OT: My new Pen

[ChrisN]

OK, I know it's not a rangefinder, but here's the little Pen EE-S camera I bought at the Sydney Camera Market yesterday. It needs new light seals but I ran a test roll anyway. I'm impressed! The half-frame negs scan in pairs on my scanner. It's a fun little pocket camera, which I think I'll be using some more. Did anyone make these in a rangefinder version?

 

[wilt]

OK, I know it's not a rangefinder, but here's the little Pen EE-S camera I bought at the Sydney Camera Market yesterday. It needs new light seals but I ran a test roll anyway. I'm impressed! The half-frame negs scan in pairs on my scanner. It's a fun little pocket camera, which I think I'll be using some more. Did anyone make these in a rangefinder version?

Don't think so. But there were, of course, the SLR models from Olympus.

But wait: there were a very small number of M4's (?) made as halfframe. Collector's territory, not users'.

The one thing missing on my M3 DS: a switch that transforms the camera from full to half frame ... Didn't they think of that in Wetzlar? Or is it impossible from an engineering point of view?

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The original Konica auto-reflex SLR could be used as a full-frame or half frame camera.

On an M3 you would need a lot more framelines to cover the full/half frame option.

 

[oftheherd]

Try a search of the forums. I am sure there was a question about half frame RFs before, and I think there actually was one or two made.

 

[Roger Hicks]

The Pen W -- 6-glass 25/2,8 lens and the only black paint finish non-SLR Pen -- is my favourite half-frame/single frame/18x24 camera and I have published a number of pics taken with it. Lovely bit of kit.

Cheers,

Roger

 

[aizan]

I have an Olympus Pen S. Still haven't put it back together after the last failed attempt at fixing the shutter. It takes nice photos, so it's sort of a bummer. Will soon give it another go, and it'll be my first repaint job, too.

Daido Moriyama shot '71/NY with the Pen W. There are a few mirror self-portraits in the middle. Great book.

 

[mac_wt]

I bought a Pen EE-S last week, together with a Trip 35. I like the Trip a lot and it has immediatly become my pocket camera. I haven't loaded the Pen yet, as I noticed that the film counter seems to count backwards. Is this because there is no film in it, or do you think something is wrong?

Wim

 

[ChrisN]

No - the counter counts down from the starting number of frames, which you have to set manually after you have loaded the film. It took me a moment or two to work that out! 🙂

 

[airds]

Demi EE17

Demi EE17

Got a nice Canon Demi EE17 recently - 60's gorgeous. A brief profile here and also Pen details there too

May recover her with some of aki-asahi.com's leather ... groovy baby!