Why pay Ł20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

I recently came across my old Olympus 35mm compact rangefinder camera.
It's a model 35RC from about 30 years ago.
On eBay I see someone got Ł20 for the same model (or $37 if you are in
the US).
http://tinyurl.com/hbrcc
http://tinyurl.com/zmjmu
Why would anyone want to pay Ł20 for that sort of camera?

Sammy

Re: Why pay Ł20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

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That's a bold statement in a lot of ways. The Olympus Trip was made in two
versions, a plastic bodied cheap version aimed at happy snappers and a metal
bodied version with flash support and aperture selection coupled with a
precision ground Zuiko lens.
Aimed at the more serious enthusiast, the metal bodied version was often the
camera of choice in situations where Professional/serious amateur
photographers didn't want to drag their OM-4/2 and a huge bag of glass and
yet still achieve outstanding results.
I own two metal bodied Trip's myself and they were money well spent IMHO.
The results I get are far above and beyond what I would expect from a fixed
lens point & shoot camera, be it film based or digital. I can't speak for
your friend but the choice of film type, film speed and technique are all
the more important with the Trip as it only has two predetermined shutter
speeds available.
In photography situations I have generally found that the majority of people
who moan about the tools are actually the weak link themselves, no offence
intended.

Surface_tension

Re: Why pay Ł20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

The OLY 35RC was small, quiet, well-made rangefinder, capable of full manual
operation, with a very very sharp lens. What's not to like?
Doug
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Doug Robbins

Re: Why pay Ł20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

I have a roll of RealA in my Pentax KM at the moment, must finish that off.

Pete D

Re: Why pay Ł20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

In message <Xns984ED9F64B247451E7A@127.0.0.1>, Sammy
<no-one@no-where.com> writes
And remember films have never been better. Try a roll of Fuji Reala in
it and get it D&P by a decent lab - not any of your High St crowd. And
be surprised!
Use any of the regular advertisers in Amateur Photography mag, etc, etc
My favourite is Peak Imaging - but you get what you pay for.
http://www.peak-imaging.com/htmls/pap.htm
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David

David Livingstone

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I had one that i sold last year for =A337 on ebay. Fabulous little thing
it was. It always sat on my desk because I used to enjoy picking it up
and just admiring it. It was an olympus, a great lens, a rangefinder,
full manual operation and no need for battery (the battery was just for
the lightmeter which you could do without).

Casioculture@gmail.com

Re: Why pay Ł20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

Maybe for the same reason I laied out $100.00 for a Topcon Super D back in
about 1992, because I knew the camera was a good one and I wanted it. It's
showing a bit of age now, sometime in the next six months I'll have to have
it's shutter speeds adjusted and maybe the insides cleaned, but it's still a
good camera.
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Re: Why pay Ł20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

In message <Xns984ED9F64B247451E7A@127.0.0.1>, Sammy
<no-one@no-where.com> writes
Ł15 then :-)
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David

David Livingstone

Re: Why pay Ł20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

...
I recently bought a 27 year old Pentax KM for US$35 to replace one that I
bought new back then but was stolen a couple of years back. Mate at the
local camera shop said he had just sold one in the shop for AU$299 exactly
the same as the one I bought.

Pete D

Re: Why pay ?20 ($37) for 30-year old Olympus 35RC compact?

I'd pay $40 for one in nice shape. It is very small.
It allows full manual operation. Even if the quality
is only average for Japanese cameras of that vintage,
it should be a pretty good camera.
Peter.
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Peter Irwin

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What was shit about it?
Many professional photographers used Olympus Trip cameras in the 70s.
They were especially favoured by journalists and David Bailey.
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