Olympus Trip 35 is a semi-automatic small format scale camera manufactured by Olympus from 1967 to 1984.
| Olympus Trip 35 | |
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| Type of | Scale camera |
| Manufacturer | Olympus |
| Year of issue | 1967 - 1984 |
| Lens | Olympus D. Zuiko 40mm (2.8 / 22), non-removable |
| Photo material | Type 135 film |
| Frame size | 24 × 36 mm |
| Focusing | Manual, set value is visible in the viewfinder |
| Exposition | Software machine |
| Gate | Central shutter-aperture, shutter speeds 1/40 or 1/200 s. |
| Flash | sync contact , central sync contact |
| Viewfinder | Optical, telescopic |
| Dimensions | 116 × 70 × 57 mm |
| The weight | 0.41 kg |
The name “trip” (trip, travel - English ) reflected the target audience of the camera - a segment of consumers who needed a compact and lightweight camera for taking photographs on trips and on vacation. In total, more than 10 million pieces were released (this figure probably includes the circulation of the later released line of plastic cameras under the Trip brand, while, according to collectors and users, the serial numbers of original Trip 35 cameras are close to 5,400,000) .
Olympus Trip 35 was a point-and-shoot camera , was equipped with a built-in selenium exposure meter and worked out only two shutter speeds - 1/40 and 1/200. In automatic mode, I worked as a program machine, choosing one of two shutter speeds and setting the aperture from 2.8 to 22. In manual mode and when the flash was connected, I worked out a shutter speed of 1/40. To connect the flash was equipped with a sync contact with a "hot shoe" and a cable connector. Manual control of the camera came down to choosing the film photosensitivity and adjusting the focus (on a scale on the lens).
Olympus Trip 35 was equipped with a Zuiko non-removable fast lens of the Tessar optical design (4 elements in three groups), focal length 40 mm, relative aperture 1 / 2.8. The lens is still appreciated for its characteristics, it provides high image clarity even at the edges of the frame, surpassing some modern models [1] .
Telescopic viewfinder with frame-limiting frames and marks for corrections in portrait shooting. In the corner, an additional viewfinder showing the focus distance mounted on the lens.
A sharp lens and the simple operation of automation allowed even an inexperienced amateur photographer to use the Trip 35 in most cases to get high-quality images, the selenium photocell, which did not require batteries, and small (for that time) dimensions were also considered advantages of the camera.