Thread: 35mm SLR Camera's

I still mainly shhot film but have slowly been selling off many of my SLRs. Right now I have a Canon F-1 and a Nikon F on ebay. I plan to keep a pair of Nikkormats I enjoy using, an FTN and an EL.

My favorites lately though ar the little "point and shoot" travel cameras, the Rollei 35 and the Olympus Trip 35. The Olympus has zone focusing and auto exposure via selenium cell. The Rollei has manual exposure but does have a built in battery powered meter.

While the Rollei 35s bring serious money the Olympus Trip 35 can be scored for under $30 on ebay. This is the older metal bodied, rangefinder looking one, not the streamlined plasticy version. In sufficient light you just snap away and it chooses shutter speed (1/40 or 1/200) and aperture. Too little light and a red flag pops up in the viewfinder and the shutter button locks. For flash it defaults to 1/40 and you select the aperture.

Tony