Olympus 35RC 35mm film rangefinder camera in good condition With E-zuiko 42mm f2.8 super sharp lens(No Leica, NO Canon QL17,No Yashica GSN)

35mm rangefinder camera with super sharp 42mm f2.8 E.zuiko lens.

***Light meter calibrated for nowadays available 1.55 V batteries***

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The camera is in good condition and working order.
No haze or blemishes on lens.
The meter works, as does the rangefinder, the viewfinder is clear and the lens is clean and undamaged. Self timer works too.
Camera has been cleaned ,adjusted and lubricated. New light seals have been fitted. Everything works.






The Olympus 35RC seems like a trivial little rangefinder camera, however it's an astoundingly great performer. Not only does it perform magnificently, it's possibly the smallest 35mm rangefinder camera ever made with auto and manual exposure settings.

Compared to a Leica M7, the Olympus 35RC feels cheap and dinky, but it's also easier to use and faster to shoot, and gives the same results. It may feel dinky, but my 35RC has turned out to be far more reliable and dependable than my Leica M7, and the 35RC is far faster to load, too. Focus turns in the same direction.

The finder stays cleaner than the LEICA because the Olympus 35RC's finder is more recessed, and the 35RC has a flash sync speed ten times that of the LEICA.

The Olympus 35RC is a simple camera that just happens to do everything a serious photographer needs. It has nothing to get in the way, and has a superb lens and exposure system that ensures perfect, sharp shots every time with a minimum of weight and fuss.



The Olympus 35RC provides a super-sharp 42mm f/2.8 lens, precise manual rangefinder focus, and amazingly accurate shutter-preferred automatic and manual exposures.

The 35RC is entirely mechanical; even the auto exposure system is electromechanical. The battery moves an exposure needle, and the rest of the camera translates the position of the needle into the correct exposure as powered by your finger pressing the shutter button.
The Olympus 35RC won't let you make a bad shot. In Auto mode, the shutter locks if the light or your settings would lead to a bad exposure. This makes the Olympus 35RC stupid-proof if you leave the lens cap on, since the shutter will lock.

Unlike any Leica, it shows apertures and shutter speeds in the finder! Leica also tries to position the Leica M7 as a mechanical camera, but it's not. This Olympus 35RC is genuinely a mechanical camera with auto exposure.

The Olympus 35RC uses the Flashmatic system for perfect automatic flash exposure with any manual flash. It predates Nikon's D-system by decades, but it's not smart enough to calculate fill flash exposure.





A couple of Reviews:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/olympus/35rc.htm

http://www.35mmc.com/11/01/2014/the-olympus-35rc-yet-another-classic-oly/

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