YAYZ! Not only does my new old Olympus Pen EES-2 work, I freaking love the half-frame effect! The shots are a little overexposed (I should have used a higher ASA setting) but otherwise, I love how they turned out. <3 Will be testing out the flash tomorrow evening when I terrorize the streets of Ortigas with Ade and probably the Mordo.


MOAR AT MY MULTIPLY

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

I got myself a Holga 120CFN last week after a friend let me try out his fish eye camera, which resulted in my falling in love with lomography. It's been a crazy two days waiting for my first roll to get developed but finally it's heeeere! See, its cheap construction makes each Holga quite unique and unpredictable; no matter how careful you are, you don't really know how your shots will turn out until you see them. I was worried that my first roll would come out blank or something but I got 7 decent shots out of 12. w00t!


( More Holga fun under the cut! )

It's not too bad for a first try but I honestly think I should have been a lot less careful and more experimental. The photos I took are a little too...safe. I still have a lot of film to waste though, so it looks like I'll be playing with my Holga at work tomorrow. Any of you camwhores want to model for me? :D