Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was spent playing and Easter egg hunting with my nephews and niece.

The Better Half

I think the Fujica Half is the better half-frame camera compared to
the Olympus Pen EES at least in terms of features.
Both have automatic exposures, zone focusing and uses selenium cells
for light metering but the Fujica Half has manual exposure as well.
It has more shutter speed selection from 1/30th to 1/250th sec.
as well as B for time exposure. It has an accessory shoe for attaching
a flash unit and has more distance scale on the lens for more precise zone
focusing. One nice feature also is the aperture/shutter speed readout
in the viewfinder.
I like the small pocketable size of the Pen EES better, the Fujica Half is
better built but heftier and slightly bigger than the Olympus 35RC.

Some samples shots:


Empty Deck


Water Fountain


Park View

Half Frame Triptychs

Piermont Triptych


Fence Triptych

Olympus Pen EES
Kodack BW 400CN

More Diptychs

Homage to Tapies


Teddy Love


Pugsley Ave.

Olympus Pen EES
Film: Kodak BW 400CN

Half Frame Diptychs

Window


School Desk


After the Snow Storm


Snowy Day


Olympus Pen EES

First test roll from my recently acquired Olympus Pen EES, half frame 35mm film camera.
Although I only paid $20 for this beauty, it is almost in mint condition. Everything, including the selenium meter is working well.

The Olympus Pen EES was launched in 1962. The camera has a 30mm f/2.8 zone focusing lens, equivalent to 45mm on a full-frame camera. It only has two shutter speeds; 1/40 and 1/200 second. Exposure is fully automatic, controlled by the selenium meter around the lens.
No batteries needed.

Diptychs and Triptychs

The Matador


Waiting for the Right Time


Shrubs
Camera: Agfa Click II, Film: Neopan Acros 100