{"id":13240,"date":"2014-12-24T09:24:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=13240"},"modified":"2014-12-24T09:24:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T17:24:07","slug":"olympus-sp35-rangefinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=13240","title":{"rendered":"Olympus SP35 Rangefinder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Olympus_SP35\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Olympus\u00a0SP35\u00a0Rangefinder has a fantastic 7 element lens of 42mm and can be used in either automatic exposure or fully manual.\u00a0 additionally\u00a0it has the unique ability to spot meter when you press the ‘Spot’ button.\u00a0 The meter gives its readings in EV rather than shutter speed and aperture but its easy to convert that into a useful setting of the camera as the EV value for the ISO\/Shutter\/Aperture combination is displayed in a small window on the lens barrel.\u00a0 As long as the combination you select results in the same EV value as what the meter indicates you will get a correct exposure (Of course you may want to deviate from that).\u00a0 When you want to meter for something specific such as a face that is back-lit you can use the spot meter button to determine the correct exposure for the spot (the same area as the focus patch). You would then just let the background be over exposed as a compromise.<\/p>\n

At\u00a0 600 grams\u00a0it isn’t a\u00a0dainty camera but it is finely made with all quality parts and materials. The f1.7 lens is no lightweight either adding its share to the heft.\u00a0 More post about this camera can be found here The Swap Olympus SP35<\/a><\/p>\n

I would have to say the Olympus Sp35\u00a0has a very sharp distortion free lens from center to corners in the same league as the Canon QL17 <\/a>and Yashica GX<\/a><\/p>\n

One thing about one camera:\u00a0 <\/strong>The lens is a 42mm 1:1.7 Zuiko and the letter G denotes that it has 7 elements as G is the seventh letter in the alphabet.\u00a0 So if you see a Zuiko\u00a0D it has 4 elements ect.<\/p>\n\n\t\t