Olympus Pen Film Camera

Ashley pomeroy wikimedia commons olympus pen f 1963 medium format might have been de rigueur in the mid 1950s but olympus could see which way the wind was blowing.

Olympus pen film camera. Olympus pen f film camera models. By the 1950s 35mm film was. Crystal clear the olympus pen produces pro level photographs that are clear and sharp to the very edges of the image bringing out the photographer in you. Olympus pen ee half flame film camera w 30mm f 2 8 tested from japan good shape 149 99 olympus 35 ec rangefinder 35mm film camera f 2 8 tested vintage japan 42mm.

Olympus pen f e zuiko auto w 25mm f 4. The pen d was a more expensive model than its predecessors launched in 1962. The olympus pen is a premium interchangeable lens camera for those who feel just that way all the time. The pen is an slr not a rangefinder.

The pen d2 launched in 1964 is the same model with an uncoupled cds exposure meter replacing the selenium one. In 1959 they released the first of the pen half frame viewfinder cameras a beautiful example of 1950s camera design. The ft has a light meter built in but i was happy to have the earlier fully mechanical pen f instead. Along with the 100mm f 3 5 this is the most common lens in the pen f range.

The pen d3 launched in 1965 is the same with a 32mm f 1 7 lens. The olympus pen f model i bought was made between 1963 1966 before it was replaced with the pen ft. The design process began with the concept of creating a camera that could be sold for 6 000 jpy. Pen cameras features a top cover with no visible screws an articulating screen and beautifully finished with a premium textured grain and finely crafted controls and dials positioned at your fingertips.

The olympus pen f is a homage to the original pen cameras which grabs many of the best bits from the range topping om d e m1 mark ii and shoehorns them into a more compact pen style build. It has a 32mm f 1 9 f zuiko lens a shutter going to 1 500 and an uncoupled selenium meter film speeds ranged from 10 to 400 iso. All olympus pen digital camera series have built in sensor. Its design is sleek timeless and just as fun to show off as the amazing images you ll capture with it.

Olympus pen film cameras date all the way back to 1959 and have followed a long evolutionary path. The pen is a half frame film camera that uses 35mm film. No other camera combines style and performance like a pen interchangeable lens camera. When used on a pen f film camera the field of view is similar to a 35mm lens on a full frame 35mm camera.

The pen combined the superb photographic performance of the d zuiko lens with excellent portability and it was also used by. The classic olympus pen f pic. In 2009 olympus introduced the pen e p1 a micro four thirds system digital camera which the company touts as the next generation pen camera.