Free to a good home...

[Korky]

Sorting through my late mother-in-law's possessions earlier today and found an Olympus Trip 35 camera.

 

Is it of any use to anyone? It's in very nice condition and has the original lens cap. It's completely untested, though.

 

Korky

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NannyFerret]

They were good little camera's. I had one but can't remember if I gave it to my brother or not. It could possibly be upstairs somewhere.
I do hope your mother-in-laws camera goes to someone who will appreciate it.

Edited September 22, 2013 by NannyFerret

[Black Pearl]

A fantastic little camera.

Not fancy like the RD/RD/SP range finder models, just a good lens and a simple operation.

 

Why not run a roll of film through it for old times sake?

Most high street labs will dev and scan 35mm film to CD so you can easily muck about with the results and while I would never go back to film full time there is a certain charm to the 'look' you get from it.

[ChrisLumix]

A fantastic little camera.

Not fancy like the RD/RD/SP range finder models, just a good lens and a simple operation.

 

Why not run a roll of film through it for old times sake?

Most high street labs will dev and scan 35mm film to CD so you can easily muck about with the results and while I would never go back to film full time there is a certain charm to the 'look' you get from it.

 

Yes - it's a fascinating question. Vinyl was kept alive - and is now alive and well - by the large format (12") required by DJ's who needed to use it for scratching and mixing. As large format film is still needed, will that keep film alive, or will the ability of modern digicams to 'emulate' old films mean that in time film will completely die?

[Guest]

seeing that pic brought back some memories, had to dig this out

 

[Black Pearl]

Film is redundant for professional use but is being kept alive as an art medium. People think its trendy, cool, they like the look or just hope other will pay more for something they perceive as being more 'real' in some way.

 

Blad don't make film cameras any more which is about as big an argument that film isn't needed and even large format cameras now have very, very high resolution digital back available if movements are required.

[Korky]

The Olympus Trip  - so good that in 2013 nobody wants it.

 

I called in at a charity shop yesterday and even they weren't too keen on taking it. How things change!

 

Korky

Edited September 25, 2013 by Korky

[NannyFerret]

 I had on eonce, but can't remeber if I gave it away or not.
 

The Olympus Trip  - so good that in 2013 nobody wants it.

 

I called in at a charity shop yesterday and even they weren't too keen on taking it. How things change!

 

Korky

That's only because digital is such a big thing these days.
I had one once, but can't remember if I gave it away or not. I will probably come across it lurking at the back of a cupboard somewhere. I hate cleaning cupboards, but when I do, I come across many things that I had long forgotten about.

[fuzzyedges]

I have one in my collection

Look cool against later plastic cameras

[ChrisLumix]

Film is redundant for professional use but is being kept alive as an art medium. People think its trendy, cool, they like the look or just hope other will pay more for something they perceive as being more 'real' in some way.

 

Blad don't make film cameras any more which is about as big an argument that film isn't needed and even large format cameras now have very, very high resolution digital back available if movements are required.

 

I can see that - digital has become as good as film, and can even emulate the particular qualities of particular films of the past. It's not like vinyl where the sound quality of analogue is actually different than digital, and is actually preferred by many, even the young.

 

In some ways, "digital" has always been with us: B&W photos printed in newspapers consisted of black and white dots only, with the distribution of each deciding the greys. TV screens too - even colour TVs were just mixtures of RGB dots (no different from digicams with their RGB filters for each pixel). Digital is simply emulating what has been at the heart of photography for all time - is the emulsion fully exposed to white, or still black? Shades of grey were just half exposed emulsion. One grain of silver halide can be replaced by a few pixels.

[Jon]

see, there you go, I've been moping in my own misery and missed this - I'd have had it in a second - I love old film cameras!