About the Olympus Trip 35

The Trip 35 is a fully-automatic 35mm compact camera, manufactured by Olympus from 1967 to 1984, during which time over 10,000,000 units were sold. The auto-exposure mechanism is effectively solar-powered by a selenium cell surrounding the lens, and consequently the camera runs entirely without batteries. Until June 1978, the shutter button was silver-coloured metal. After that date, all Trips had a black plastic button.

Specifications

• Viewfinder: Standard Albada, with parallax marks. Red indication for too little light. Trick peephole to see exposure and focus settings as set on lens. The ridged window to the right of the finder window is fake, mimicking a rangefinder.
• Focus: Manual by scale, visible through viewfinder. Top scale, visible through finder, shows icons or headshot (1m/3'), twoshot (1.5m/5'), group shot (3m/10') and infinity. Bottom scale calibrated in meters and feet.
• Lens : 40mm f/2.8 Olympus D. Zuiko, 4 elements, three groups. Appears to be a front-element focusing Tessar.
• Close Focus : 2.9" (0.9m)
• Diaphragm : Two bladed, diamond-shaped, stopping down to about f/22
• Shutter : 1/40 or 1/200, automatically selected. No bulb setting.
• Cable Release : Standard socket in shutter release button
• Meter : Selenium cell around lens (automatically incorporates any filter factors)
• Exposure : Program automatic (A) and fixed-aperture for flash. (Note: if you chose a large aperture for flash and work in bright light, it stops down accordingly but keeps the shutter speed at 1/40.)
• Exposure Range : EV 8-1/3 (1/40 at f/2.8) to EV 17-1/6 (1/200 at f/27)
• Film Speed : Third stops from ASA 25 - 400, except ASA 32
• Filter Size : 43.5mm screw in
• Low Light Warning : If exposure would go below 1/40 at f/2.8, the shutter locks and a red transparent flag rises from the bottom of the finder in A setting. If this happens, use flash
• Flash : Hot-shoe and PC terminal
• Battery : None

Sprocket Rocket launches... 2nd roll

Film : Lomography Xpro Chrome 100
Date Taken : June 2011

Even under strong sunlight, the pictures turned out to be quite dark and only few pictures were presentable. This did not happen when I used the same film with th Lomo LC-A. I love the intense vignettes though. After looking at the 2nd roll of slides taken with the Sprocket Rocket, my conclusion is that this panoramic camera can produce cool images with strong vignettes only under very bright lighting conditions. You might need to use films with faster speed, else don't bother to bring her out when the sky is cloudy or you'll be greatly disappointed.

Sprocket Rocket launches... 1st roll

Film : Kodak Ektachrome 160T
Date Taken : June 2011

This is a double-experiement for me... the first time I'm shooting with the Sprocket Rocket and the first time I'm trying out the 160T slides. There is a pronounced blue tint across all the images, giving them a gloomy vintage touch even though the pictures were all taken on a bright sunny morning.

Check out how wide the lens of the sprocket rocket can reach too! Together with the sprockets, every picture becomes unique and extraordinary!

Lomo LC-A... 7th roll

Film : Lomography Xpro Chrome 100
Date Taken : May 2011

I simply love to take my LC-A with me on trips that I can't afford to experiment with other lomo cameras. It always produces great pictures with any film with it's superb lighting sensors. The admission tickets to the Universal Studios Singapore is almost S$70 per adult, hence I can't afford to risk any pictures due to cloudy or low lighting conditions. I didn't finish the entire roll as I was more preoccupied snapping away with the DSLR.

About the Golden Half Black Mountains

It came in a shiny plastic box, stating that you can take twice the amount of ordinary 35mm pictures (48 on a 24 roll, 72 on a 36 roll). I love this cost-saving idea that dates way back to the Olympus Pen F series. The odd thing about half-frame is that while holding the camera landscape, you’re actually taking a portrait picture, and vice versa.

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Features

Half-format 35mm Camera with Excellent Optics.

