Not long into my Lomography addiction, and I do not use the word addiction lightly, My wife, son and I were going on holiday to Turkey.
Before we went we stayed with some friends in Manchester and while we there the Beach Road festival was on. The festival was full of stalls selling all sorts of delights and while we perusing the heavens opened and we dashed inside the nearest stall.
Perhaps this brief but monsoon type rain was a message or fate because in this stall I found two little gems actually I found 3 but one was broken. There nestled at the back of table half hidden by Brica-brack, half forgotten by the Brica-brack owner and very much ignored by the digital consumer was an Olympus Trip 35 and a Zenit EM.
Both cameras came to turkey with me and both served me well and a lovely time was had by all. During the holiday I took a particular shine to the Olympus Trip 35 a camera I always refer to with its full title! It was a great holiday camera, simple to adjust and easy to use. But perhaps most importantly it is a robust little beast. My son often had his curios little hands all over it dropping it and throwing it but it is still going.
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So lets explore the Olympus Trip 35 a little bit more. Aesthetically it is not a beautiful camera its shape is a rather simple boxy rectangle, granted the edges are curved for elegance, but a brick with a curved edge does not make a Greek statue.
