Olympus Trip Review

 The Olympus trip is a great little point and shoot camera.

The trip is probably one of the most popular 35mm cameras for amateur photographers both at the time it was made and now.

And it’s great fun and easy to use, the trip has a 40mm f/2.8 lens and just two shutter speeds. It works well in it’s automatic mode choosing either 1/40s or 1/200s. 

What’s also great is you can sync the camera with flash, and it has a range of aperture settings.

It has a very simple focus system with 4 positions and an IOS setting from 25 to 200 on earlier models and on some later models going up to 400. These are the only photographic controls so as you can see it is a very basic set up but this definitely doesn’t take away from the charm of this little camera. 

Aesthetically the Olympus trip is a a solid looking camera with classic brushed chrome and black body, it’s small and light weight so it’s easy to pop in a pocket so if you don’t feel like lugging round a heavy camera with loads of lenses it’s perfect.

I was able to find my Olympus Trip in an antique shop for just £15 the shutter was sticking but can be easily fixed by lubing up the shutter by shaving a little graphite on to it, the tricky part is taking it a part and putting it all back together so I’d definitely recommend taking photos at each step. 

But there’s lots of Olympus Trips around so would always recommend checking local antique and charity shops for them.  

This is definitely one of my favorite cameras for just it’s sheer ease of use and the ability to take it anywhere. 

Olympus Trip 35mm

Below are a selection my photos captured using the Olympus;

Dazzle Ferry, Liverpool 

City Walls, Chester, Dubble Film Pacific 

Moody lighthouse, New Brighton, Berlin Kino

Back to the Future, Chester, Revolog Tesla 2

Contrast and Architecture, Runcorn, Berlin Kino

Fallen Angel, Eastham, Revolog Tesla 2