I mentioned in a previous post that I bought a lot of camera gear I found in a Facebook Marketplace ad. One piece of this gear was an Olympus Trip 35 camera. It’s a fully automatic viewfinder point and shoot. It has a built in solar-powered Selinium light meter (which doesn’t require a battery). There are four focal length settings to achieve focus. This camera was extremely popular in its heyday. I’ve read that there were 10 million of them produced in Japan between 1967 and 1984. That’s a heck of a run.

My copy was in pretty rough shape. It needed a good cleaning, which I took care of. Its light seal on the door hinge was deterioriated, so scraped it off and replaced it. There’s a slight bend to the front lens barrel. Thankfully, this is cosmetic only and doesn’t affect performance. Everything on this camera is in working order

There’s really not much thinking required with its use.

I loaded it with a roll of Fujifilm 400 color film. I really enjoyed this camera! It’s lightweight, small and compact. It’s fully automatic and super easy to use. When trying to take a photo with inadequate light, a red flag pops up in the viewfinder and the shutter won’t activate. This prevents wasted frames due to underexposure. The only setting you have to remember is one of the four focal lengths. This is a nice camera to carry around on a photowalk or to capture quick snapshots. There’s really not much thinking required with its use which is a refreshing change from some of my gear.

As per usual, I developed the color film in Cinestill C-41.