Olympus 35

Olympus 35-I image by yalluflex (Image rights)

1948 ad for Takatiho's Olympus 35 w/ fast shutter scanned by rebollo_fr  (Image rights)

1950 ad shows Olympus 35 w/ flash scanned by rebollo_fr  (Image rights)

The original Olympus 35, said to be the first 35mm model sold in Japan, was put into production in 1948 and went through several evolutionary model changes until 1955.

Olympus 35 I

1948 Olympus 35-I Marked "Takatiho Tokyo", Zuiko 1:3.5 f=4.0cm lens Images by yalluflex. (Image rights)

Takachiho Kogaku Japan, Olympus 35-I 24x32mm, Zuiko Coated 1:3.5 f=4.0cm lens. Images by yalluflex. (Image rights)

Olympus 35 III

1949 Takatiho Kogaku (Olympus) Olympus 35 III, Zuiko Coated 1:3.5 F=4.0cm lens. Images by yalluflex. (Image rights)

Olympus 35 IV

1953 The Olympus 35 IV followed. It had a Copal shutter with speeds up to 1/200 sec. or, on model IVa, up to 1/300 sec. instead of the Seikosha-Rapid shutter, and it had a Zuiko F.C. 1:3.5 f=4.0cm lens.

1950s illustration in Japanese source scanned by rebollo_fr  (Image rights)

Olympus 35 model IV, with Copal shutter image by Philip Krayna (Image rights)

model IVa, flash sync setting lever image by Richard Wrede (Image rights)

Olympus 35 model IVa images by Denny Narciso (Image rights)

Bibliography

• Francesch, Dominique and Jean-Paul. Histoire de l'appareil photographique Olympus de 1936 à 1983. Paris: Dessain et Tolra, 1985. ISBN 2-249-27679-X.
• Matsuzaki Sōichirō (松崎惣一郎). "'Orinpasu kurōmu shikkusu' to sono koto domo" (「オリンパスクロームシックス」とその周辺のことども, "About the 'Olympus Chrome Six'"). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.76, June 2005. ISBN 4-257-13078-4. Kurashikku kamera katachi to kinō 'supuringu kamera hen' (クラシックカメラ形と機能「スプリングカメラ編」, special issue on spring cameras). Pp.28–31. (The author worked for the Olympus company from July 1949.)

Links

• Olympus 35 I on Olympus Global History (archived).
• Olympus 35IVa on Olympus Global History (archived).
• Olympus 35Va on Olympus Global History (archived).
• Olympus 35 IVa in Sylvain Halgand's collection (in French).