Sunset sTRIP
Okay. I’ve just scanned the first film that I ran through my Olympus Trip, the camera that I got off ebay for the princely sum of $20AUD. Quite appropriate really post number 66 in this blog, Route 66 and the above image Sunset sTRIP. Get it? No? Oh please yourself.
A TRIP down memory lane.
A nice bit of Kodak Gold, 400ASA film. Pop it in the camera and snap away 24 times. All done? Next you pop it down to your your local chemists. In my case 220km away.
Leave the film with them and an hour later there you are sitting on a bench outside the chemists sorting through your photies.
It would seem that there is quite a following and love for the Olympus Trip judging by Flickr and the number of dedicated websites. In fact in a recent article that appeared in the Uk’s Daily Mail supplement the Trip was voted best buy and given 9/10 by Damien Demolder, editor of Amateur Photographer.
That may explain the recent price hike on ebay for these lovable old Cameras.
It has certainly put the fun back into photography and for the moment my D200 is back in the cupboard.
Don’t forget to visit my Pomgonewalkabout web site to read more of my stories and to see more of my photography. Why there is even free admission to an online exhibition of Loughborough images taken in the 1980’s before I emigrated downunder. – Stories of Fun and adventure.
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