The Golden Half is a plastic half-size format 35mm camera, which yields 72 photos from a 36 exposure roll. Great for this penny pinching times! This original Superheadz design features a plastic body with a fantastic lens, three apertures, and a hot shoe for flash. All this means that The Golden Half is one sweet little camera with big creative possibilities.

Size : Golden Half 8 x 8 x 5.4 cm

Lomo LC-A... 6th roll

Film : Lomography Xpro Chrome 100
Date Taken : March 2011

This is the first time I experimented with the Xpro Chrome slides. No wonder it's called the "show stopper" of all slides, the cross processing truly intensifies hues and makes the colours more vibrant and vivid.

The 55mm Diana F+ Wide & Close-Up Lens

Another lens to add on to the Diana collection... my birthday gift! :)

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Diana F+ 55mm Wide Lens – Homage to the Minitar 1
Does this Wide-angle perspective look a little familiar? It should! The focal length is roughly equivalent to a 34mm lens on a standard 35mm camera. Which is very close to the perspective of our very own Minitar 1 lens – the shining jewel of every Lomo LC-A+ camera. The overall effect is a pleasing wider-than-normal view with that same classic Diana F+ vignetting, selective focus, and dazzling color saturation that all we all adore. A plastic accessory viewfinder is included to preview your shots.

Diana F+ Close-Up Lens – Sheer Magic at 15cm away

Our Diana F+ Detective agency has issued an global memo. Everything located at exactly 15cm away from the all-new Diana F+ Close-Up Lens must be urgently identified and photographed. That means fresh flowers, small noses, license plates, green eyes, chocolate bonbons, analog knobs, dog tails, clock hands, and so on. Luckily, the Close-Up Lens slides directly onto your 55m Wide Lens, allowing for lighting-fast-extreme-close-up shots whenever the situation arises. Images are dripping with color and shallow depth of field: meaning that a tiny bit of foreground is in focus against a soft and creamy blurred background.

About the Ikimono Buchineko

I came across the Ikimono cameras again at Peek! last week. This is the camera that got me started into all these lo-fi photography! I thought I should just get one of these "endangered species" as a keepsake since it's just for a few dollars. My favourite animal is the cat... Of course, I chose the Buchineko among the rest of the cute little cameras! *meow*

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The sweet little Ikimono 110 cameras are the bestselling mini cameras in the world. The Ikimono uses 110 film and feature illustrations of little creatures, called ikimono in Japanese, by Mika Sasaki. The plastic Ikimono snaps over a 110 film cartridge to make a tiny camera that fits in your palm or pocket. Easy to use with a simple advance knob and a one click shutter, the resulting photos have a unique retro look. 110 film was first introduced and made popular in the 1970s. Tiny, cute, collectible, and fun, the Ikimono 110 camera series has sold like crazy in Japan.

Lomo LC-A... 5th roll

Film : Lomography Color Negative 400
Date Taken : March 2011

What I like about this film is its vibrant red-yellow-green-blue colors, great dynamic range (no worries about over or under exposure), and it's cheap! The thing about this film that is different from other negatives is the grains are quite coarse and obvious, even in properly exposed photos.

About the Sprocket Rocket

The Sprocket Rocket is the first analogue camera to be fitted with a reverse gear, allowing you to rewind and remix your photos! Travel back in time with our ultra-convenient dual scrolling knobs. Feel like overlaying a brand new moment on top of that beautiful shot you took last week? The Sprocket Rocket can make it happen! Dance, dart and flutter between frames to your heart's content. As if this wasn't enough, it's also fitted with a super wide-angle lens enabling you to open up your world and snap those breathtaking panoramas. Don't be fooled by its small and compact shape, the Rocket can fit more in a single frame than you ever thought was possible!

Features

• Uses all kinds of 35mm film (color negatives, slide, black & white, redscale)
• Super-wide angle lens captures entire width of film including sprocket holes!
• Scrolling knobs allow easy multiple exposures
• B-setting mode for nighttime/long-exposures
• Zone focusing
• Hotshoe for flash and standard tripod screw
• Lens : 30mm
• Camera Type : Point & Shoot
• Film Type : 35mm