Olympus trip 35

Olympus trip 35

  • I have never used one

    Votes: 55 28.1%

  • I have used one and like it

    Votes: 109 55.6%

  • I have used a trip and disliked it

    Votes: 10 5.1%

  • I feel it is an underestimated camera

    Votes: 54 27.6%
  • Total voters
    196
  • Poll closed .
Hallo, Fellow Dutchie,

I used Fujifilm 400 X'tra. You can find my results here:
http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/thumbnails.php?album=207

The subject matter isn't very interesting, but the Trip definitely did its job admirably.
I have not noticed the red flag popping up in the viewfinder though. Either I have one that doesn't have this feature or it is broken. *shrugs*

My Trip is from October 1976 according to the code under the film pressure plate.


Cheers,
 
Nice results :)

Does the shutter still fire in low lighting? Maybe the silicium cell is broken.

I have found the red flag the only drawback of this camera. I would love it to have a Bulb mode. But I just read in this tread you can also take nightshots in the flash setting.
Going to have to try that!
 
roadmouse said:
Nice results :)

Does the shutter still fire in low lighting? Maybe the silicium cell is broken.

I have found the red flag the only drawback of this camera. I would love it to have a Bulb mode. But I just read in this tread you can also take nightshots in the flash setting.
Going to have to try that!
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I have one with the same issue. I dissasembled it, checked the needle that reacts to light - works fine, but for some reason red flag does not raise high enough to block the shutter... I did not explore further, did not want to brake something else, it's fine even without that flag... It seems it is a common issue in Trip 35
 
valdas said:
I have one with the same issue. I dissasembled it, checked the needle that reacts to light - works fine, but for some reason red flag does not raise high enough to block the shutter... I did not explore further, did not want to brake something else, it's fine even without that flag... It seems it is a common issue in Trip 35
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It might even be better that way. I noticed when the red flag comes up, it takes time to drop again. If it's not fully down, you can't fire the shutter.
Sometimes it takes more than 5 seconds before I can fire the shutter again.
 
roadmouse said:
It might even be better that way. I noticed when the red flag comes up, it takes time to drop again. If it's not fully down, you can't fire the shutter.
Sometimes it takes more than 5 seconds before I can fire the shutter again.
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I fully agree.
 
valdas said:
I have one with the same issue. I dissasembled it, checked the needle that reacts to light - works fine, but for some reason red flag does not raise high enough to block the shutter... I did not explore further, did not want to brake something else, it's fine even without that flag... It seems it is a common issue in Trip 35
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Ah, thanks for clearing that up. For the 50ct the camera cost me, I'm certainly not complaining. ;)
 
I've been on the hunt for a Trip for a short while now. I think there must have been some kind of article published somewhere, because the prices are going crazy right now.

A few have popped up on the eBay here in Australia since I have started looking a few weeks ago.

Only a few weeks ago they were selling for around AU$25/US$20/EUR19/GBP17 which I think is fair.

They have slowly creeped up in price this month - to about AU$40.
Then there was today! I was watching one, a black buttoned Trip, listed as untested, not guaranteed to work with a manky case. With about 3 minutes to go it was sitting on about $14, so I thought I'd have a nibble, bidding to about $20 from memory.
eBay pops back saying it's not enough - it's currently at $41. So I sat back and watched to climb and finish at $68 + $15 domestic postage (which is silly high anyway)!
AU$83/US$89/EUR63/GBP55 for an untested late model Trip!!!!

Of course what's sillier is that there are ones for sale for $45 Buy It Now with half the postage... two weeks ago I wouldn't touch them because of their high price...
and there's another auction with 5 hours to go already at $45...
 
I'm beginning to think *Bay is getting more and more crazy lately. I can't remember when I last got a bargain there. 63 Euro for a Trip is insane!

Maybe you can check the local thrift shops. They usually show up there from time to time.
 
and the one I just mentioned finished for AU$71 +$11 postage although that did come with a matched flash and a case. It's just as silly.

I do check the thrift shops quite often - I found my XA1 and my Yashica Minister D there. But quite often you can spend all day going from store to store and find nothing of note.
 
Internet is like a stall - one happy sheep finds a carrot. She exclamates about this happiness loudly and all other sheep move there to find bags of carrots. That's how work "reviews" of bargain cameras - they become rare and expensive.
 
Saw a number of Trips at the Doesburg camera fair, ranging from 1 to 5 Euro a piece. ...dangit. I should've bought them all and put them on Ebay :(
 
I just read somewhere that the Trip 35 has a Tessar type lens. Could be, but my copy isn't quite as sharp as the Konica C35 I have.

Does anyone know if the C35 lens is a Tessar type?
 
Well a beautiful Trip 35 arrived in the post today. It's a birthday present for my 9yr old son. He likes taking pictures with my M6 (I think it's the whole mechanical feel that appeals to him and he likes the bright viewfinder). I think he will appreciate the solid feel of the camera, and won't need his father to help him set the shutter speed and exposure. I'll just have to be prepared to develop a good few extra rolls of black and white film. I just hope he doesn't use it for stop-motion shots like he does with his digital compact. Anyway, if he doesn't like it, I'll gladly buy it off him.
 
Jack Conrad said:
I just read somewhere that the Trip 35 has a Tessar type lens. Could be, but my copy isn't quite as sharp as the Konica C35 I have.

Does anyone know if the C35 lens is a Tessar type?
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Not sure, but not likely. Not many film compacts are as sharp as the C35.

And for the record if your C35 is scale focus rather than having an RF, then it's the C35-V. V = viewfinder as opposed to rangefinder.
 
Trius said:
Not sure, but not likely. Not many film compacts are as sharp as the C35.

And for the record if your C35 is scale focus rather than having an RF, then it's the C35-V. V = viewfinder as opposed to rangefinder.
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It's the C35 Automatic I was referring to, which has a very nice RF.
 
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