olympus 35 sp
I remember when I was first searching for a good 35mm rangefinder, there came a point when it was between this one and the Canonet GIII Q17. Goodness knows how many hours I spent watching YouTube videos and reading forum reviews, but I never did get my hands on either, until now. The Olympus 35 SP that I found is in near-mint condition. In my excitement I popped in the usual Agfa 200 film and headed outdoors to snap some photos before even bothering to familiarise myself with the camera first. Besides, I'd shot so many rolls with its siblings the Olympus 35 RC and Olympus 35 RD, it's pretty much second nature to me now. Boy, was I wrong. Straight away I couldn't understand what the heck I was looking at when I looked through the viewfinder. The RD, and even better, the RC spoils you with speed/aperture information in an easy to understand way. What I could see in the SP were a bunch of numbers I was sure meant something, just not to ...