New Old Cameras (Part 2)

This camera thing may be turning into a slight addiction. It all started with my buying the Agfa Optima-Parat (from the post below). Then I saw a lovely old Kodak Retinette IB which I bought (ostensibly) for my girlfriend as a gift. Meanwhile I was pootling around on a few camera sites and I heard people raving about the Olympus Trip 35. I found one on eBay and made my first ever successful bid, for a grand total of £1.06. This is all starting to get a bit out of hand now, to date the total is as follows:

2 x Digital Compacts
2 x Automatic 35mm SLRs (about 10 years old)
1 x Agfa Optima-Parat 35mm (Half-Frame)
1 x Kodak Retinette IB 35mm
1 x Olympus Trip 35
1 x Fed 4 35mm ('borrowed' from my Mum many moons ago)
1 x tiny one-bed flat, rapidly filling up with the above
1 x angry girlfriend, weirdly ungrateful for her gift of the Kodak Retinette
About £40 in films, processing and CDs

I've just got my first test film back from the Olympus Trip and it's not too shabby. The shots haven't quite got the same charm as the Agfa, but it's good fun to use and feels great in your hand.






The aforementioned angry girlfriend, loving all the attention.

There's a few more shots up on my Flickr site. I'm still waiting to process two newer Agfa films after a bit of a mix-up at Boots (not sure their system is geared up for old half-frame cameras). It's still really good fun though, maybe just need to curb my spending a bit...