Olympus Trip 35, pristine, boxed complete

The Olympus Trip 35 is a World-famous 35mm film compact camera, manufactured by Olympus in Japan, introduced in 1967 and discontinued, after a 20-year production run, in 1987.  The Trip name is a reference to its intended market — people who wanted a compact, functional camera for holidays & travel.  During the 1970s, it was the subject of a global TV advertising campaign that featured famous popular British fashion & celebrity photographer David Bailey; as a result over ten million units were sold around the World - still a record for a single model of camera, unaltered since its launch

The Trip 35 is a point and shoot model with a superb-quality, Zeiss-designed 40mm ƒ2.8 lens, self-powered selenium light meter, and uses just two shutter speeds. In 'A' mode, the camera operates as a Program automatic, choosing either 1/40s or 1/200s 

This camera also syncs with flash through its built-in Hot Shoe & PC socket connections, and has a good range of aperture settings, from ƒ/2.8 to ƒ/22.  In flash sync mode, the shutter is set at 1/40 s.  Apart from a simple four-position zone focus system, and an ISO setting from 25 to 400, the camera has no other photographic controls. The camera has a Prontor-Compur sync connector and a hot shoe

Its Zeiss-designed lens is a coated Zuiko 40mm ƒ/2.8, with four elements in three groups, universally renowned for its clarity and colour rendition

The camera has an ISO range of 25–400, as films faster than 400 were uncommon at the time and delivered reduced image quality. 25 speed allowed the use of original Kodachrome transparency film, while 400 speed allowed use of Kodak Tri-X and similar fast materials under low light. Earlier models

The use of a selenium photocell to select the shutter speeds and aperture let novices use the camera as a "point & shoot" - no batteries are needed to power the camera

The lack of more than two shutter speeds was not a problem. At 1/200 s and ƒ/22 with 400-speed film, the camera could deliver correct exposure in full sunlight, while at 1/40 s and ƒ/2.8, correct exposure could be obtained under indoor artificial light, without a flash

Olympus Trip 35
Released - 1967
Lens - 40mm f/2.8 Olympus D. Zuiko, 4 elements, three groups.
Film format - 35mm
Film size - 36 mm x 24 mm 
Dimensions - 124×72×57 mm (4.9×2.8×2.2 in)
Weight - 390 g (14 oz) (390 g)
Made in Japan

This is a pristine-condition little-used Olympus Trip 35 compact camera for 35mm film, in fully-working order, boxed complete with original case, strap, manuals and a bonus of an original Olympus 37mm UV protective filter