uh huh her (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} laurgasm) wrote,@ 2007-09-23 02:24:00 |
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Multiple geekgasms!1
An afternoon spent drooling over ancient cameras at Juned's place (which is one of the coolest houses I've ever been to) made me want me to start my own small collection of old sk00l cameras. For the first time in my life, I am thankful that someone showed up late on me because that gave me the time to wander around Cubao X. I was just looking at random vintage stores, seeing if they had anything interesting to offer, when I saw this:
Olympus Pen EES-2
When the lady at the shop said she was selling it for 350 pesos, I was like, ZOMG GIVE IT TO ME NOW I WANTS IT!1
From camerapedia.org:
The Pen series is a family of half-frame cameras made by Olympus from 1959 to the beginning of the 1980s. Aside from the Pen F series of half-frame SLRs (discussed in its own article), they are fixed-lens viewfinder cameras.
The Pen EE was introduced in 1961 and was the amateur model, with fully automatic exposure and fixed focusing. It is a true point and shoot camera, and has a 28mm f/3.5 lens. The Pen EE family is easily recognized by the selenium meter window around the lens.
The Pen EE.S, launched in 1962, is the same model with a 30mm f/2.8 and a focusing ring, made necessary by the wider aperture. The Pen EE.S2, produced from 1968 to 1971, is the same as the Pen EE.S with the addition of a hot shoe.
I was worried that I'd never be able to figure out how to use this thing because it's the first real manual camera I've ever owned. Thank god for the Intarnets and generous people who post instruction manuals online! Unfortunately I couldn't find any manuals for the flash it comes with, but I suppose I can tinker with that tomorrow.
Fuck I can't wait to start using it!!1
