{"id":12769,"date":"2014-11-22T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T17:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=12769"},"modified":"2014-11-22T09:32:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T17:32:36","slug":"the-swaps-olympus-sp35-for-canon-ae-1-and-minolta-x700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=12769","title":{"rendered":"The Swap(s) (Olympus SP35 for Canon AE-1 and Minolta X700)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It would have been a lot better story if it had ended\u00a0as\u00a0the simple\u00a0trade of my Canon AE-1 for this Olympus SP35\u00a0Rangefinder but things\u00a0never seem to be that easy.\u00a0 I suppose I should back up and start from the beginning.\u00a0 Back as a teenager\u00a0I bought my first brand new camera a Minolta X700\u00a0(Yes the story goes back that far)\u00a0 Saving you from further boredom I will \u00a0jump ahead to this year. \u00a0I acquired\u00a0a Canon A-1 which made my Canon AE-1 superfluous\u00a0so I decided to sell it and a few others at the local flea-market.\u00a0 A fellow approached and was looking at the cameras,\u00a0he too had\u00a0a camera\u00a0in a case\u00a0around his neck.\u00a0\u00a0 After a brief discussion\u00a0it turned out it was an Olympus\u00a0Sp35\u00a0a model which I had never seen before.\u00a0 It also turned out the\u00a0wearer of said camera was a photography student and wasn’t happy with it for several reasons one of them being the rangefinder focusing.\u00a0 He wanted an SLR and I love rangefinders\u00a0so we did a straight\u00a0trade, the Canon\u00a0for the Olympus, and that’s\u00a0the point at which the story should have had a happy ending but unfortunately\u00a0didn’t.\u00a0 I think he hardly got through the first roll before the Canon jammed which isn’t conducive to completing photo assignments.\u00a0He happened\u00a0to be taking the photography class with a friend of mine so he contacted me and I met with\u00a0him to exchange cameras back but I also offered the alternative to keep the Canon and also receive\u00a0a Minolta X700.\u00a0A\u00a0camera which may have been\u00a0that first camera I ever owned but I can’t be sure because I\u00a0had two.\u00a0 He took the Minolta and that’s the last I heard from him.<\/p>\n

Well that’s the story of the camera swap at the swap meet.\u00a0 Fortunately the Olympus SP35 is a fine camera and it’s my new favourite, well until something else comes along.<\/p>\n\n\t\t