Olympus SLR and Rangefinder Cameras

[Frontman]

Quite unintentionally, I seem to have accumulated a lot of Olympus gear over the past couple of years. I was cleaning off the shelves yesterday, and took a pic of some of my Olympus cameras.

The one on the bottom is an Olympus Fiber-scope camera kit, with a specialized OM4Ti body. The fiberscope lens is quite interesting, and can be used to get into the tightest of places (somewhat like an endoscope), it requires a very hard to find focusing screen, which is clear, and has a fisheye bubble in the center. A light source can be attached to the fiber scope lens for shooting in dark places. The kit also includes a 2-4 focusing screen and 50mm f/1.8 lens for regular shooting.

The next one going counter-clockwise is an Ace rangefinder camera. The Ace was an interchangeable lens rangefinder camera, and was available with 35mm, 45mm, and 80mm lenses. The viewfinder is surprisingly nice, and the leaf shutter is reliable and quiet.

Next is an old black paint SP. The SP is my favorite fixed lens rangefinder camera. It has a great lens, super meter, and has a simple, nice-looking design.

The next two cameras are Olympus M1 models, one with an M-System 50mm/1.8 the other with the 50mm f/1.4.

Next is an Olympus Pen FT, I actually have three of these guys, but all with the same 38mm f1.8 lens. I am hoping to pick up a black paint version if I can get a good deal on one.

In the center is an OM3Ti, my favorite of the bunch.

 

[filmfan]

Not shabby.

 

[kshapero]

That bottom one actually is scaring me. (I'll get over it.)

 

[tunalegs]

I've always wanted an Ace, but they're not cheap anymore and the interchangeable lenses are almost impossible to find.

 

[Mystyler]

Great collection! One of these days I'll get me an OM-3 of some kind.

That OM-4Ti is amazing. What was it used for previously? Engineering? Looks like something you'd stick into a turbine engine.

 

[Bill58]

Thanks for the photo, but the Olympus Fiber-scope camera kit makes me a little uneasy in the area I sit on!

 

[biomed]

Very nice collection! The only Olympus camera I have is the Pen F with a circular mask. It was actually used with an endoscope in the early 1960s. The camera was given to me with a couple of lenses, don't remember which ones. I turned down the endoscope adapter. Although the Pen was a camera I lusted after, I have never used this one. I am going to look into using the lenses with my u4/3 body. I don't imagine the body is worth much.

I just retired this week from a hospital. I have worked a bit with state of the art Olympus endoscopy systems - pretty impressive equipment.

Mike

 

[wblynch]

Nice collection.

I have a very early non-MD OM-1 that I love but wait for that one day when an M-1 will land on my doorstep.

 

[filmfan]

Nice collection.

I have a very early non-MD OM-1 that I love but wait for that one day when an M-1 will land on my doorstep.

What's an M-1 ?

 

[Rodchenko]

That's a great collection. I'd love to have a black 35SP (or at least one I can get the meter to work on). But I am happy with my pair of Olys.

 

[wblynch]

What's an M-1 ?

When the OM-1 first came out it was called the M-1. Then Leica complained and Olympus changed the name to OM-1.

Over 50,000 M-1's were made before the name change.

http://olympus.dementix.org/M-1/

 

[kuzano]

Yeah... me too!!!

Yeah... me too!!!

That bottom one actually is scaring me. (I'll get over it.)

I'm thinking colonoscopy, but they don't actually take still images of that do they...

Thinking now, Billboard along the 405. Ad for a Doctor??

 

[OlympusRF]

Olympus ACE ACE E & PEN FT Black

Olympus ACE ACE E & PEN FT Black

I would love to buy the Black SP camera... I have the chrome one. And the OM3 ti... wow...
I have the black PEN FT and the ACE & ACE E camera with all the 4 lenses, including the very rare and almost not mentioned in anywhere 80mm F4 lens.

take a look at my gallery, I have many Olympus cameras, I hope you enjoy them.


Olympus ACE & ACE E (Sears tower 19) rangefinder cameras SAM_0571 por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR, no Flickr


Rangefinder cameras: Olympus ACE with 80mm F4 lens VS Olympus ACE E (Sears tower 19) with 80mm F5.6 lens SAM_0605 por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR, no Flickr


Olympus PEN FT black half-frame SLR camera-7061 por THE OLYMPUS CAMERAS COLLECTOR, no Flickr

 

[Frontman]

Good stuff!

As luck would have it, I managed to find a good deal on a black Pen FT. It should arrive on Monday. I also picked up another black SP, it was a dirty and ugly bugger, but after a little work it now looks very neice.

 

[rehview]

The light-metre in my OM1n has stopped working, I would love to fix it myself but I am a little wary of opening the thing up. I've got nothing to lose I guess.

Would anyone have any tips for me?

 

[Frontman]

The light-metre in my OM1n has stopped working, I would love to fix it myself but I am a little wary of opening the thing up. I've got nothing to lose I guess.

Would anyone have any tips for me?

It's hard to say what would cause the meter to stop working, it could be a corroded wire, a bad battery (I have bought more than one dead battery), or something jammed or stuck.

Removing the top cover is pretty simple, just remove the screw over the wind lever, lift off the lever and remove the nut underneath. Then remove the rewind knob, and the two screws under it. Next, set the ASA to 25, then remove the little chrome nut where the flash shoe plugs in. The top should now lift off. There is a spring under the cover near the rewind lever, this is for the door latch, make sure not to lose the spring, and to put it back in when you reassemble the camera.

When putting the top cover on, make sure the ASA dial engages the meter, it should turn easily, with tension increasing slightly as you turn the dial to higher settings.

 

[rehview]

Thank you, Frontman. I'm looking forward to this little project at the weekend now.

 

[Beemermark]

It's also very easy to pull the bottom cover off (nothing will fall out or come loose) and check the that the wire is still connected to the battery box.

 

[v_roma]

I'll take the 3ti, please and thank you. 😀

Quite unintentionally, I seem to have accumulated a lot of Olympus gear over the past couple of years. I was cleaning off the shelves yesterday, and took a pic of some of my Olympus cameras.

The one on the bottom is an Olympus Fiber-scope camera kit, with a specialized OM4Ti body. The fiberscope lens is quite interesting, and can be used to get into the tightest of places (somewhat like an endoscope), it requires a very hard to find focusing screen, which is clear, and has a fisheye bubble in the center. A light source can be attached to the fiber scope lens for shooting in dark places. The kit also includes a 2-4 focusing screen and 50mm f/1.8 lens for regular shooting.

The next one going counter-clockwise is an Ace rangefinder camera. The Ace was an interchangeable lens rangefinder camera, and was available with 35mm, 45mm, and 80mm lenses. The viewfinder is surprisingly nice, and the leaf shutter is reliable and quiet.

Next is an old black paint SP. The SP is my favorite fixed lens rangefinder camera. It has a great lens, super meter, and has a simple, nice-looking design.

The next two cameras are Olympus M1 models, one with an M-System 50mm/1.8 the other with the 50mm f/1.4.

Next is an Olympus Pen FT, I actually have three of these guys, but all with the same 38mm f1.8 lens. I am hoping to pick up a black paint version if I can get a good deal on one.

In the center is an OM3Ti, my favorite of the bunch.

 

[defconfunk]

What I find most amazing about that collection is that the OM-3, a pro camera, is not significantly bigger than the Pen. I've never handled any of the single digit OMs (I have an OM40), but after seeing an old Nikon F-something, I just expected the single digits OMs to be so much bigger than they actually are.

And of course, that fibre optic kit is pretty interesting.