mm. That, combined with its size and weight, and full feature set, makes it a great little travel/walkabout camera.

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

Olympus 35RC, Ilford chromogenic B&W

At the farmers market I asked the mom if I could make a photo and she ok'd that but said the little girl "hates cameras"... Hmm.. what do you think? 🙂

She may not like the camera, but the camera sure likes her. Adorable!

 

[charjohncarter]

Ah, yes, I stand corrected. I didn't scan all the pages. :bang: Either way, the 35 RC makes great photos, as all your posts have shown. 😉

I think that last photo you took is a good example of its "Goldilocks just right focal" length. Slightly wider than normal 50mm to capture some context, but not quite to 35mm. That, combined with its size and weight, and full feature set, makes it a great little travel/walkabout camera.

I think it is 43mm whatever it is perfect for me. Plus size and weight are good. I do have a grip about the 'A' 'OFF' 'F Stop' ring.

 

[dourbalistar]

I think it is 43mm whatever it is perfect for me. Plus size and weight are good. I do have a grip about the 'A' 'OFF' 'F Stop' ring.

42mm lens, though I wonder how accurate that is, since some 50mm lenses are actually slightly wider or narrower. I agree the aperture ring can be hard to turn sometimes, but Olympus probably had to make some design compromises given its size. Luckily, the focus throw is short, so even if you've changed the focus while futzing with the aperture ring, you can quickly find focus again.

On the other hand, the 43.5mm filter ring size is truly odd...